Tiger (1979 film)
1979 Telugu film
Tiger is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by Parvathaneni Narayana Rao and directed by Nandamuri Ramesh. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Rajinikanth, Radha Saluja and Subhashini, with music composed by Satyam. It was also Rajinikanth's 50th film as an actor. The film is a remake of the Hindi film Khoon Pasina (1977).
Plot
The film begins in a village where two soulmates, Raja & Rashid, reside. As their families reciprocate despite the community, once, a dreadful dacoit, Kotinagulu, was about to slay a naive Ramadasu when Raja & Rashid's fathers impeded him. So, infuriated, Kotinagulu sets the village on fire, mingling his acolyte Ranga, which ruins the families. Raja & Rashid split, and Rashid's mother, Fathima, rears Raja. Meanwhile, Kotinagulu's wife Rukmini quits with daughter Shanti, by his diabolic shade, whom a Master shelters. Years roll by, and Raja, a gallant justice-seeking ruffian famed as Tiger and loves beauty, Rekha.
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