The rivalry between two families leads to killings and battle for supremacy in a village in Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh. Chandra (Jr. NTR) is an orphan who lives in the City and falls in love with Trisha, a rich kid. To match the status of Trisha, Chandra enters in to a pact with Raja (Kota) and later he shall be brought to the village as the heir to the Raja Vasireddy (Suman) family as Vijaya Simha. Trisha too follows him to the house. Later, Vijaya Simha comes to know about the bitter rivalry in the village and what happens next is the crux of the story.
Trade
When the combination of NTR and Boyapati Srinu was announced, the movie has hit bulls’ eye in trade. Since Boyapati had delivered a super hit to Balakrishna with Simha, there were huge expectations riding on the movie in fans and audience but the movie could not reach the expectations. Finally, the movie turned out to be a loss.
Highlights
Boyapati Srinu had narrated 9 scripts to NTR before Dammu.
Boyapati brought NTR back to mass masala track. Jr. NTR had been trying to attract families with movies like Adhurs, Brindavanam and Oosaravelli.
Producer KS Rama Rao had paid advance to Boyapati Srinu for NTR movie after Thulasi. It almost took 5 years for the movie to go on sets.
Sidelights
Shruti Hassan was the first choice as heroine in the movie. She backed off from the projects due to date issues.
There are several reports that NTR had highly influenced the director to change the script during the movie makin