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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Adavi Simhalu<br />
| image = Adavi Simhalu.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| writer = Satyanand {{small|(dialogues)}}<br />
| story = <br />
| screenplay = K. Raghavendra Rao<br />
| producer = C. Ashwini Dutt<br />
| director = [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]<br />
| starring = [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] <br />[[Krishnam Raju]]<br />[[Jaya Prada]]<br />[[Sridevi]]<br />
| music = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]<br />
| cinematography = K. S. Prakash<br />
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
| studio = [[Vyjayanthi Movies]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186798/ |title=Adavi Simhalu (Overview) |work=IMDb}}</ref><br />
| released = {{Film date|1983|04|28|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
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'''''Adavi Simhalu''''' ({{translation}} ''Forest Lions'') is a 1983 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action film]], produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under the [[Vyjayanthi Movies]] banner<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmiclub.com/movie/adavi-simhalu-1983-telugu-movie |title=Adavi Simhalu (Banner) |work=Filmiclub |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027123655/https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/adavi-simhalu-1983-telugu-movie |url-status=dead }}</ref> and directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knowyourfilms.com/film/Adavi-Simhalu/8956 |title=Adavi Simhalu (Direction) |work=IMDb |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-date=19 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119051733/http://www.knowyourfilms.com/film/Adavi-Simhalu/8956 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film stars [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], [[Krishnam Raju]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Sridevi]] and music composed by [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gomolo.com/adavi-simhaalu-movie/17163 |title=Adavi Simhalu (Cast & Crew) |work=gomolo.com |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-date=25 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025212239/http://www.gomolo.com/adavi-simhaalu-movie/17163 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film was simultaneously made in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Jaani Dost]]'' with [[Dharmendra]], [[Jeetendra]], Sridevi and [[Parveen Babi]] in pivotal roles. Both movies were made simultaneously by the same banner and director, some of the scenes and artists are replicated in both versions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://telugu.filmibeat.com/movies/adavi-simhalu/review.html |title=Adavi Simhalu (Review) |work=Filmibeat}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film begins at Raj Nagar estate, whose owner, Raja Narendra Varma, lives with his wife Annapurnamma, their son Krishna, and they are on the verge of having a daughter. Here, vindictive brother-in-law Kondala Rao / Cobra ruses and slays Dharam Raj in an accident. Krishna is mislaid in it and befriends an orphan, Raju, who aims to civilize him, sacrificing his own. Years roll by, and Raju becomes a truck driver, whereas Krishna turns into a daredevil gangster as a white knight for Cobra's sibling Hari, that is always under the veil. Once, Raju secures a charming Lalitha, the unbeknownst sibling of Krishna, and falls for her. In tandem, Krishna crushes the lionhearted Rekha. Meanwhile, Raju spots Krishna's true self when discord arises, which soothes him by declaring Krishna an undercover cop. He seizes the total criminals of the country, but Hari flees. Thus, enraged Cobra incriminates Raju, forcibly knitting Lalitha with a stranger by endangering Annapurnamma and ploys to kill her. Just after, Cobra & Hari abscond to their crime wing of the forest. Ergo, Raju breaks the bars, and Krishna chases to hold him. Rekha also accompanies him by detecting Hari as a hoodwinker of her mother. Knowing it, Cobra attempts to destroy them, but they escape and face Lalitha eluded. Moreover, Krishna unearths his birth and realizes Lalitha is his sister. Now, Raju & Krishna tough nut Cobra in the veil of ''Adavi Simhalu''. So, Cobra sets up a rivalry between the two, and the battle erupts when they fathom the actuality. At last, they cease Cobra & gang. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Raju & Lalitha and Krishna & Rekha.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] as Krishna<br />
*[[Krishnam Raju]] as Raju<br />
*[[Jaya Prada]] as Lalita<br />
*[[Sridevi]] as Rekha<br />
*[[Rao Gopal Rao]] as Cobra Kondala Rao<br />
*[[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]] as Hari<br />
*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]]<br />
*[[Prasad Babu]] as Naagu<br />
*[[P. J. Sarma]] as Dada<br />
*[[Narra Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
*[[Chalapathi Rao]]<br />
*[[Malladi (actor)|Malladi]] as Priest <br />
*[[Mada Venkateswara Rao|Mada]]<br />
*[[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]] as Annapurnamma<br />
*[[Mucherla Aruna]]<br />
*[[Silk Smitha]]<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{IMDb title|0186798}}<br />
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{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}<br />
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[[Category:1983 films]]<br />
[[Category:1983 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1983 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s action drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by K. Chakravarthy]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in forests]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:1983 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Vyjayanthi Movies films]]</div>Gaurav