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''Jai Simha'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language
action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...
produced by C. Kalyan on C. K. Entertainments banner and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars
Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), also known as Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, film producer, politician and philanthropist known for his works in Telugu cinema. Balakrishna is an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative A ...
,
Nayanthara Nayanthara (born Diana Mariam Kurian; 18 November 1984) is an Indian actress and producer known for her work in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, she ...
,
Haripriya Shruthi Chandrasena (born 29 October 1991), known professionally as Hariprriya, is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Kannada films also appeared in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, and Malayalam films. Hariprr ...
, and
Natasha Doshi Natasha Doshi Shah is an Indian actress and model who appears in Malayalam and Telugu films. She made her debut in 2012 with '' Manthrikan'', directed by Anil Kumar. Early life Born in Mumbai, Doshi began acting in childhood and is also a t ...
. The music was composed by Chirantan Bhatt. The film was a box office Hit.


Plot

The film starts with Narasimha roving multiple places for peace in
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,
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
, and
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with his newborn child. In
Kumbakonam Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum), or Kudanthai, is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the hea ...
, he visits the temple on Rathasapthami, where the child unintentionally touches the priest. They feel inauspicious, but a benevolent temple secretary, Murali Krishna, solves it, offers Narasimha a job, and shelters him. Whereat, several servants reside, and Narasimha is cordial with them. Besides, Kaniyappan, the local kingpin, conducts underground dealing and dotes on his younger Panday. ASP Ravi Shankar is a new appointee, bass & overbearing, who waives the cases of Kaniyappan taking kickbacks. Once, Narasimha resisted his abuse of power publicly, which envied him. In the interim, Dhanya, Murali Krishna's spoiled brat daughter, has an accident as a drunken which gravely injures Pandey. Kaniyappan infuses and assaults Murali Krishna's house when Narasimha indicts himself, gets battered when Dhanya reforms, and falls for him. After a while, Central Minister Veera Raghava Reddy visits as a guest of honor from Andhra Pradesh and humiliates the priest. Plus, uppity ASP slaps him, leading to Brahmins' agitation. Murali Krishna moves for negotiation when Narasimha forcibly makes ASP seek an apology. All is telecasted in media, viewed by a vindictive Thota Rami Reddy at
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, and incensed. Parallelly, ASP slays Pandey out of vengeance, creating a feud between Kaniyappan & Narasimha. Despite that, Kaniyappan gazes at the actuality and abducts ASP's son. ASP seizes Narasimha under the count of Pandey's murder. En route, Narasimha sights goons carrying his son when he absconds and secures him by thrashing Kaniyappan. Narasimha is stunned to see ASP remorsefully bowing down for protecting his kid. Later, he realizes this by viewing ASP's wife, Gauri. Instead of gratitude, she shows her loathe to Narasimha. As a flabbergast, Dhanya arrives from the backside carrying Narasimha's child, and startlingly, the two are identical. Dhanya onlookers all and questions Narasimha when he spins rearward. Narasimha & Gauri are childhood besties that flourish into love. Gauri, the daughter of a schoolmaster, returns after completing her studies. Thus far, Narasimha runs a mechanic shed and concerns his employees with equity, especially Manga, a naughty girl. One day, Narasimha spots Rami Reddy's son, Ravi Shankar Reddy, protesting for the MP seat at a crossroads, which leads to the catastrophe. Being a rebel, Narasimha opposes the atrocities in society, which bars Ravi Shankar from attending the nomination as a penalty. The result calls off his marital, and he commits suicide for loss of prestige—frenzied—ergo, Rami Reddy onslaughts on Manga's wedlock, leaving several deaths, including the bridegroom. Henceforth, Narasimha strikes Rami Reddy and sits in front of the judiciary, which declares a death sentence. Meanwhile, Narasimha walks to Master with the proposal, which he denies because of his jeopardy lifestyle. In his plea, Narasimha decides to give up. Still, Gauri quits the house for his love. Narasimha knits Manga to impede her when furious Gauri turns aside from his life and splices ASP. Narasimha & Manga lead a delightful ginger, and she conceives. Suddenly, they become victims of an accident by Rami Reddy in which Manga dies giving birth to twins. In parallel, Narasimha discerns that Gauri has lost her baby, so he bestows one of two on her. Master watches it and feels grateful for his sacrifice. Today, Rami Reddy absconds, mingles with Kaniyappan, and seizes ASP's family. However, Narasimha safeguards them by ceasing the baddies when the ASP couple is wounded, and tragically, their kid dies. At last, Narasimha gives away the second one to Gauri when Master salutes him for his eminence, to whom he says he will shield the couple for life. Finally, the movie ends with Narasimha proceeding with the corpse of his deceased son.


