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directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by

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. The film stars Jr. NTR, Bhumika Chawla, Genelia D'Souza, and Prakash Raj while Vijayakumar,

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, Sithara, Sukumari, Sukanya, and

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play supporting roles. The music was composed by

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with cinematography by K. Ravindra Babu and editing by Gautham Raju. The film released on 9 June 2004. The film was a moderate success at the box office. It was remade in

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as ''

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'' and in Bengali

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as '' Ek Rokha''. It was dubbed in

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as the same name.

Plot

Dharmayya Naidu is an underworld kingpin who lost his wife because he is uneducated. Hence, he wants to felicitate education in his Seema area by constructing schools. He realizes that the quarry he owns has good quality granite deposits. Samba is Dharmayya Naidu's son, while Pasupathi is Dharmayya Naidu's son-in-law. Pasupathi plays the game in such a way that Dharmayya Naidu is forced to give granite quarry as a dowry to Pasupathi's family, due to which Dharmayya Naidu's daughter kills herself. When Samba learns the reason behind his sister's suicide, he occupies the quarry and kills Pasupathi's brothers. Pasupathi then kills everybody in Samba's house in retaliation. Samba and his nemesis Pasupathi take shelter in Kanchi and Amritsir respectively as police ban them from entering AP for a year. Samba settles as a sari manufacturer and trader in Kanchi (Tamil Nadu). The rest of the story is all about how he returns to Seema, takes vengeance against Pasupathi, and starts serving in the educational field.

Cast

* Jr. NTR as Sambasiva Naidu * Bhumika Chawla as Nandu * Genelia D'Souza as Sandhya * Prakash Raj as Pasupathi * Vijayakumar as Dharmayya Naidu *

as Samba's brother * Sithara as Janaki, Samba's sister * Sukumari as Samba's grandmother *

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as Pasupathi's sidekick * Sukanya as Pasupathi's wife *

as Pasupathi's brother * Subbaraju as Pasupathi's brother *

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as Nandu's father * Ahuti Prasad as Sandhya's father * Chalapathi Rao as Pasupathi's father-in-law *

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as Inspector Tiger * Mansoor Ali Khan as McDowell Mani * Venu Madhav as Sanathnagar Sathi *

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as McDowell Mani's brother * Sameer Hasan as Police Inspector *

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as Sesha Reddy *

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as Chinna * Prasanna as Goon *

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and released by Aditya Music.

References

External links

* {{V. V. Vinayak 2004 films 2000s Telugu-language films Telugu films remade in other languages Indian action films Films directed by V. V. Vinayak Films scored by Mani Sharma 2000s masala films 2004 action films