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{{short description|2001 film by Ravi Raja Pinisetty}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Adhipathi
| image = Adhipathi poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Ravi Raja Pinisetty]]
| producer = [[Mohan Babu]]
| writer = [[Paruchuri Brothers]] {{small|(dialogues)}}
| story = [[Ranjith (director)|Ranjith]]
| screenplay = [[Ravi Raja Pinisetty]]
| starring = [[Mohan Babu]]<br />[[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]]<br />[[Soundarya]]<br />[[Preeti Jhangiani]]
| music = [[Saluri Koteswara Rao|Koti]]
| cinematography = V. Jayaram
| editing = Gautham Raju
| studio = [[Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|2001|09|19|df=y|ref1=<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adhipati |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-adhipati.html |access-date=19 May 2013 |website=[[idlebrain.com]]}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 152 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
}}

'''''Adhipathi''''' ({{translation|Ruler}}) is a 2001 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action film]], produced by [[Mohan Babu]] under his [[Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures]] banner and directed by [[Ravi Raja Pinisetty]]. It stars Mohan Babu, [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Preeti Jhangiani]] and [[Soundarya]], with music composed by [[Koti (composer)|Koti]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2002 |title=Movie Reviews Adhipathi |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/adhipathi_printer.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301125601/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/adhipathi_printer.php |archive-date=1 March 2014 |access-date=2 June 2013 |website=telugucinema.com}}</ref> The film is a remake of the [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Narasimham (film)|Narasimham]]'' (2000).

== Plot ==
Yogendra is the son of Panduranga Rao, a High Court judge who got the first rank in civil services examinations. Dunnapothula Janardhan Rao, a politician, falsely implicates Yogi in a murder case to take revenge on Panduranga Rao, who had earlier given a jail sentence to him in a corruption case. Panduranga Rao gives the judgment for his son by jailing him for six years. After six years, Janardhan Rao dies on the same day when Yogi is released from jail. Dunnapothula Dharma Rao, Janardhan Rao's son, visits the shores of Godavari River to leave the ashes. Yogi foils the rites by resisting, then Dharma Rao challenges Yogi that he is going to mix the ashes of his father in the Godavari before Yogi mixes the ashes of his father, who is still alive, one day. Meanwhile, Yogi falls in love with Anuradha, the strong-willed and independent-minded daughter of Kaasi Visweswara Rao, Dharma Rao's henchman.

Suddenly, there is an appearance of a girl named Thulasi (Seema), who claims to be Panduranga Rao's daughter, but Panduranga Rao flatly refuses the claim and banishes her. Forced by circumstances and at the instigation help of Dharma Rao, she reluctantly comes out open with the parentage claim. Yogi at first thrashes the protesters, but upon knowing the truth from his uncle Gnaneswara Rao, he accepts the task of her protection in the capacity as her elder brother. Yogi decides to marry Thulasi to his good friend. He also confronts his father and prods him to accept his mistake and acknowledge his parentage to Thulasi. Panduranga Rao ultimately regrets and secretly goes on to confess to his daughter. The very next morning when Yogi returns home, Thulasi is found dead. Panduranga Rao is accused of murdering her, but the whole act was planned by Dharma Rao, who, after killing Thulasi, forces Satya Murthy, Panduranga Rao's longtime servant, to testify against Panduranga Rao in court. In court, Jagan, a close friend of Yogi and famous leading criminal lawyer, appears as the defense council by cancelling his marriage with his girlfriend for friendship and wins the case to lay bare the murder plot and the hidden intentions of the baddies.

Finally, Panduranga Rao is judged innocent of the crime by the court. After that, Yogi returns to his father, who now shows remorse for all his actions, including not believing in his son's innocence. He then dies at Yogi's feet. At Panduranga Rao's funeral, Dharma Rao arrives to poke fun at Yogi and also tries to carry out Janardhan Rao's postponed last rituals. Yogi interrupts the ritual and avenges for the deaths of his sister and father with Jagan's help.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Mohan Babu]] as Yogindra / Yogi
*[[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] as Jagan
*[[Preeti Jhangiani]] as Anuradha
*[[Soundarya]] as Jagan's fiancé
*[[Mukesh Rishi]] as Dunnapothula Dharma Rao
*[[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Justice Panduranga Rao
*[[Dasari Narayana Rao]] as Judge
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Gnaneswara Rao
*[[Brahmanandam]] as S.I. Pathodi
*[[Ali (actor)|Ali]]
*[[Narra Venkateswara Rao]] as Dunnapothula Janardhan Rao
*Seema as Thulasi
*[[Raghunatha Reddy]] as Kaasi Visweswara Rao
*[[Suthi Velu]] as Satya Murthy
*[[Brahmaji]] as Yogi's friend
*[[Tanikella Bharani]] as Lawyer
*[[Banerjee (actor)|Banerjee]] as S.P. Ashok
*[[Vennira Aadai Nirmala|Venniradai Nirmala]] as Lakshmi
*[[Jayalalita]] as Mangala
*[[Jaya Prakash Reddy]]as Surya Prakash
*[[L. B. Sriram]] as Papa Rao
*[[Keerikkadan Jose|Mohan Raj]] as Gajendra
*[[M. S. Narayana]]
*[[Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam|AVS]]
*[[Chitti Babu Punyamurthula|Chitti Babu]]
*Gajar Khan as C.I. Shankar Narayan
*Navabharat Balaji as Krishna Murthy
*Gadiraju Subba Rao
*Vijaya
*Devisri
*Shobha Rani
*Aruna Charlla
*Ooma Chowdary
*[[Alphonsa (actress)|Alphonsa]] as [[item number]]
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Adhipathi
| type = film
| artist = [[Saluri Koteswara Rao|Koti]]
| cover =
| released = 2001
| recorded =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 28:51
| label = TIPS Audio
| producer = [[Saluri Koteswara Rao|Koti]]
| prev_title = Repallelo Radha
| prev_year = 2001
| year = 2001
| next_title = [[Sandade Sandadi]]
| next_year = 2002
}}
Music composed by [[Saluri Koteswara Rao|Koti]]. Music released on TIPS Audio Company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adhipathi (2001) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/moviedetail.asp?mid=A0000212 |access-date=2 May 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 28:51
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Puvvulanadugu
| lyrics1 = [[Bhuvanachandra]]
| extra1 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[K. S. Chithra|KS Chitra]]
| length1 = 4:30
| title2 = Abbabba Tuntari Gaali
| lyrics2 = Bhuvanachandra
| extra2 = [[Kumar Sanu]], KS Chitra
| length2 = 5:35
| title3 = Kadapalo Kannesa
| lyrics3 = Bhuvanachandra
| extra3 = Udit Narayan, KS Chitra
| length3 = 3:56
| title4 = Aada Bratuke
| lyrics4 = [[Ande Sri]]
| extra4 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length4 = 4:07
| title5 = Aasa Padutunnadi
| lyrics5 = Bhuvanachandra
| extra5 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], KS Chitra
| length5 = 5:42
| title6 = Panchadara Patikabellam
| lyrics6 = [[Suddala Ashok Teja]]
| extra6 = Shankar Mahadevan, Radhika
| length6 = 5:01
| title7 =
| length7 =
| title8 =
| length8 =
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| length9 =
| title10 =
| length10 =
}}

== Other ==
* VCDs & DVDs on – SHALIMAR Video Company, [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|1212056}}

{{Ravi Raja Pinisetty}}

[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:Indian courtroom films]]
[[Category:Films about corruption in India]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films scored by Koti]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty]]

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