Cast

*
Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), also known as Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, film producer, politician and philanthropist known for his works in Telugu cinema. Balakrishna is an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative A ...
as Narasimha *
Nayanthara Nayanthara (born Diana Mariam Kurian; 18 November 1984) is an Indian actress and producer known for her work in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, she ...
as Gauri, Master's daughter and Narasimha's love interest *
Haripriya Shruthi Chandrasena (born 29 October 1991), known professionally as Hariprriya, is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Kannada films also appeared in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, and Malayalam films. Hariprr ...
as Manga, Narasimha's wife *
Natasha Doshi Natasha Doshi Shah is an Indian actress and model who appears in Malayalam and Telugu films. She made her debut in 2012 with '' Manthrikan'', directed by Anil Kumar. Early life Born in Mumbai, Doshi began acting in childhood and is also a t ...
as Dhanya, Murali Krishna's daughter *
Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...
as Master *
Ashutosh Rana Ashutosh Ramnarayan Neekhra (born 10 November 1967), known professionally as Ashutosh Rana, is an Indian actor, producer, author and television personality. He has worked in predominantly Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films along with working in var ...
as Thota Rami Reddy *
Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956) is an Indian actor and comedian known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised as one of India's finest and highest-paid comic actors, he holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen cred ...
as Santhanam * K. S. Ravikumar as Judge *
Murali Mohan Maganti Murali Mohan (born as Maganti Raja Ram Mohan Roy; 24 June 1940) is an Indian actor, producer, politician, and business executive from Telugu cinema. In 1973, Murali Mohan debuted in ''Jagame Maya'', produced by Atluri Poornachandra Rao. ...
as Dharmakarta * Prabhakar as Kaniyappan *
Jaya Prakash Reddy Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the ro ...
as Central Minister Veera Raghava Reddy *
Chalapathi Rao Tammareddy Chalapathi Rao (8 May 1944 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian actor and producer known for comedy and villainous roles in Telugu cinema. He acted in different roles in more than 600 films. Personal life and death Rao hailed from B ...
as MP *
Sivaji Raja Sivaji Raja (born 26 February 1962) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Telugu films and television series. He appeared in more than 400 films. He is also known for his work in TV serials '' Amrutam'', ''Alasyam Amrutham Visham'', ''Mr.R ...
as Ranga * Pavithra Lokesh as Vasantha, Thota Rami Reddy's wife * Priya as Raju Reddy's wife *Sandhya Janak as Dharmakarta's wife * L. B. Sriram as Chief Priest *Kartar Cheema as ACP K. Prasath *
Ravi Prakash Ravi Prakash (born 4 December 1978) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films. Career Ravi was born in Vijayawada and grew up in Visakhapatnam, India. After completing his secondary education, he chose to pursue a car ...
as Shaam *
Duvvasi Mohan Duvvasi Mohan is an Indian actor who is known for acting in comic roles, primarily in Telugu cinema, Telugu films. He is from Jagtial. He entered Telugu cinema as a producer, but later turned to acting and appeared in comedy roles in over 350 fi ...
*
Chatrapathi Sekhar Chandra Sekhar, known professionally as Chatrapathi Sekhar, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema, Telugu films. He is known for his frequent collaborations with S. S. Rajamouli. Career Sekhar is a regular in S. S. Rajamoul ...
* C. Ranganathan *Bhadram *
Visweswara Rao Visweswara Rao was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu films apart from a few Tamil films. Personal life and career Originally from Kakinada, he moved to Chennai and pursued a career in films. He started out as a comedic child artist and st ...
* Sekhar Varma as Ravi Shankar Reddy, Rami Reddy's son


Soundtrack

Music was composed by Chirantan Bhatt. Music released by
Aditya Music Aditya Music India Private Limited is an Indian music record label company, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana. Overview The company was founded b ...
Company. The audio function was held on 24 December 2016 at
Vijayawada Vijayawada ( ), formerly known by its colonial name Bezawada, is the second largest city and a major commercial hub in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. The city forms an integral part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is situated on th ...
by Nara Lokesh, Cabinet Minister of A.P.


Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews. ''123 telugu.com'' gave it 3 / 5 stars saying " Balakrishna is the biggest asset of the film. It is purely a film made to elevate Balakrishna and his character Narasimha ".
The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...
gave a more favourable review and said that the film "gives a good contemporary action spin to an emotional story".


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* {{K. S. Ravikumar 2018 masala films 2010s Telugu-language films 2018 action drama films 2018 films Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar Indian action drama films