Seema Tapakai

Seema Tapakai (“Seema Firecracker”) is a 2011 Telugu comedy written and directed by G. Nageswara Reddy and produced by Dr. Vijaya Prasad Malla under the Wellfare Creations banner, starring Allari Naresh and Shamna Kasim (credited as Poorna) in her first Telugu film. Music is by Vandemataram Srinivas and dialogue by Marudhuri Raja. Released in May 2011, it drew positive reviews and was a hit.

What the story is about

Sri Krishna is the son of GK, a multimillionaire businessman who cannot stand even the smell of the poor. He falls for Satya, who believes the rich only get richer by exploiting the poor, so to win her he pretends to be poor himself, and when she accepts him, he recruits his whole family into the act: his father becomes a banana seller, his mother a bajji seller. But Satya turns out to be the daughter of Nagineedu, a factionist from Kurnool locked in a feud with another faction leader, Venkatappa, and the masquerade gets a lot more complicated.

Cast and crew

• Allari Naresh as Sri Krishna
• Shamna Kasim as Satya
• Sayaji Shinde as GK, Krishna’s father, and Sudha as his mother
• Nagineedu as Satya’s father
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Venkatappa
• Rao Ramesh as Narsimha
• L. B. Sriram as GK’s driver, Brahmanandam as Melimbangaram and M. S. Narayana as GK’s PA
• Vennela Kishore as Kishore and Ravi Prakash as Krishna’s brother

Writer and director: G. Nageswara Reddy. Producer: Dr. Vijaya Prasad Malla. Music: Vandemataram Srinivas. Cinematography: Adusumilli Vijay Kumar. Runtime: 128 minutes.

Making the film and music

This was the second film for Naresh and Nageswara Reddy after Seema Sastri, and it was delayed by the 2011 Telugu film strike; producer Vijaya Prasad Malla was also an MLA at the time. The audio was released by Madhura Audio in Hyderabad on 18 April 2011 and was well received, and it includes a remix of “Akasamlo Oka Tara” from Simhasanam, sung by Javed Ali and Sravana Bhargavi.

Reviews and box office

Suresh Kavirayani of The Times of India gave it three out of five and called it fun for the whole family; 123telugu rated it 3.5 out of five as the best entertainer of the season, and Sunita Chowdary of Cinegoer called it a fun film for the summer. T2BLive‘s list of 2011’s top Telugu earners puts its distributors’ share at ₹7 crore. It was remade in Hindi as Ajab Gazabb Love.

Our record gives the release date as 12 May 2011, as does Wikipedia’s introduction; its release section says 13 May.

Where to watch Seema Tapakai

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Seema Tapakai and the reviews and reports it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.