Sreeram

Sreeram is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action masala film starring Uday Kiran, Anita Hassanandani and Ashish Vidyarthi. This film was directed by V. N. Aditya and produced by Burugapally Siva Rama Krishna. Music was scored by R. P. Patnaik. It is a remake of the Tamil film, Dhill, which starred Vikram, Laila Mehdin, Nassar and Vivek in critical roles. The film was an average grosser at the box office.

The film was later dubbed into Hindi as Ghera Ghaav by Goldmines Telefilms.

Plot
Sriram (Uday Kiran) wants to become a cop. Madhu (Anitha) is the sister of Sriram's brother-in-law. C.I. "Encounter" Shankar misbehaves with Madhu which causes a fight between Sriram and Shankar. Shankar decides to take revenge on Sriram by filing a false report during police verification about S.I selections and also kills Sriram's dearest friend. Finally Sriram fights with him and kills him.

Cast

 * Uday Kiran as Sreeram Kumar
 * Anita Hassanandani as Madhu
 * Ashish Vidyarthi as C.I. "Encounter" Shankar
 * Siva Krishna as Police Officer Narayana
 * Sunil as Bose
 * Sudha as Sreeram's mother
 * Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Sreeram's father
 * Deepa Venkat as Kamala, Sreeram's sister
 * Tanikella Bharani as Minister Subba Rayudu
 * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Constable Shiva
 * Narsing Yadav as Das, Subba Rayudu's henchman
 * Kaushal Manda as Sreeram's friend
 * Rajesh as Sreeram's friend
 * Lakshmipathi as Lakshmipathi
 * Kadambari Kiran as Politician
 * M. S. Narayana
 * Devadas Kanakala
 * Kiran Rathod in a special appearance in the song "Pedavullo Pepsicola"

Soundtrack
Music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. Chandrabose and Kulasekhar wrote 2 songs each, Kulasekhar wrote one more song in collaboration with R. P. Patnaik. Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry wrote one song. Music was released by Aditya Music company.

Reception
Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "The film can be summed up in two words: Violence Unlimited". A critic from Sify wrote that "The problem is that Uday is miscast as an action hero and the director is also not comfortable with this genre of movies. They are unsure about themselves which hinders the progress of narration".