Gayatri

Gayatri is a 2018 Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Madan and written by Diamond Ratna Babu. Produced by Mohan Babu, the film stars himself in a dual role as the hero and villain, along with Nikhila Vimal, Shriya Saran and Anasuya Bharadwaj. Mohan Babu's son Vishnu Manchu plays the younger version of one of his characters. The film also features Brahmanandam, Ali, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Tanikella Bharani and Posani Krishna Murali in supporting roles. The film is a remake of Bangladeshi movie Aynabaji directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury. The music was composed by S. Thaman with cinematography by Sarvesh Murari. The film released on 9 February 2018. This film is a tribute to director Dasari Narayana Rao, who died on 30 May 2017. Plot Dasari Sivaji, a stage artist by profession, runs an organization called Sarada Sadan to help destitute children. One day, he rescues a girl named Gayatri from goons, who tried kidnap her. Sivaji later gets a call from Gayatri, and he finds that her phone screen is his late wife Sharada. He realizes that Gayatri is his long-lost daughter. Sivaji comes to Gayatri's college graduation, where she says that she does not know what her father looks but knows he is a heartless brute as he sold her for 1,000 rupees in order to buy alcohol. Sivaji is distraught and walks away to a temple. Gayatri is later told by Sivaji's friend Prasad that Sivaji is her father. Prasad hands Sivaji's diary to Gayatri, and she learns about Sivaji's past. Sivaji was an orphan who found his calling in acting. He falls in love with Sharada and marries her. However, one day, Sharada becomes hospitalized. The doctor tells Sivaji that she is suffering from pelvic cancer and he needs a large amount of money to finance her treatment. Giri, Sivaji's friend, tells him that a man was refused bail and that if Sivaji goes to jail for two days, the amount will be paid. However, he ends up saying in jail for two weeks. When Sivaji confronts Giri, the latter confesses to him that Sharada and her daughter, whom she was pregnant with, died. Sivaji gets upset and tries to commit suicide by getting hit by a train. Giri saves him but is killed while doing so. Before Giri dies, he reveals that the baby was alive and that he thought of selling the baby for a bottle of liquor. The baby who was Gayatri, grew up in Ramanujam Orphanage. On her birthday, she is gifted a photo of her mother Sharada, who died as soon as she delivered her.