''Raja Narasimha'' is a 2003 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language

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directed by

Muthyala Subbaiah Muthyala Subbaiah (born: 15 September 1950) is an Indian film director. He has directed 50 Telugu language, Telugu films. Known for his films with heavy dose of human emotions, he is sometimes referred as ''Sentiment Subbaiah''. Personal life ...

and written by

Posani Krishna Murali Posani Krishna Murali (born 22 January 1958) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, director and producer who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He worked as a writer for over 150 Telugu films and directed a number of films. In 2009, he also conte ...

. The film stars Vishnuvardhan along with

Ramya Krishna Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna, is an Indian actress predominantly known for her work in Telugu and Tamil films, along with appearances in Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. Early life Ramya was born ...

and Raasi in the prominent roles. The film was produced by Medikonda Amaravathi under the Sri Venkataramana Productions banner. The film released on 21 March 2003 to generally positive reviews from critics. However, the film failed commercially at the box office. The same story was later used in the Telugu movie '' Palnati Brahmanayudu'' which released six weeks after the release of the original movie. However, that movie added few sequences which were not there in the original movie like the train moving in reverse gear.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Raja Narasimha *

as Soundarya * Raasi as Mahalakshmi * Kazan Khan as Prakash * Annapoorna * Avinash * Pavitra Lokesh *

Shivaram S. Shivaram (28 January 1938 – 4 December 2021), popularly known simply as Shivaram or Shivaramanna, was an Indian actor, producer and director whose Kannada cinema career has spanned six decades. He has played roles including lead hero ...

* Abhijeeth * Chi Guru Dutt *

Shobaraj Shobaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films include '' Yajamana'' (2000), '' Shabdavedhi'' (2000), '' Police Story'' (1996), and '' Sangliyana Part-3'' (1997). Career Shobaraj has been part of more than ...

* Renuka Prasad

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

Deva Deva may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Deva, List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters, an ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition monster * Deva, in the 2023 Indian film ''Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefir ...

to the lyrics of K. Kalyan. The song "Priya Priya" was inspired by the very famous Pakistani Junoon band song "Sayonee". The song "Oh Madhuvanthi" is based on Deva's own Tamil song "Oh Madhubala" from Tamil film ''Madhumathi'' (1993).

References

External source

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raja Narasimha 2003 films 2000s Kannada-language films Indian action films Films scored by Deva (composer) Films directed by Muthyala Subbaiah 2003 action films Kannada films remade in other languages