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| Directed by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
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| Written by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Produced by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Starring | Template:Ubl |
| Cinematography | V. S. R. Swamy |
| Edited by | B. Krishnam Raju |
| Music by | Koti
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu
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Kondaveeti Simhasanam (Template:Translation)Template:Efn is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao and starring himself, Mohan Babu and Soundarya with Harshavardhan, Deepti Bhatnagar, Laya and Udaya Bhanu in supporting roles.[1] The film is modern retelling of the relationship between Lord Rama, the village head, and Anjaneya, his servant. The film was released to highly negative reviews.
Cast
- Dasari Narayana Rao as Ramachandra Naidu alias Ramachandraiah
- Mohan Babu as Satti
- Soundarya as Chitti
- Harshavardhan as Aravind
- Deepti Bhatnagar as Rani
- Laya as Varala
- Udaya Bhanu
- Jayachitra as Nagamanamma Naidu alias Nagamani
- Ambika
- Annapoorna
- Telangana Shakuntala as Ramachandraiah's mother
- Kanta Rao
- Narra Venkateswara Rao
- P. J. Sarma
- Purushottama Rao
- Mada Venkateswara Rao
- Suthivelu
- Chitti Babu
- K. K. Sharma
- Jenny
- Ranganath as Ramachandraiah's father
- Magunta Sudhakar as Gangadhara Naidu
- Ravi Kumar
- Raghunatha Reddy
- Mumtaj
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Gautam Raju
Production and release
The film began filming on 16 November 2000 under the title Sardar Nagireddy with Laurence as the director.[2][3] Koti replaced Vandemataram Srinivas as the music composer.[3] The initial version starred Dasari Narayana Rao, Mohan Babu, Soundaraya, Laya, Deepti Bhatnagar and Dasari Arun Kumar.[4] Dasari Narayana Rao plays Mohan Babu's guru.[5] Mohan Babu has three getups in the film including that of a 99-year old. Soundarya worked as an assistant director while Mohan Babu worked as the production manager.[6] The initial version featuring Arun Kumar was slated to release on 4 May 2001.[4] The film's release was postponed to June 2001 after it found no buyers.[7] The film was delayed and Arun Kumar's portions were reshot with Harshavardhan with Dasari Narayana Rao as the director.[2][8] The film's release was delayed to late January 2002.[9]
Reception
A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of "Horrible" and opined that "It is the most boring and sleep inducing film of the year. It is high time that Dasari retires as a director. Mohan Babu as usual hams his way through the film and Dasari too overacts as Naidu".[10] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu said that "Had the story been narrated straight, avoiding flashbacks, playing up main roles, adding a pinch of social purpose and fun, the film would have looked altogether different, clear and delightful".[11] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com stated that "Watching Kondaveeti Simhasanam is like experiencing a 3-hour continuous torture. Keep a safe distance from this film".[2] A critic from Full Hyderabad criticised the film for its age old story.[12]
Box office
Despite an impressive star cast, the film was a box office failure.[13]
Notes
References
- ↑ Happy Birthday Deepti Bhatnagar: 4 Movies that Made her an Actress to Look Out for. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Movie review – Kondaveeti Simhasanam by Jeevi, Jeevi(8 February 2002). Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 It's Kondaveeti Simhasanam for Dasari and Mohan Babu. Idlebrain.com(17 November 2000). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kondaveeti Simhasanam release on 4th of May. Idlebrain.com(22 January 2001). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Changing mustache of Telugu cinema!. Idlebrain.com(7 December 2000). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Soundarya turns assistant director. Idlebrain.com(9 March 2001). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Dasari's Rifles. Idlebrain.com(7 May 2001). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Kondaveeti Simhasanam. Telugu Cinema. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ Sankranthi movies release dates. Idlebrain.com(8 January 2002). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Kondaveeti Simhasanam. Sify(21 April 2003). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedhindu - ↑ Kondaveeti Simhasanam review: Kondaveeti Simhasanam (Telugu) Movie Review – fullhyd.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Tollywood in the first half of 2002.