Seema Simham

2002 Indian film
  • 11 January 2002 (2002-01-11)
Running time
155 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Seema Simham (transl. Lion from Rayalaseema) is a 2002 Telugu-language action film produced by J. Bhagawan and D. V. V. Danayya under the Sri Balaji Art Creations banner and directed by G. Ram Prasad. It star Nandamuri Balakrishna in lead role. The music is composed by Mani Sharma. The film met with mixed reviews from critics and was a Utter Flop at Box Office.[1][2][3] The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Oh Podu.[4]

Plot

The film begins with the two besties Dhanunjaya Rao and Chandra Sekhar. Dhanunjaya Rao, a tycoon, goes above and beyond to show Chandra Sekhar the importance of friendship. The two of them are blessed with male children on the same day and lead jollity. After a while, Chandra Shekar being a police officer seizes a dreaded goon, whose men abduct Dhanunjaya Rao's son as an exchange. During the swap, Chandra Shekar succumbs to his selfishness and shoots the criminal. As a result, Dhanunjaya Rao's son dies which leads to the blackout stage of his wife Lakshmi. Frenzied, Dhanunjaya Rao is out for blood by slaying Chandra Shekar's son whom he hides on.

Years roll by, and Dhanunjaya Rao is still under hunt of the boy and Lakshmi is in a coma. Once, he sights a rectitude and rebel Durga Prasad thrashing the wicked cops for abusing the penniless woman. Currently, Dhanunjaya Rao assigns him the task to detect the whereabouts and assassinate the foe's son which he accepts. Plus, Durga Prasad accommodates at his residence where he is acquainted with his naughty nephew Charulatha / Baby. After a series of donnybrooks, she crushes. Shortly, he develops an affinity with Dhanunjaya Rao and reduces his grief. Step by Step, he makes Lakshmi normal with his volition. At that juncture, a valiant Simbhu Prasad arrives as Chandra Shekar's son who collisions Durga Prasad and is killed. Further, Dhanunjaya Rao's couple embraces Durga Prasad as their son, settles nuptials and notifies his diabolic sister Chamundeswari. Here as a flabbergast, she infuriated repulses claiming Durga Prasad is a stout-hearted SP and spins rearward.

Now the tale shifts to a village where MP Kaaleswara Rao husband of Chamundeswari suppresses them under his toe and conducts various atrocities. Hema a charming beauty halts therein, between the journey and is aware of the status quo. All at once, Durga Prasad alights and encounters Kaaleswara Rao's son which Hema view and falls for him. Apart from this, Kulashekar Rao the father of Hema coheres to the grounds of caste advances with the proposal to Durga Prasad's father Visweswara Rao. In the interim, Kaaleswara Rao incarcerates the village and gives a call to Durga Prasad jeopardizing them. However, he succeeds in shielding them by thundering on knaves, but his right arm is paralyzed.

Despite this, Hema stands firm defying her parents, resides at Durga Prasad's house, serves day & night, and recoups him. During their wedlock, Chamundeswari ruses break a cover-up that Durga Prasad is a foster to Visweswara Rao. So, Kulashekar Rao cancels the match when Durga Prasad aims and moves in quest of his parents. Presently, as a startle, Durga Prasad is the real son of Chandra Shekar and Simbhu Prasad is his younger progeny of Visweswara Rao. The two made this play for the serenity of Dhanunjaya Rao and to rectify Lakshmi. Being cognizant of it, Dhanunjaya Rao flares up with Kaaleswara Rao & Chamundeswari when Durga Prasad bows his head down for sacrifice. On the verge to slay, Lakshmi hinders him when he turns off. At last, Durga Prasad ceases the baddies and Dhanunjaya Rao forgives Chandra Sekhar. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Durga Prasad and Hema.

Cast

  • Nandamuri Bala Krishna as Durga Prasad IPS, and Simha Prasad, the real son of Chandra Shekhar
  • Simran as Hema
  • Reema Sen as Charulatha / Baby
  • Sai Kumar as Simbhu Prasad
  • K. Viswanath as Visweswara Rao
  • P. Vasu as MP Kaaleswara Rao
  • Raghuvaran as Dhanunjaya Rao
  • Charan Raj as Chandra Sekhar
  • Jaya Prakash Reddy as Kulashekar Rao
  • Brahmanandam as Bhadrachalam (servant)
  • Tanikella Bharani as Kanakaiyah
  • Annapurna as Hema's mother
  • Anandaraj as Police Inspector
  • Rao Ramesh as Hema's brother
  • Narra Venkateswara Rao as Chandra Sekhar's brother-in-law
  • Ahuti Prasad as Raghupathi
  • Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Villager
  • M. S. Narayana as Snake Man
  • Giri Babu as Doctor
  • Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Priest
  • Chalapathi Rao as Chalapeswara Rao
  • Ranganath as I. G.
  • Mohan Raj as Kaaleswara Rao's brother
  • G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Kaaleswara Rao's henchman
  • Sakshi Ranga Rao as School Master
  • Sujatha as Lakshmi
  • Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Paravathi
  • Sangeeta as Bhavani
  • L. B. Sriram
  • Costume Krishna as Minister Subramanya Sharma
  • Raghunatha Reddy as Doctor
  • Satya Prakash as Kaaleswara Rao's son
  • Ramaraju as Kaaleswara Rao's henchmen
  • Gautham Raju as Driver
  • Rajitha as Hema's aunty
  • Siva Parvathi as Chamundeswari
  • Delhi Rajeswari as Doctor
  • Varsha
  • Alapathi Lakshmi
  • Pavala Syamala
  • Kalpana Rai
  • Master Anand Vardhan

Soundtrack

Seema Simham
Film score by
Released2002
GenreSoundtrack
Length29:54
LabelAditya Music
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Subbu
(2001)
Seema Simham
(2002)
Takkari Donga
(2002)

The music composed by Mani Sharma.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Manchitanam Intiperu"ChandraboseShankar Mahadevan5:05
2."Rendu Jalla Pappa"BhuvanachandraK. S. Chithra, Shankar Mahadevan4:09
3."Koka Raika"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Subramaniam5:23
4."Chandamaama"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryHariharan, Sujatha4:56
5."Pori Husharu"SrinivasMano, Radhika Thilak4:52
6."Avvaa Buvvaa"SrinivasUdit Narayan, Swarnalatha5:29
Total length:29:54

References

  1. ^ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Seema Simham - Bala Krishna - Simran - Reema Sen - G Ram Prasad - Mani Sharma". Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Seema Simham". Sify. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021.
  3. ^ https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/seemasimham/telugu/seemasimham-movie-reviews-1322-2.html Archived 22 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
  4. ^ "An O-Podu season for Vikram and Kiran". The Hindu. 8 June 2002. Archived from the original on 26 November 2002.

External links

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