Praja Rajyam is a Telugu drama, starring Krishna and Jayaprada, directed by M. Mallikarjuna Rao. Sivaramayya (Satyanarayana) and Ragavayya (Prabhakar) are two brothers. Gopi (Krishna) is Sivaramayya's son. Raja Rao (Rao Gopal Rao), sarpanch of the village, is a relative of theirs, but he holds a grudge against them.

Eenadu is a Telugu drama starring Krishna. Ramaraju (Krishna), a social reformer and also a union leader in a factory. The people in his village fall sick because of the wastage coming from a factory poisoning their water. Crux of the story is how Ramaraju fights against the issue and saves his people.