Surya IPS
1991 film by A. Kodandarami Reddy
Surya IPS is a 1991 Telugu-language action crime film produced by T. Subbarami Reddy under the Maheswari Parameswari Productions banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Venkatesh and Vijayashanti played the lead roles, and the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was recorded as Average at the box office. It was later dubbed in Tamil as Mudhalamaichar Jayanthi.
Plot
Surya (Venkatesh) is a carefree, irreponsible young man. His grandfather (Satyanarayana) forces him to join the police force. Sirisha (Vijayashanti), Surya's college mate is also selected as a police cadet. After various quarrels between them and misbehavior of Surya, his grandfather narrates Surya his reason behind making him a police officer. During Surya's childhood, his father Jagadeswara Rao (Charanraj) killed his mother to marry C.M. Ekambareswara Rao's (Gokina Rama Rao) sister and framed his own father for it. Once this is revealed, Surya decides to take revenge, completes his training and becomes a police officer.
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