Sultan (1999 film)

Sultan
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Directed by	Sarath
Screenplay by	Paruchuri Brothers
Story by	M. R. V. Prasad
Produced by	M. R. V. Prasad Nandamuri Balakrishna (Presents)
Starring	Nandamuri Balakrishna Krishna Krishnam Raju Roja Rachana Deepti Bhatnagar
Cinematography	K. Ravindra Babu
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Koti
Production company	P. B. R. Art Productions
Release date	27 May 1999 (1999-05-27)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Sultan is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by M. R. V. Prasad under the P. B. R. Art Productions banner and directed by Sarath. The film stars an ensemble cast of Nandamuri Balakrishna, Krishna, Krishnam Raju, Roja, Rachana, Deepti Bhatnagar and music composed by Koti.^[1][2] The film was released on 27 May 1999, met with mixed reviews from critics, but was well received by audiences and recorded as a hit at the box office.

Plot[]

The films begin with the CBCID department of India appointing powerful officer Ashok (Krishna) to nab a hardcore notorious terrorist, Sultan (Nandamuri Balakrishna), who always hides his real identity in various forms of disguise. At present, he planned to attack a Minister, Venkataratnam (Gokina Ramaa Rao), so, Ashok is tabbed to safeguard him. The next day, Sultan arrives in the attire of an old man and blasts out the Minister when Ashok chases him, in the combat, Sultan escapes leaving his mask. However, Ashok traces out the true identity of Sultan. Immediately, the same person joins as a forest officer as Prithvi Raj (again Nandamuri Balakrishna) who loves and marries a beautiful girl Renuka (Rachana). Soon after, once Ashok encounters Prithvi, arrests him, keeps at his secret custody and tortures him. So, Renuka raises the issue to the higher authorities and the Government transfers the case to a special officer Mustafa (Krishnam Raju) from CBI. Soon, Mustafa gets a rude shock in the form of a bomb from Sultan, but he escapes and spots Sultan. Thereby, Mustafa gets confident that Prithvi & Sultan are two different people and tries to convince Ashok which he does not ready to accept then the clash arises. Later on, they realize Prithvi & Sultan as twins and Prithvi is adopted by an army officer Major Chakradhara Rao (Balayya). Thereupon, they make a strategy to catch Sultan by utilizing Prithvi. Though Pruthvi is reluctant in the beginning, he joins the machine by understanding the virtue of his country. Forthwith, Prithvi discovers Sultan has a girlfriend Vandana (Deepti Bhatnagar) tracing her, he reaches his residence where he finds Sultan's mother (Siva Parvathi) & wife Revati (Roja). In no time, Sultan realizes a amiss, so, he gives a counterattack in which Mustafa dies while guarding Prithvi. Parallelly, Sultan kidnaps Renuka, in a short while Ashok & Pruthvi too go after him where Ashok uncovers the cruel face of their militant organization to Sultan by making him as the pawn. Finally, Sultan as a reformed person eliminates his organization and safeguards the country by sacrificing his life.

Cast[]

Crew[]

• Art: Ashok Kumar
• Choreography: Raghava Lawrence, Tarun, Kala
• Fights: Vijay
• Screenplay - Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
• Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Chandrabose, Bhuvanachandra, Jaladi,
• Playback: SP Balu, Chitra, Mano, Sukhwinder Singh, Udit Narayan, Sujatha, Malgudi Subha
• Music: Koti
• Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
• Cinematography: K. Ravindra Babu
• Presenter: Nandamuri Balakrishna
• Story - Producer: M. R. V. Prasad
• Director: Sarath
• Banner: P. B. R. Art Productions
• Release Date: 27 May 1999

Soundtrack[]

Music composed by Koti. Music released on Supreme Music Company.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Sultan at IMDb