Illale Devatha

Illale Devatha (transl. Wife is a Goddess) is a 1985 Telugu-language drama film, produced by N. R. Anuradha Devi under the Lakshmi Films Combines banner and directed by Tatineni Prasad. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Raadhika, Bhanupriya and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is a remake of Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's debut Kannada film Haalu Jenu (1982).

Cast

Nageshwara Rao Akkineni

as Gopi Krishna

Radikaa Sarathkumar

as Lakshmi

Bhanupriya

as Radha

Kongara Jaggayya

as Dr. Rao

Gollapudi Maruti Rao

as Bhupal Rao

Prabhakar Reddy

as Damodaram

Allu Ramalingaiah

as Appala Raju

Nutan Prasad

as Kalyana Ramudu

Nagesh

as Manager

Sarathi

as Attorney Babu Rao

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