Narasimha Naidu

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Narasimha Naidu is a 2001 Telugu action drama directed by B. Gopal and written by Chinni Krishna, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna in the title role with Simran, Preeti Jhangiani and Asha Saini, and music by Mani Sharma. Released on 11 January 2001 alongside Venkatesh’s Devi Putrudu and Chiranjeevi’s Mrugaraju, it received positive reviews and became an industry hit. Balakrishna won the Nandi Award for Best Actor. Our record lists a running time of 161 minutes.

What the story is about

The film begins with a feud between two neighbouring villages in Visakhapatnam district. The peace-loving Raghupati Naidu watches as his rival, the vicious Appala Naidu, tramples over his village and grabs the fields of its Lakshmi Narasimha temple. Raghupati Naidu decides to build a fighting force, decreeing that every family must give one son to it, and gives his own younger son, Narasimha Naidu. Years later, Anjali, the pampered daughter of a brutal factionist, Kuppuswamy Naidu, falls for a man who seems to have nothing to do with faction violence, and her father has already fixed her marriage to the son of Appala Naidu. Who Narasimha Naidu really is, and what happened to his family, unfolds in a long flashback.

Cast

• Nandamuri Balakrishna as Narasimha Naidu
• Simran as Sravani
• Preeti Jhangiani as Anjali
• Asha Saini as Sandhya, Sravani’s sister
• K. Viswanath as Raghupathi Naidu, Narasimha Naidu’s father
• Mukesh Rishi as Kuppu Swamy Naidu, Anjali’s father
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Anjali’s uncle
• Brahmanandam as Hanumad Shastry
• Tanikella Bharani as Papanashanam
• Mohan Raj as Appala Naidu
• Telangana Shakuntala as Naga Mani

Production and music

The Paruchuri Brothers announced the title on 1 December 2000. Mani Sharma composed the soundtrack, whose rights were bought by Supreme Music.

Reception and box office

Critics liked it, with reservations. Idlebrain.com called the first half “very good with interval being the nerve wrecking point” but felt the second half did not live up to it, judging it not as good as Samarasimha Reddy. Sify thought it would have been more engrossing without the “routine flashback style” and noted it lacked Samarasimha Reddy’s message. Telugucinema.com praised Balakrishna, K. Viswanath, Simran and Preeti and singled out Mani Sharma’s “foot-tapping music”.

According to News18, the film earned a distributors’ share of ₹30 crore on a budget of ₹6-9 crore, making it an industry hit of its time. It was remade in Tamil as Ezhumalai (2002) with Arjun, with Simran reprising her role.

Where to watch Narasimha Naidu

We do not have a confirmed streaming platform for Narasimha Naidu on file. The OTT details on this page will be updated when a platform’s own listing confirms it.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Narasimha Naidu and the reviews and report it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.