Simha Swapnam
Simha Swapnam is a 1989 Telugu-language crime film, produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under the Jagapathi Art Pictures banner and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. It stars Krishnam Raju, Jayasudha, Jagapathi Babu, Vani Viswanath, Shantipriya in the lead roles and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is a remake of the Hindi movie Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988), starring Dharmendra, Sanjay Dutt, Chunky Pandey, Madhuri Dixit, Neelam in the pivotal roles. This film is the debut of Jagapathi Babu as a hero, with double role performance, both the roles of Sanjay Dutt and Chunky Pandey are done by Jagapathi Babu in Telugu.[1][2]
| Simha Swapnam | |
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| Directed by | V. Madhusudhan Rao |
| Produced by | V. B. Rajendra Prasad |
| Written by | D. Prabhakar (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | V. Madhusudhan Rao |
| Story by | M. D. Sundar |
| Based on | Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988) |
| Starring | Krishnam Raju Jayasudha Jagapathi Babu Vani Viswanath Shantipriya |
| Music by | Chakravarthy |
| Cinematography | D. Prasad Babu |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Production company | Jagapathi Art Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Balaram (Krishnam Raju) is a truck driver who works for a transport company owned by Raghupati (Ranganath) and Rangapati (Ahuti Prasad). Balaram's brother comes to know about their gold smuggling, so Raghupati kills him and frames Balaram, because of which, he ends up in jail. Annapoorna (Jayasudha), wife of Balaram gives birth to look-alike twins, Rajesh and Harish (Jagapati Babu). She leaves one of her twins with a trusted friend and gives him the responsibility of bringing up the child. As the kids grow up, Balaram becomes a businessman and changes his name as Krishnarjun. He kills the criminals who escaped from court with the name of Simha Swapnam. The rest of the story is how Balaram takes his revenge and the family unites.
Cast
- Krishnam Raju as Balaram / Krishnarjun / Simha Swapnam
- Jayasudha as Annapurna
- Jagapati Babu as Rajesh & Harish (Dual role)
- Vani Viswanath as Kavita
- Shantipriya as Sunita
- Gummadi as DSP Raghuram
- Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Vaddikasula Varahala Rao
- Ranganath as Rangapati
- Giri Babu as Inspector Veerabhadram
- Ahuti Prasad as Raghupati
- Chalapathi Rao as Inspector Bhujangam / Bhayankar
- Thyagaraju as I.G.
- Ramana Murthy as Dr. Prakash
- Narra Venkateswara Rao as Deen Dayal
- Pradeep Shakthi as Billa
- Vinod as Shishupal
- Madan as Shiva Ram
- Raj Varma as Kotlingam
- Jaya Bhaskar as Inspector Narayan
- Sarathi as Kanaka Rao
- K. K. Sarma as priest
- Anitha as Lakshmi
- Sri Lakshmi
- Phani
- Vijayalakshmi
- Shyamala
Soundtrack
| Simha Swapnam | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:47 | |||
| Label | AMC Audio | |||
| Producer | Chakravarthy | |||
| Chakravarthy chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics written by Aachari Aatreya. Music released on AMC Audio Company.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kallalona Neeve Gundelona Neeve" | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Chaliki Vaniki" | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Jigi Jigi" | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Tholi Kougilintha" | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Urumi Urumi" | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 4:52 |
| 6. | "Kallalona Neeve" (Sad) | SP Balu, P. Susheela | 4:23 |
References
- "Heading". IMDb.
- "Heading2". TeluguCinema. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015.