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Veera Simha Reddy | |
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Directed by | Gopichand Malineni |
Screenplay by | Gopichand Malineni |
Dialogue by | |
Story by | Gopichand Malineni |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Rishi Punjabi |
Edited by | Naveen Nooli |
Music by | S. Thaman |
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Running time | 172 minutes [1] |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹100 crore [2] |
Box office | ₹134 crore [3] |
Veera Simha Reddy is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language action drama film [4] written and directed by Gopichand Malineni and produced by Mythri Movie Makers. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in titlular dual role, with Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Honey Rose, Shruti Haasan And Duniya Vijay in lead roles, along with Lal, Ajay Ghosh, John Kokken, Naveen Chandra and Murali Sharma in supporting roles. The film score and soundtrack were composed by S. Thaman.
Principal photography commenced in February 2022 and ended in December 2022. Veera Simha Reddy was released on 12 January 2023, coinciding on the Sankranthi weekend and clashing with Waltair Veeraya. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and performed decently at the box-office, grossing ₹134 crore worldwide. [5]
In Istanbul, Meenakshi runs a restaurant of Rayalaseema Cuisine and lives with her son Jai Simha Reddy, who owns a car dealership. Through a scuffle at his dealership, he gets acquainted with a tone-deaf wannabe singer named Isha and falls in love with her. Jai goes to Isha's home along with Meenakshi for a marriage proposal, where he meets her father Jayaram, who is a tycoon. While the talks are proceeding, Meenakshi discloses to Isha's parents about Jai's father, Veera Simha Reddy who is a leader in Pulicherla, Andhra Pradesh.
Veera Simha Reddy is the arbiter, who efforts towards eradicating the infamous factionalism. He is at odds with fiend faction leader Pratap Reddy that aims to assassinate him. At a plurality of times, Pratap Reddy tries to finish Veera Simha Reddy, but all his attempts go in vain, which enrages his wife Bhanumati as she wants to avenge her miseries caused by Veera Simha Reddy. Pratap Reddy decides to demolish a factory owned by industrialist Raj Gopal, which was constructed 30 years ago by the aim of Veera Simha Reddy to bring employment to the region. He conspires with his uncle Peddi Reddy, a minister to carry out his evil plan. They resolve to meet at a land and to lay a foundation stone for a new factory to which several prominent politicians are arriving.
Immediately, Raj Gopal proceeds to Veera Simha Reddy's aid. Veera Simha Reddy gallantly encounters their convoy at a milestone and backfires their plan by single-handedly obliterating all of them. Later, Veera Simha Reddy receives a phone call from Meenakshi who invites him to Turkey. Upon reaching, Veera Simha Reddy unites with Jai, who is unbeknownst to him is his son. He thanks Meenakshi for respecting his decision years ago to walk out on them. They meet Jayaram, who happily gives his acceptance to Jai and Isha's union. After their departure, Jayaram is frightened as he is the investor in the factory whose construction is blocked was previously blocked by Veera Simha Reddy. Hurriedly, Jayaram dials Pratap Reddy and indicates the presence of Veera Simha Reddy in Turkey. After a long fight, Bhanumati arrives with Pratap and finishes Veera by deceiving. It is then revealed that Bhanumati is Veera Simha Reddy's sister.
Jai attempts to save Veera Simha Reddy, who stops him saying that he can die repeatedly for Bhanumathi. Before leaving his breath, Veera Simha Reddy instructs Jai to perform his final rights in his motherland. As per guidelines, Jai carries his father's corpse to Rayalaseema and conducts the funeral. Following, Jai questions the underlying reason for Bhanumati's enmity against her brother when Siddhappa, Veera Simha Reddy's trusted lieutenant divulges the past. Bhanumati was the illicit child of Veera Simha Reddy's father, yet he idolized and dedicated his life to her. Meenakshi was his cross-cousin who endeared him from childhood and was betrothed to him. He asked her to wait until the accomplishment of Bhanumati's marriage, but unfortunately they consummated.
Their adjacent village Musali Madugu, was in constant torment under Gangi Reddy who was Pratap Reddy's father. Once, a child from Musali who was a victim of Gangi's atrocities, approached Veera Simha Reddy to liberate them from his evil clutches. Forthwith, Veera Simha Reddy charged onto the village and a fight ensued, and culminated with Veera decapitating Gangi Reddy while Pratap watched helplessly. In the interim, Bhanumati loved Siddhappa's son Shekar. Learning this, Veera Simha Reddy heartfully gave his approval and engaged them.
Out of anger, Pratap Reddy heckles a drunk Shekar who inadvertently indulges in gunfire and kills a villager Suri. Veera uprights piety and ostracizes Shekar, who later commits suicide. Heartbroken, Bhanumati pledged to seek vengeance. On that account, she married Pratap Reddy and commanded him not to touch her before Veera Simha Reddy's death. Thus, Veera Simha Reddy leaves Pratap Reddy alive for his sister and decided to renounce all comforts as a penalty for Shekar's death, and requests Meenakshi to quit his life. She relucantly agrees and hides her pregnancy.
