Abhilasha (Telugu: అభిలాష, English: Desire) is a 1983 Telugu film, directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and was produced by K.S. Rama Rao. It is the film adaptation of Yandamuri Veerendranath‘s novel of the same name. Chiranjeevi, Raadhika Sarathkumar,Rao Gopal Rao, and Gollapudi Maruthi Rao played vital roles. Music was scored by Ilayaraja.
The storyline of the movie is thematically similar to the 1946 movie The Man Who Dared and the 1973 Kannada movie Bidugade.
The film was remade in Tamil as Sattathai Thiruthungal with Mohan.