Appula Appa Rao
Appula Appa Rao is an Indian 1991 Telugulanguage film directed by E.V.V. Satyanarayana which features Rajendra Prasad, Shobana and Brahmanandam in the lead roles. Appula Apparao is scripted, produced and directed by E.V.V. Satyanarayana, under the banner Prasad Studios, Chennai.
Appa Rao meets an astrologer Shastri Brahmanandam, who foretells him that he could inherit huge sums of money if he married a woman who slaps him thrice. Appa Rao reveals to Shastri about his encounters with Subba Lakshmi and Shastri foretells him that he would marry her. Just as he finishes his statement, enter Iron Leg Shastri Ironleg Sastri, who so influences the prophecy of his brother that whatever his brother foretells, it turns out to be the opposite way. He tells Appa Rao that Subba Lakshmi would die as his brother had intruded into the scene. However, he tells Appa Rao that he could avoid this bad omen if he married a dying woman. His initial attempts go in vain. Finally, he accidentally meets Ammaji in a temple and convinces her into marrying him with her dying elder daughter, Bangari Sindhuja. However his plans turn upside down after marriage after he realises that he was tricked into this marriage by Ammaji. Appa Rao plans to have divorce from Bangari but Ammaji puts a condition that, before taking divorce, he should get her other daughters married. With the help of Subba Lakshmi, whom he manages to convince about his marriage with Bangari, he is able to arrange the marriage of his sistersinlaw at the same time. After the marriages, Ammaji requests Appa Rao to reconsider his decision of taking divorce, but to no avail. Finally, Subba Lakshmi is revealed to be the eldest daughter of Ammaji and Appa Rao ends up marrying both Subba Lakshmi and Bangari.
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