Ramapurada Ravana

<p>Rudra ( ) is an alcoholic living in his hometown with his niece Parvati ( ) and orphan Thimma ( ). Ramachandra ( ) arrives in town as the new school teacher. He is offered a place to stay at the home of the school’s trustee Shanti ( ). Shanti’s father Basavaraj ( ) was the town leader. Rudra and Shanti were in love but Rudra had refused to marry her because he was illiterate. Shanti had married the man chosen by her father but he had died on their wedding night. Rudra now spends his days fighting against the injustices meted out by Marthanda Prabhu ( ) to the townspeople. Marthanda smuggles drugs, prints counterfeit cash and has murdered townspeople in his bid to become rich and powerful. He is assisted in his misdeeds by his nephew Pashupathi (Maanu), mistress Mayuri and right-hand man Kempa ( ). With Ramachandra’s intervention Rudra turns over a new leaf and gives up drinking. Ramachandra also begins to teach Rudra and makes him literate. Parvati and Ramachandra fall in love. Meanwhile, Marthanda plans to steal public money collected for making improvements to the school. His plan is discovered by the Panchayat Board executive officer, Gopal Rao ( ). Marthanda’s henchmen kill Gopal and set it up to look like he was the thief. Shanti, Ramachandra and Rudra must work together to bring him to justice. The music was composed by . This article about a Kannada film of the 1980s is a . You can help Wikipedia by .</p>