Released · Telugu film · 1991
Nirnayam
నిర్ణయం
Nirnayam release date: 21 February 1991 (theatres). Directed by Priyadarshan; starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala Akkineni and Sharat Saxena.
- Film release
- 21 February 1991 · All 1991 films
- Director
- Priyadarshan
- Music
- Ilaiyaraaja
- Production
- Jayabheri Arts
- Producer
- Murali Mohan born 1945
- Runtime
- 164 min
- Language
- Telugu
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Film release: 21 February 1991 · all 1991 Telugu films.
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Nirnayam (“Decision”) is a 1991 Telugu action drama and the Telugu debut of director Priyadarshan. Nagarjuna and Amala play the leads, with Murali Mohan and Sharat Saxena. D. Kishore produced it under the Jayabheri Art Productions banner, presented by Murali Mohan, and Ilaiyaraaja composed the music. It was released on 21 February 1991 and runs 164 minutes.
What the story is about
Vamsi Krishna is an honest police officer sent undercover with two colleagues, one of them his close friend Shivram, by Police Commissioner Narahari to track down a dangerous criminal, Raghuram. Vamsi rents a flat opposite the apartment of Raghuram’s daughter Geetha, who lives with her aunt Jolly, and watches her in the hope of reaching her father. Posing as a telephone department inspector, he gets to know Geetha and falls for her, and she returns his feelings until she discovers who he really is and why he is there. The rest of the film follows Vamsi as he closes in on Raghuram and learns that the case is not what it seemed.
Cast and crew
- Nagarjuna as Inspector Vamsi Krishna
- Amala as Geetha (voice dubbed by Saritha)
- Murali Mohan as Raghuram
- Sharat Saxena as Prahlad Rao
- Subhalekha Sudhakar as Inspector Shivram
- Giri Babu as Commissioner Narahari
- Sukumari as Jolly and Annapoorna as Vamsi’s mother
- Suthivelu, Allu Ramalingaiah and Chinni Jayanth in supporting roles, with a cameo by Charuhasan
Director: Priyadarshan. Producer: D. Kishore. Music: Ilaiyaraaja.
Origins and other versions
Nirnayam is a remake of Priyadarshan’s own 1989 Malayalam film Vandanam, starring Mohanlal, which was itself loosely based on the 1987 American film Stakeout. The Telugu film was in turn dubbed into Tamil as Sambavam and into Hindi as Girafthari. We have no box-office figures or contemporary reviews for it from a named outlet.
Where to watch Nirnayam
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Cast of Nirnayam (1991)
- Akkineni Nagarjuna as Vamsi Krishna
- Amala Akkineni as Geetha
- Sharat Saxena as Prahalad Rao
- Murali Mohan born 1945 as Raghuram
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Annapoorna as Vamsi's Mother
- Giri Babu as Police DG
- Subhalekha Sudhakar as Shankar
- Suthivelu
- Allu Rama Lingaiah
- Charuhasan
- Sukumari as Jolly the aunt of Geetha
Also in the cast (TMDB): Raajivi as Anarkali.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Source record: Q7040073 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.