Desire) is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language legal drama film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and produced by K. S. Rama Rao.

[3] An adaptation of Yandamuri Veerendranath's novel of the same name, it revolves around a young lawyer striving to end capital punishment in India, but getting himself entangled in a murder case.

Chiranjeevi, keeping his plan secret, pretends to have committed the crime out of lust, leaving Archana heartbroken.

His first foray into filmmaking involved acquiring the dubbing rights of successful Tamil films and releasing them in Telugu.

Chiranjeevi accepted the film immediately after his mother had previously recommended the novel to him based on its serialized publication in a magazine.

This collaboration of Chiranjeevi, K. S. Rama Rao, Kodandarami Reddy, Yandamuri Veerendranath and Ilaiyaraaja proved highly successful and led to a series of hit films in the 1980s, including Challenge (1984) and Rakshasudu (1986).

Venkat Rao of Andhra Patrika, writing his review on 18 March 1983, praised the film for screenplay, direction and performances of the lead cast.

"Chiranjeevi has breath life into his character, its not an exaggeration to say the he would reach greater heights in terms of acting," he opined.

The reviewer also wrote "Introducing songs in the films of such genre may affect the screenplay, Illayaraja's soundtrack however would be appealing to the youth.

Director Reddy and writer Yendamuri who were in Hyderabad that time, worried about their film career which was dependent on Abhilasha's success.