''Shriraam'' is a 2002 Indian
Telugu-language
action masala film directed by
V. N. Aditya and produced by Burugapally Siva Rama Krishna. It stars
Uday Kiran
Vajapeyajula Uday Kiran, better known as Uday Kiran (26 June 1980 – 5 January 2014) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Telugu cinema and has acted in some Tamil language, Tamil films. His first three films, ''Chitram'' (2000), ''Nuvv ...
,
Anita, and
Ashish Vidyarthi in lead roles. Music was composed by
R. P. Patnaik. It is a remake of the Tamil film, ''
Dhill'' (2001), which starred
Vikram and
Laila. The film was an average grosser at the box office.
Plot
Sriram (Uday Kiran) wants to become a cop. Madhu (Anitha) is the sister of Sriram's brother-in-law.
Circle Inspector
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"Encounter" Shankar misbehaves with Madhu which causes a fight between Sriram and Shankar. Shankar decides to take revenge on Sriram by filing a false report during police verification about
sub-inspector selections and also kills Sriram's dearest friend. Finally Sriram confronts and kills him.
Cast
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Uday Kiran
Vajapeyajula Uday Kiran, better known as Uday Kiran (26 June 1980 – 5 January 2014) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Telugu cinema and has acted in some Tamil language, Tamil films. His first three films, ''Chitram'' (2000), ''Nuvv ...
as Sreeram Kumar
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Anita Hassanandani as Madhu
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Ashish Vidyarthi as C.I. "Encounter" Shankar
* Siva Krishna as Police Officer Narayana
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Sunil as Bose
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Easwari Rao as Satyavathi, Madhu's mother
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Sudha as Amrutham, Sreeram's mother
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Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Venkatachalam, Sreeram's father
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Chandra Mohan as Chandram, Madhu's father
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Deepa Venkat as Kamala, Sreeram's sister
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Tanikella Bharani as Minister Subba Rayudu
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Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Constable Siva
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Narsing Yadav as Das, Subba Rayudu's henchman
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Kaushal Manda
Kaushal Prasad Manda is an Indian actor and model who predominantly works in Telugu language films and TV serials.
Career
Manda made his debut as a child artist in 1982–1983 with Telugu TV serial Evanni Chedanunchu. Then he participated i ...
as Sreeram's friend
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Satyam Rajesh as Sreeram's friend
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Lakshmipathi as Lakshmipathi
* Kadambari Kiran as Politician
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M. S. Narayana as Narayana
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Devadas Kanakala
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Kiran Rathod in a special appearance in the song "Pedavullo Pepsicola"
Soundtrack
Music was composed by
R. P. Patnaik.
Chandrabose and
Kulasekhar wrote two songs each,
Kulasekhar wrote one more song in collaboration with
R. P. Patnaik.
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry wrote one song. Music was released by
Aditya Music
Aditya Music India Private Limited is an Indian music record label company, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana.
Overview
The company was founded b ...
company. The tune of the song "Bulli Bulli" was inspired from the
Odia folk song
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Rangabati.
Reception
Gudipoodi Srihari of ''
The Hindu
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'' wrote that "The film can be summed up in two words: Violence Unlimited". A critic from ''
Sify
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'' wrote that "The problem is that Uday is miscast as an action hero and the director is also not comfortable with this genre of movies. They are unsure about themselves which hinders the progress of narration".
References
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2000s Indian films
2000s Telugu-language films
Telugu remakes of Tamil films
Films directed by V. N. Aditya