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The story of an extremely generous and righteous man, Ravi Varma, who succumbs to his intention of being generous no matter what happens. The movie is based on a story, Kasturi Nivasam written by G. Balasubramanium. The film stresses the principle that "life is to give—not to take". The role of Ravi Varma, the protagonist played by Rajkumar is a character who upholds the values of life even it means his destruction; a person who is keen on retaining his character's purity and those morals he has cherished. Ravi Varma led a lonely yet righteous life. He did not break his principles even as it lead to his downfall.

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Top billed cast

Dr. RajkumarRavi Varma
Baby RaniRani
JayanthiNeela
AarathiLakshmi
T. R. NarasimharajuSampath
RajashankarChandru
T. N. BalakrishnaBhojarajaiah
K. S. AshwathRamaiah
Vijayasree
Halam

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