Samba (2004 film)

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Samba
Samba telugu.jpg
Poster
Directed by V. V. Vinayak
Screenplay byV. V. Vinayak
Dialogues by
Story byG. S. Rao
Produced by Kodali Nani
Starring
CinematographyK. Ravindra Babu
Edited byGautham Raju
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
Kodali Movies
Release date
  • 9 June 2004 (2004-06-09)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Samba is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by Kodali Nani. [1] The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Bhumika Chawla, Genelia D'Souza, and Prakash Raj while Vijayakumar, Ali, Sithara, Sukumari, Sukanya, and Brahmaji play supporting roles. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by K. Ravindra Babu and editing by Gautham Raju. The film released on 9 June 2004.

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The film was an average success at the box office. [2] It was remade in Kannada as Mandya and in Bengali Bangladesh as Ek Rokha. It was dubbed in Hindi as the same name.

Plot

Dharmayya Naidu is a factionist who lost his wife because he is uneducated. Hence, he wants to felicitate education in his Seema area by constructing schools. He realizes that the quarry he owns has good quality granite deposits. Samba is Dharmayya Naidu's son, while Pasupathi is Dharmayya Naidu's son-in-law. Pasupathi plays the game in such a way that Dharmayya Naidu is forced to give granite quarry as a dowry to Pasupathi's family, due to which Dharmayya Naidu's daughter kills herself. When Samba learns the reason behind his sister's suicide, he occupies the quarry and kills Pasupathi's brothers. Pasupathi then kills everybody in Samba's house in retaliation. Samba and his nemesis Pasupathi take shelter in Kanchi and Amritsir respectively as police ban them from entering AP for a year. Samba settles as a sari manufacturer and trader in Kanchi (Tamil Nadu). The rest of the story is all about how he returns to Seema, takes vengeance against Pasupathi, and starts serving in the educational field.

Cast

Production

N. T. Rama Rao Jr. wanted to work with Kodali Nani since 1999. [3] Nani decided to make a film with Vinayak after watching the rushes of Aadi. The project titled Samba was launched on 10 October 2003. [4] The film's story was provided by G. S. Rao with Kona Venkat penning dialogues. [3] The title song was choreographed by Prabhu Deva which marked his first collaboration with Jr. NTR. [3] The film's story revolved around the backdrop of Kanchi. [5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and released by Aditya Music. The audio release function was held on 20 May 2004 coincided with N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s twenty-second birthday at Taj residency with B. Gopal, D. Suresh Babu, KL Narayana and S. S. Rajamouli as chief guests. [6]

Samba
Soundtrack album by
Mani Sharma
Released2004
Recorded2004
Genre Soundtrack
Length29:58
Label Aditya Music
Producer Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Adavi Ramudu
(2004)		Samba
(2004)		 Yagnam
(2004)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Dam Damare Dam Dam" Chandrabose Shankar Mahadevan 5:01
2."Tagilinadi Rabba" Bhuvana Chandra S. P. B. Charan, Ganga 4:51
3."Kitha Kithalu Pettamaku" Suddala Ashok Teja Mano, Swarnalatha 5:13
4."Nandamuri Chandamama" Bhuvana Chandra S. P. B. Charan, Sujatha Mohan 4:55
5."Luxemburg Lux Sundari"Sahithi Karthik, Mahalakshmi Iyer 4:38
6."Namaste Namaste" Chandra Bose Tippu, K. S. Chithra 5:20
Total length:29:58

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Over all, Samba is a good film for masses and is a definite hit". [7] A critic from Sify wrote that " If you are an NTR fan and is looking out for simple entertainment, go and watch Samba". [8]

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  2. ↑ "Jr. N.T.R All Films Hit Flop Box Office Verdict". Bollywoodfever.co.in. 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pressmeet - SAMBA - NTR, VV Vinayak & Kodali Nani". Idlebrain.com . 9 May 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Kona Venkat dialogues for Samba". Idlebrain. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Kanchi backdrop for Samba". Idlebrain. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Audio Function - SAMBA: NTR's 22nd Birthday Function". Idlebrain.com . 20 May 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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