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Kranthi is an officer in the police special branch who cannot be bought, and that makes him a problem for the smuggler known as J.K. and for Shyam, a corrupt inspector who does J.K.'s bidding. When a road accident engineered by Shyam blinds a young woman close to Kranthi and leaves another man dead, the honest officer's duty becomes a personal hunt for everyone responsible, and the gang strikes back by going after the women in his life. Raj Bharat wrote and directed this 1985 action film, with Chiranjeevi as Kranthi and Radha as the heroine, supported by Rao Gopal Rao as J.K., Nutan Prasad as Shyam, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Allu Ramalingaiah and Rajendra Prasad. Chakravarthy composed the songs to lyrics by Veturi, and Silk Smitha appears in a dance number. The title means "tiger", and the film is a straightforward cop-versus-smugglers story built around its star.