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Pratighatana (Telugu: ప్రతిఘటన) is a 1986 Telugu film about a woman's (Vijayshanti) fight against corruption and criminalization of politics in India. Vijayshanti acted the leading role while Chandra Mohan acted as her husband. This film was directed by a noted Telugu director T. Krishna who was famous for revolutionary Telugu movies under the banner of Eetaram Films.

Plot[link]

Vijayshanti was the wife of a lawyer Chandra Mohan. The city life was always disrupted by a group of street criminals supported by the ruling party. These criminals humuliate Vijayshanti in front of a large crowd by showing her nude on the street when she refuses to have sex with gang leader of the criminals. Her husband remains helpless despite being a lawyer fearing of the consequences that they may face in future if they went to court for justice. Meanwhile the leader of the criminals, the villain, gets elected to the legislative assembly and arranges an open meeting to celebrate his election. Vijayshanti with frustration kills the villain in that open meeting.

Soundtrack[link]

• Ee Dhuryodhana
• Hechariko Hecharika
• Vayasu Courtu

Features[link]

• The film was a big hit at the box office and brought fame to T. Krishna and Vijayshanti.

• This film was later remade in Hindi as Pratighaat (1987) starred by Sujata Mehta and Nana Patekar.^[1]

Awards[link]

• Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) won by Ramoji Rao.
• S. Janaki won the Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her Ee Duryadhana Dussasana.
• Vijayashanti won Nandi Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) for her performance in this film

References[link]

External links[link]

• Pratighatana at IMDb.

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