Narasimha Naidu story at a glance
Narasimha Naidu is a huge blockbuster from the same ‘Balakrishna- B.Gopal-Paruchuri Brothers- Mani Sharma’ combination in the backdrop of Rayalaseema Region again. Powerful dialogues, screenplay and Balakrishna’s superior performance made him the undisputed choice for Rayalaseema Backdrop films in Telugu Cinema ever since.
Story Details:
There are two neighboring villages in Rayalaseema. Goons head one village and Raghupati Naidu (K Vishwanath) taks care of another village. As Raghupati Naidu is peace loving, his village is dogged by the misdeeds of goons from the neighboring village. In order to save the future of his village, Raghupati Naidu asks one male kid from each family to be given for the purpose of saving the village. Raghupati Naidu selected his fourth son Narasimha Naidu as his family's contribution towards the security of the village. All these kids will be trained and prepared to protect the village. After 15 years, Anjali( Preeti Jhangiani), the niece of Jaya Prakash, who happens to be from the goons' village who later settled in another village. Narasimha Naidu sets up a dance ashram to teach classical dance to the students. Anjali falls in love with Narasimha Naidu at the first sight. Anjali joins Narasimha Naidu as the student and tries to make Narasimha Naidu fall in love with her.
Later on, she comes to know that Narasimha Naidu is already married and he has a kid too who is growing in the ashram. Narasimha Naidu is a widower as his wife Sravani (Simran) is no more. Anjali tries to get closer to the kid so that she can then marry Narasimha Naidu. The parents of Anjali fix up the marriage of Anjali with one of their relatives. When the uncle of Anjali comes to know that she is in love with a widowed dance master; he attacks him and threatens him that he would kill the kid. When they find Anjali missing, the entire battalion of goons invades the ashram of dance master only to find that he flew away. Rest of the story is about the flashback of Narasimha Naidu and why he gives up violence and leaves his native place.
Performances:
Balakrishna delivers another memorable performance as Narasimha Naidu in this film. His acting as innocent guy as well as the violent individual is done with good contrast. K.Vishwanath gets an important role as hero’s father . His concerned looks, and dignified performance adds so much to the film. Simran gets a role of substance and Preeti Jhangiani’s role is more confined to wooing the hero. Mukesh Rishi and Jayaprakash Reddy get good roles.
Technical Aspects:
Dialogues by Paruchuri Brothers work well yet again. The punchline “Kattulatho kaadhu ra kanti chuputhu champestha” became quite popular. Music by Mani Sharma is quite good in songs as well as background score. Direction by B.Gopal is at his commercial goodness again.
Cast and Crew:
Narasimha Naidu/ Dance Master- Balakrishna
Anjali- Preethi Jhangiani
Sravani- Simran
Raghupati Naidu- K.Vishwanath
Sravani’s Sister- Asha Saini
Villain- Mukesh Rishi
Dialogues- Paruchuri Brothers
Lyrics- Veturi, Chandrabose
Music- Mani Sharma
Producer- M.V.Murali Krishna
Director- B.Gopal
Banner- Sri Venkataramana Productions
Release Date- 11th January 2001