America Abbayi

America Abbayi
Saluri Rajeswara Rao
Production company	Annapurna Pictures
Distributed by	Jayalakshmi Movies
Release date	1 January 1987 (1987-01-01)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Telugu English

America Abbayi (transl. American Boy) is a 1987 Indian

Plot

The plot revolves around young Raja (Master Shravan Shankar), the son of an

), a businessman who is into international trade.

Later, it is revealed that Raja is the son of Sarada, and her first husband Sudhakar (Chandra Mohan) who died in a road accident the day of their wedding. Subsequently, Jyotsna adopts Raja, and requests Sarada to get married and lead a normal life. Upon knowing this truth, Sarada's husband Shekhar vents out his frustration at Sarada for not revealing this before their wedding. In the meantime, Raja Rao's health deteriorates, and the family moves to the U.S. for Raja Rao's treatment with the help of Shekhar and Jyotsna. Raja Rao undergoes surgery in the U.S. and slowly recuperates. Pradeep (Rajasekhar) along with his friend (Y. G. Mahendran) work as Chauffeurs sponsored by Sivaram. Sivaram introduces Jyotsna to Pradeep, and they both fall in love. On the other hand, Shekhar moves to a different house with his wife Sarada.

In a shocking twist, on the night of a dinner party, Raja witnesses the murder of an unidentified woman by Shekhar in the backyard of Shekhar's new home. It is revealed that Shekhar is about to marry Rita (Elizabeth), an American (whose homicide young Raja witnessed), and they are into

in the U.S. Later, when Pradeep confronts Shekhar about these events, and his agenda to kill Raja and divorce Sarada, so that Shekhar can take over the property deed of Raja, Shekhar disagrees Pradeep's allegations. While Raja is performing a Telugu song at his school cultural event, Shekhar tries to shoot Raja, and in the ensuing fight Shekhar kills Sarada. The rest of the plot deals with how Pradeep and Jyotsna rescue Raja from the shackles of Shekhar.

Cast

• Rajasekhar as Pradeep
• Radhika as Sarada
• Ashwini as Jyotsna
• Master Shravan Shankar as Raja
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Raja
• Charan Raj as Shekhar
• Gummadi
  as Raja Rao
• Y. G. Mahendran as Pradeep's friend

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Devuni Daya Vunte"	Aarudhra	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	3:42
2.	"Giligintala Totalo"	Aarudhra	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam P. Susheela	3:50
3.	"Kannatalli Deevena"	Aarudhra	P. Susheela	3:40
4.	"Palukavaa Priya"	Aarudhra	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam P. Susheela	4:05
5.	"Palukave Ragaveena"	Aarudhra	P. Susheela	4:02
6.	"Edesamegina Endukalidina"	C. Narayana Reddy[7]	P. Susheela	4:12

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