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Lakshmi Narasimha (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Lakshmi Narasimha' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by Bellamkonda Suresh on Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner and directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Asin and Prakash Raj, with music composed by Mani Sharma. The film was released on January 14, 2004, to positive reviews and declared as hit. The film is remake of 2003, Tamil Movie 'Saamy'. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as 'IPS Narasimha' in 2010 by Aditya Music.
Plot
Lakshmi Narasimha is a strict DCP of Vijayawada city who does not mind making his own rules to bring justice to the public. Once, he was indirectly affected by the goon Dharma Bhiksham, which costs him his sister and many properties in his native village. But Dharma Bhiksham does not know that it was Lakshmi Narasimha who was affected by him. After a few months, Lakshmi Narasimha is transferred to Vijayawada. Dharma Bhiksham rules the mafia world from Vijayawada. Though a strict police officer, Lakshmi Narasimha compromises with Dharma Bhiksham and takes bribes to the tune of one and a half crores. He takes the bribes and then invests all the money into rehabilitating his native village affected by Dharma Bhiksham. Dharma Bhiksham learns of it and rebels against Lakshmi Narasimha. The rest of the story is all about how Lakshmi Narasimha puts an end to the life of Dharma Bhiksham using illegal methods.
Cast
* Nandamuri Balakrishna as DCP Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy
* Asin as Rukhmini
* Prakash Raj as Dharma Bhiksham
* K. Viswanath as Lakshmi Narasimha's father
* Sunil as Raj
* Krishna Bhagavan as Akuvakkala Ananda Rao
* Murali Mohan
* Duvvasi Mohan
* Ahuti Prasad as Police Commissioner
* Narra Venkateswara Rao
* Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
* Mallikarjuna Rao
* Raghu Babu
* Sudha
* M. S. Narayana
* Lakshmipati
* L. B. Sriram
* Fish Venkat
* Vallabhaneni Janardhan
* Thotapalli Madhu
* Prasanna Kumar
* Naveen
* Prabhu
* Ratna Sagar
* Ashalata
* Lata Chowdary
* Vimala Sri
* Karate Kalyani
* Rakshitha as an item number
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Mani Sharma, and was released on 25 December 2003 by Supreme Music Company.
Reception
Local review site Idlebrain rated the film three and a half stars and noted, "Bala Krishna's terrific performance is the biggest strength of the film. The first half of the film is entertaining. The second half is OK. And when Shiva Rama Krishna directs the heroine, the focus must be on the navel, this movie Heroine Asin opening starts with a focus on Navel. The famous video song director seems to be normal in the outing, yet he never loses focus on the glamour of the girl and heroism of the hero at any given point." Sify movies stated "Lakshmi Narasimha, the police story is being appreciated for its story, presentation and heroism of Balakrishna, the hero. It has taken a fantastic opening all over and is expected to be a long distance winner".
Controversy
Balakrishna was involved in a shooting controversy. The incident took place on 3 June 2004 around 20:50 hrs at his residence in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. The actor has fired shots at the producer B.Suresh and his associate, Satyanarayana Chowdhary. Later both the wounded were admitted into Apollo hospital. The circumstances under which the case was handled led to much controversy as purported by the Human Right Forum (HRF). The HRF has questioned the authenticity of the people who handled the case, and the circumstances under which the actor was shielded from police by giving refuge in the CARE Hospital with out any justifiable cause.
The two victims have given statements before the magistrate alleging that the actor has fired shots at them during their treatment in the hospital, but soon they were retracted and made volte-face of their earlier statements. The actor was arrested later on 6 June at around 3:30 AM and produced before fifth Metropolitan Magistrate. A show cause notice was also served on Bala Krishna's wife Vasundhara Devi as the weapon used was licensed under her name, and she could not give sufficient protection to her licensed weapon. But later, the actor was granted bail.
References
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