Narasimhudu

Narasimhudu is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by B. Gopal. The film stars Jr. NTR, Amisha Patel, and Sameera Reddy, while Puneet Issar, Kalabhavan Mani, Pradeep Rawat, Rahul Dev, and Ashish Vidyarthi play supporting roles. The film is a remake of 2004 Kannada film Durgi directed by P. Ravi Shankar. The film was a disaster at the box office. In 2007, the film was dubbed in Hindi as The Power of Narsimha and in 2021, the film was dubbed in Marathi as Narsinha.

Plot
Narasimhudu's (Jr. NTR) parents die at a young age, and he is adopted by the villagers of Kondaveedu, who all take up the responsibility of bringing him up. JD's (Puneet Issar) son (Rahul Dev) and Pothuraju's (Kalabhavan Mani) brother rape and kill an 11-year-old in the village. Narasimhudu, who is also the caretaker of the village, vows to take revenge on the big people and their sons for committing the heinous crime. The rest is how Narasimhudu kills them.

Cast

 * Jr. NTR as Kondaveedi Narasimhudu
 * Amisha Patel as Subbalakshmi
 * Sameera Reddy as Parvathy Narasimhudu's love interest
 * Puneet Issar as JD aka Jayadev
 * Kalabhavan Mani as Ambarpet Pothuraju
 * Pradeep Rawat as Pradeep, Pothuraju's henchman
 * Ponnambalam as Rudra Raju, Pothuraju's henchman
 * Rahul Dev as JD's son
 * Ashish Vidyarthi as Police Commissioner (Voice dubbed by Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar)
 * Sudha as Narasimhdu's mother
 * Brahmanandam as Narasimhudu's friend
 * Ali as Narasimhudu's friend
 * Banerjee as Pothuraju's brother-in-law
 * Narsing Yadav as Narsing, Pothuraju's henchman
 * Satyam Rajesh as Narasimhudu's friend
 * Tanikella Bharani as Doctor
 * Jaya Prakash Reddy as MLA
 * Krishna Bhagawan as Pothuraju's friend-in-law
 * Chalapathi Rao as Narasimhudu's friend aide (Master Ji)
 * Venu Madhav as Venu
 * G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Kaali
 * Chitram Seenu as Sreenu
 * Aarthi Agarwal as an item number "Rajamandrike"

Soundtrack
Music Was composed by Mani Sharma and released on Aditya Music Company. Audio was launched on 23 April 2005 at a grand Function held at Taj Residency, Hyderabad. N. Chandrababu Naidu V. V. Vinayak and many other celebrities attended the function.

Reception
B. Anuradha of Rediff.com called the film a "huge disappointment" and added "Gopal [..] is fascinated with a formula of attractively picturised songs, big action scenes, punchlines and comedy, but fails to pick the right plot."

Sify gave the film 3/5 and wrote "Narasimhudu is one of those insufferable movies, that is devoid of a basic story and there is nothing new in style or presentation." Idlebrain.com 's Jeevi rated the film 2.5/5 and wrote "Movie starts off in an interesting style with a good introduction of the hero. But this graph slides down as the movie progresses."