Samarasimha Reddy
| Samarasimha Reddy | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | B. Gopal |
| Produced by | Chengala Venkat Rao |
| Written by | Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by |
K. V. Vijayendra Prasad Ratna Kumar |
| Story by | K. V. Vijayendra Prasad |
| Starring |
Nandamuri Balakrishna Simran Anjala Zhaveri Sanghavi |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | V. S. R. Swamy |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
Production company |
Satyanarayanamma Productions |
Release dates |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | 6 Crore |
| Box office | 30 crores[1] |
Samarasimha Reddy is a 1999 Telugu action drama film produced by Chengala Venkat Rao on Satyanarayanamma Productions banner, directed by B. Gopal. The movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran, Anjala Zhaveri, Sanghavi in lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film recorded as All Time Industry Hit at box office. [2][3][4][5] Over the years the movie is termed to be trendsetter and achieved cult status and affirmed Balakrishna as a trademark for the role as a faction leader. It is dubbed in Hindi as Rakhwala One Man Army.
Plot
Sangeetha and her two sisters live with their cruel aunt, who runs a small hotel. Abbulu joins their hotel as an employee. He later tells Sangeetha that he is their brother, Vasu, who ran away in childhood. He solves all their problems and romances with Simran. Veera Raghava Reddy is an amputee Rayalaseema don who is seeking revenge on Abbulu. When his sons fail, he sends his daughter Anjali to destroy him. In the process she reveals that Abbulu is actually Samarasimha Reddy, and that he had killed Vasu. To prove his love for Vasu’s sisters, Anjali challenges him to drink poison and Abbulu/faux-Vasu/Samarasimha lands in a hospital. Satyanarayana, a police superintendent, reveals Samarasimha's true story.
Veera had killed Samarasimha's parents, his fiancee(Sanghavi), sister and brother-in-law. Seeking revenge, Samarsimha severed Veera’s legs and right arm, in the process Samarasimha kills two of Veera's four sons. In the fight Samarasimha Reddy accidentally killed Vasu. Samarasimha then assumed Vasu’s duties as a brother.
Learning this, Anjali repents for her actions. Samarasimha accepts the collective decision to marry Anjali to end the feud between the two families. After the marriage Veera goes back on his word and tries to kill his own daughter Anjali and Samarasimha, but fails. Anjali is admitted in hospital where she recovers. Seeing everyone, including his sons, supporting Samarasimha, Veera commits suicide.
Cast
- Nandamuri Balakrishna as Samarasimha Reddy / Abbulu / Vaasu
- Simran as Srikakulam Chittamma
- Anjala Zhaveri as Anjali
- Sanghavi
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Veera Raghava Reddy
- Satyanarayana as Police Commissioner
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Brahmanandam
- M. S. Narayana
- AVS
- Venu Madhav
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao
- Ahuti Prasad
- Prudhvi Raj as original Vaasu
- Mohan Raj
- Devraj
- Satya Prakash
- Vinod
- Bandla Ganesh
- Ironleg Sastry
- Duvvasi Mohan
- Jayachitra
- Sumitra
- chalapathi rao
- Siva Parvathi
- Sujitha
- Sangeeta
- Syreshta
- Jayalalita
- Ramya Sri
- Master Baladitya
Box office
- The film had a 227-day run at three theatres.
- The film had a 365-day run at one theatre.[6]
Others
References
- ↑ "Mani Sharma′s Tollywood Industry Record". timesofap.com. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ↑ "Heading". fullhyd.com.
- ↑ "Heading-2". Chithr.com.
- ↑ "Heading-3". Filmi Beat.
- ↑ "Heading-4". gomolo.
- ↑ "Box-Office Records And Collections — Samarasimha Reddy's Dream Run At The BO". CineGoer.com. Retrieved 2 September 2011.