Back to the present, Jai challenges Pratap to enter without his aunt's background. Infuriated by Jai's comment, Pratap Reddy smacks Bhanumati asserting that he is the one who instigated vengeance in her mind. He reveals that he had killed Shekar and staged it as a suicide. Distraught, Bhanumati meets Jai and apologizes to him, where she kills herself by slitting her throat. During the time of her cremation, Pratap Reddy attacks Jai. However, Jai manages to decapitate Pratap Reddy and merges his aunt's ashes in his father's grave, where he continues his father's legacy.
In late January 2021, it was reported that Gopichand Malineni would team up with Nandamuri Balakrishna for his next directional, funded by Naveen Yerneni and Y. Ravi Shankar under Mythri Movie Makers. [6] The project was officially announced on 10 June, on the occasion of Balakrishna's birthday, with the working title NBK107. Thaman S was brought on-board to compose the score. [7] A muhurtam ceremony was held on 13 November in Hyderabad. [8]
In mid June 2021, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar was reported to play an important role in the film. [9] In mid August, Vijay Sethupathi was reported to play the lead antagonist role, thus making the film as his second Telugu film after Uppena (2021), but turned to be false. [10] In October, Shruti Haasan was reported to play the lead female role, alongside Balakrishna. She was reported to receive ₹2.5 crore (US$310,000) for remuneration. [11] Shruti's commitments were officially announced on 5 November. [12] Kannada actor Duniya Vijay was announced playing the lead antagonist on 3 January 2022. [13] Few days later, Varalaxmi's commitments were officially announced. [14]
Principal photography begam on 18 February 2022 in Sircilla and commenced in December. [15] [16] [17] In October 2022, the film's official title was unveiled as Veera Simha Reddy. [18]
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Released | 9 January 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2022 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 15:16 | |||
Language | Telugu | |||
Label | Sony Music India | |||
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Singles from Veera Simha Reddy | ||||
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The music of the film is composed by Thaman S. The first single titled "Jai Balayya" was released on 26 November 2022. [19] The second single titled "Suguna Sundari" was released on 15 December 2022. [20] The third single titled "Maa Bava Manobhavalu" was released on 24 December 2022. [21] The fourth single titled "Mass Mogudu" was released on 9 January 2023. [22]
All lyrics are written by Ramajogayya Sastry
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jai Balayya" (Mass Anthem) | Kareemullah | 3:51 |
2. | "Suguna Sundari" | Ram Miriyala, Snigdha Sharma | 4:14 |
3. | "Maa Bava Manobhavalu" | Sahiti Chaganti, Yamini, Renu Kumar | 4:49 |
4. | "Mass Mogudu" | Mano, Ramya Behara | 3:27 |
Total length: | 15:16 |
Veera Simha Reddy released on 12 January 2023, for the Sankranti weekend. [18] [23] [24] Theatrical rights of the film were sold at a cost of ₹73 crore. [25]
The digital streaming rights of the film were acquired by Disney+ Hotstar for ₹14 crore, [26] [25] and was premiered on 23 February 2023. [27] It was premiered on television on Star Maa on 23 April 2023. [28]
123Telugu gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "On the whole, Veera Simha Reddy is a decent action entertainer that has all the commercial elements to entertain Balakrishna fans." [29] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express rated the film 3.25 out of 5 stars and wrote "The troubling part of Veera Simha Reddy, by that token most of Balakrishna's movies, is that it argues its okay to kill to solve a problem". [30] Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Veera Simha Reddy is Balakrishna’s film through-and-through. However, where he triumphs as Veera, he fails as Jai. Whenever the man comes on-screen donned is black is when you feel like paying attention, his cakey makeup and lukewarm performance while playing the other character takes away from it." [31] Janani K of India Today gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and termed the film as "reeks of clichéd ideas", criticised the storyline while praised the performance of Balakrishna. [32]
Haricharan Pudipeddi of Hindustan Times wrote "The film thrives on violence and some exquisitely shot action sequences, which are a treat to watch. As the central character Veera Simha Reddy, Balakrishna holds the film together and its quite literally a one-man show." [33] Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Violent scenes that bank on shock value, powerful antagonists, and an intriguing larger narrative worked well to complement the slow-motion chest-thumping moments. In Veera Simha Reddy, we have a loosely knit and archaic narrative told through a template screenplay." [34]
Veera Simha Reddy grossed ₹54+ crore worldwide on its opening day, including ₹36.2 crore from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana combined. [35] Thus, it became the highest opening grosser for Nandamuri Balakrishna. [36] The film has grossed US$747,000 by the first day of its release in the United States. [37] By the end of its theatrical run, Veera Simha Reddy grossed ₹133 crore worldwide including a distributors' share of ₹79.82 crore. [5]
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