Khaidi Rudraiah (1986)

Rudramaraju, alias Rudrayya is arrested for brutally hacking a local thug. The judge however frees him with some hidden agenda. It is revealed that Rudraiah had given shelter to Latha, the adopted daughter of a wealthy Easwara Rao, when the latter was forced into marrying the good-for-nothing Venkatagiri by her uncle Phanibhushan Rao.