''Narasimhudu'' is a 2005 Indian
Telugu
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S ...
-language
action film
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directed by
B. Gopal
Bejawada Gopal is an Indian film director who works in Telugu cinema. He has directed over 30 Telugu films, including successful films such as ''Bobbili Raja'', '' Lorry Driver'', ''Assembly Rowdy'', ''State Rowdy'', ''Rowdy Inspector'', ''Samar ...
. The film stars
Jr. NTR,
Amisha Patel, and
Sameera Reddy
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. The film is a remake of 2004
Kannada
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film ''
Durgi
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'' directed by
P. Ravi Shankar
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.
Plot
Narasimhudu (NTR)'s parents die at a young age and he is adopted by the villagers of Kondaveedu, who all take up the responsibility of bringing him up. The son of JD (
Puneet Issar
Puneet Issar (born 6 November 1959) is an Indian actor, writer, director, producer and dialect coach best known for his works in Hindi films and television shows. Issar started his acting career as a villain in the Manmohan Desai's 1983 film '' ...
) and brother of Pothuraju (
Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ov ...
) rape an 11-year-old in the village. Narasimhudu who is also the caretaker of the village, vows to take revenge on the big people and their sons for committing the heinous crime. The rest is how Narasimhudu kills them.
Cast
*
Jr. NTR as Narasimhudu
*
Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy (born 14 December 1978) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films, in addition to Tamil and Telugu language films. Reddy made her film debut with the 2002 film ''Maine Dil Tujhko Diya''. She is best known for ...
as Narasimhudu love interest
*
Amisha Patel as Subbalakshmi
*
Puneet Issar
Puneet Issar (born 6 November 1959) is an Indian actor, writer, director, producer and dialect coach best known for his works in Hindi films and television shows. Issar started his acting career as a villain in the Manmohan Desai's 1983 film '' ...
as JD
*
Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ov ...
as Pothuraju
*
Rahul Dev
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Early life
Ra ...
as JD's son
*
Ashish Vidyarthi
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as Police Commissioner
*
Brahmanandam
Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is particularly known for his comic performa ...
as Narasimhudu friend
*
Tanikella Bharani
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as Doctor
*
Jaya Prakash Reddy
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as MLA
*
Krishna Bhagawan
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Early life
Krishna Bhagavan was born Veeraraju Paparao Chowdary in Kaikavolu ...
as Pothuraju's sidekick
*
Chalapathi Rao
Chalapathi Rao (8 May 1944 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian actor and producer known for comedy and villainous roles in Telugu cinema. He acted in different roles in more than 600 films.
Personal life and death
Rao hailed from Baliparru, K ...
as Narasimhudu's side (Master Ji)
*
Ali
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as Narasimhudu's friend
*
Venu Madhav as Venu
*
G. V. Sudhakar Naidu
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as Kaali
*
Chitram Seenu
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as Sreenu
*
Aarti Agarwal
Aarthi Agarwal (March 5, 1984 – June 6, 2015) was an American actress of who primarily worked in Telugu cinema.
Early life and career
Agarwal was born on March 5, 1984, in New Jersey to Gujarati parents. Her younger sister Aditi Agarwal is ...
as an
item number
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Soundtrack
Music Was composed by
Mani Sharma
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and released on
Aditya Music
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Overview
The company was founded by Umesh Gup ...
Company. Audio was launched on 23 April 2005 at a grand Function held at Taj Residency,
Hyderabad
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.
N. Chandrababu Naidu V. V. Vinayak
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Vinayak made his directorial debut w ...
and many other celebrities attended the function.
Reception
B. Anuradha of ''
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'' called the film a "huge disappointment" and added "Gopal
.is fascinated with a formula of attractively picturised songs, big action scenes, punchlines and comedy, but fails to pick the right plot."
''
Sify
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'' gave the film 3/5 and wrote "''Narasimhudu'' is one of those insufferable movies, that is devoid of a basic story and there is nothing new in style or presentation."
''
Idlebrain.com
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's Jeevi rated the film 2.5/5 and wrote "Movie starts off in an interesting style with a good introduction of the hero. But this graph slides down as the movie progress."
References
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2005 films
2000s Telugu-language films
Telugu remakes of Kannada films
2000s masala films
Indian films about revenge
Films directed by B. Gopal
Films scored by Mani Sharma