''Seema Sastri'' is a 2007 Indian
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
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-language
action comedy film
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Film
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directed by G. Nageswara Reddy. It stars
Allari Naresh and
Farjana. The film was released theatrically on 16 November 2007. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the humour, action sequences, and songs, but criticized the writing. It was later remade in
Kannada
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as ''
Super Shastri'' (2012). It was dubbed into Hindu as ''Guru Mahaguru''.
Plot
Subramanyam Sastri falls in love with Surekha Reddy, who lives with her relatives in Hyderabad. After falling in love, Sastri gets to know that Surekha Reddy belongs to a popular factionist family in Rayala Seema. The rest of the story is all about how Subramanyam and his family members convince the factionists for the marriage in a humorous way.
Cast
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Allari Naresh as Subramanya Sastry
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Farjana as Surekha Reddy
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Ali
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as Lambodhara Sastry
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Jaya Prakash Reddy
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as Peddi Reddy
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L. B. Sriram as Shankar Sastry
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Krishna Bhagavan
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Early life
Krishna Bhagavan was born Veeraraju Paparao Chowdary in Kaikavolu, ...
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M. S. Narayana
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Career
Narayana has over 750 films to his credit. His debut film ...
as Vaikunta Sastry
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Brahmanandam
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as Panthulu
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Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
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A. V. S
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Kovai Sarala
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* Vijaya Rangaraju as Laxma Reddy
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Raghu Babu
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as Gangi Reddy
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Bhuvaneswari as Neelambari
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Venu Madhav as Groom
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Master Bharath
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as Bharatha Simha Reddy
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Rajitha
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Career
Rajitha made her debut in film industry at the age of 18 with the Telugu movie, '' Brahma Rudrulu'' in which she portrayed Akkineni Nag ...
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Mumaith Khan
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Early life
Khan was born on 1 September 1985. She was born and ...
as Cameo appearance
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Chevella Ravi as Cameo (popularly known as Bithiri Sathi)
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Mallikarjuna Rao as Cameo
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas and it contains 5 songs. Music of Allari Naresh’s latest film Seema Sastri was launched at a function arranged in Kalinga Cultural center, Banjara Hills on the evening of 28 August. This function is attended by VV Vinayak, EVV, Rajasekhar, Jeevitha, Vishnu, Naresh, G Srinivasa Reddy, Chavali Ramanjaneyulu etc. EVV and Rajasekhar jointly released the audiocassette and gave the first unit to VV Vinayak. VV Vinayak and Vishnu jointly released the audio CD and gave the first unit to EVV.
* "Indha Andamaina" -
Karthik
* "Manasa Vacha" - Karunya,
Suchitra
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* "Fida Fida" - Viswa, Pooja
* "Mancham Vesi" -
Jassie Gift
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He won ...
,
Kalpana
* "Ichothane" -
Tippu,
Malathi
Reviews
Idlebrain wrote:"If you can ignore illogical scenes and vulgarity, it is a decent comedy film that does not bore you". Telugucinema wrote:"Seema Shastry provides enough laughs and is good vasool for money. Despite some vulgar dialogues and illogical plotline and scenes, it gives entertainment". Fullhyderabad wrote:"Although Seema Sastry isn't the funniest movie ever made, it is worth a trip to the box office if you're in the mood for some lightweight timepass".
Remake
It went on to be remade in
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
as ''
Super Shastri''.
References
External links
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{{G. Nageswara Reddy
2007 films
Indian action comedy films
2000s masala films
Telugu films remade in other languages
Films set in Hyderabad, India
2000s Telugu-language films
2007 action comedy films
Films directed by G. Nageswara Reddy