Pokiri Raja is a 1995 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by A. Venkat Rami Reddy under L V S Productions and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Venkatesh, Roja, Pratibha Sinha, Ali with music by Raj-Koti. Venkatesh played a double role in the film. It was a remake of the Hindi film Aankhen which was inspired from Kannada filmKittu Puttu which itself was based on Tamil filmAnubavi Raja Anubavi.The film was Average at the box office.
Plot
The story begins with the arrest of international stock market broker Ashok Kumar, who has cheated the public of 2000 crores, the court decides to keep him under the supervision of Chief Minister. A mafia gang leader Vicky plans to help Ashok Kumar escape from jail, by doing plastic surgery to his younger brother Bhadram, to look like the CM. Simultaneously, a rich industrialist Ananda Rao Naidu is always having problems with his mischievous son Chanti and nephew Nani. The two are notorious slackers, always up to no good, and involved in elaborate practical jokes, they fall in love with Prathiba and Nikita. It comes to Ananda Rao's attention that his son and nephew have been lying to him about their college grades in studies and sports. As a result, they are kicked out of college and ultimately from their home. Later, they protect the CM's son from an accident and the CM invites them for coffee, at the same time Vicky plans an attack on the CM in which his wife and son die and the CM is injured. Chanti and Nani follow them and come to know everything regarding their plan, in the attack Nani escapes, but Chanti disappears, presumed dead, Nani gets involved with a conspiracy to kill Chanti and he is arrested. At the same time, the gangsters change CM from the hospital and replace him with their duplicate. Meanwhile, in a small Indian village, Narasimha, twin brother of Ananda Rao Naidu, who was separated in childhood, his son Balaraju Chanti's identical cousin arrives in town with his fiancée Chandra Mukhi. At the same time, Chanti also found alive, both of them get exchanged which leads to hilarious misunderstandings and the remaining story is about who protects the CM in the climax.
