Film

Gharana Mogudu

Name: Gharana Mogudu
Genre: Drama
Released: 1992
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Nagma, Rao Gopal Rao, Shubha, Kaikala Satyanarayana

Drama

A 1992 Telugu drama where a principled working-class man returns to Hyderabad to care for his ailing mother, only to clash with a headstrong industrialist's daughter over class, ambition, and what family really means. Chiranjeevi carries the film with his characteristic warmth, balancing melodrama with genuine feeling in a story about duty and dignity.

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