''Simha Swapnam'' () is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language

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, produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under the Jagapathi Art Pictures banner and directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. It stars Krishnam Raju,

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, Vani Viswanath and

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, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is a remake of the

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film '' Khatron Ke Khiladi'' (1988). This film is the debut of Jagapathi Babu as a hero, with double role performance, both the roles of Sanjay Dutt and Chunky Pandey are done by Jagapathi Babu in Telugu.

Plot

''Simha Swapnam'' is a rebel under the veil and uproars against savage bits with capital punishment. However, outwardly, he is a respectable industrialist, Krishnarjun. Now he rearwards, his true self is Balaram, one accustomed to a jollity life with his pregnant wife Annapurna and his devoted younger Sivaram. The sibling works as a truck driver for a company owned by Raghupati & Rangapati. He is unbeknownst to their actual shadow of honorable-seeming hoodlums, which Sivaram senses. Hence, they slaughter him and pin Balaram as the homicide mingling Inspector Bhujangam. Plus, they set on fire to his house, where Annapurna is reported dead. Therein, Balaram freaks on blackguards and gets away by chopping their hands & feet. Annapurna has escaped from death and is sheltered by a wise Inspector, Veerabhadram, who she gives birth to twins Rajesh & Harish. Annapurna bestows Harish on them since the Veerabhadram couple is childless and quits. Rajesh is a professional photographer and jewel burglar who surrogates for a sly smuggler, Vaddikasula Varahala Rao. He is on a gravy train to recover his mother, who is in trauma. Once, he is acquainted with Rangapati's daughter Kavitha and falls for her. Harish is a sleuth who seeks to sneak upon criminals and woos for a lady doctor, Sunitha. As of today, Bhujangam turned into a cracksman Bhayankar eludes cops steals precious diamonds and is under cover of Rangapati & Rangapati. Being aware of it, Balaram moves for his vengeance, Varahala Rao decrees Rajesh to swipe the diamonds, and Harish walks to catch hold of him. At the crime, Balaram knocks out Bhayankar deleting his veil when Rajesh accomplishes his task, secretly gains his photograph, and flees. Harish backs him, and a brawl erupts, but afterward, they are detected as siblings. Besides, Balaram encounters Annapurna and recoups her normal with his idolization. Knowledging the facts, Rangapati & Raghupati abduct Annapurna for diamonds. At last, Balaram, Rajesh & Harish cease them. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the reunion of the family and ''Simha Swapnam'' surrendering before the judiciary.

Cast

* Krishnam Raju as Balaram / Krishnarjun / Simha Swapnam *

as Annapurna * Jagapati Babu as Rajesh & Harish (dual role) * Vani Viswanath as Kavita *

as Sunita * Gummadi as DSP Raghuram * Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Vaddikasula Varahala Rao * Ranganath as Rangapati *

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as Inspector Veerabhadram *

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as Raghupati *

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as Inspector Bhujangam / Bhayankar *Thyagaraju as I.G. * Ramana Murthy as Dr. Prakash *

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as Deen Dayal * Pradeep Shakthi as Billa *Vinod as Shishupal *Madan as Shiva Ram *Raj Varma as Kotlingam *Jaya Bhaskar as Inspector Narayan * Sarathi as Kanaka Rao *K. K. Sarma as a priest *Anitha as Lakshmi *Sri Lakshmi *Phani *Vijayalakshmi *Shyamala

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics written by

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. Music released on AMC Audio Company.

References

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{{V. Madhusudhana Rao 1989 films 1980s Telugu-language films Indian crime action films 1980s masala films Trucker films Twins in Indian films Films directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Telugu remakes of Hindi films 1980s crime action films