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''Siva Rama Raju'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film, produced by R. B. Choudary under Super Good Films and directed by V. Samudra. It stars
Nandamuri Harikrishna Nandamuri Harikrishna (2 September 1956 – 29 August 2018) was an Indian politician, actor, and film producer. He served as the Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house the Indian Parliament representing the Indian state of A ...
,
Jagapathi Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Kannada cinema, Kannada, Malayalam cine ...
, Venkat, Sivaji, Monica and music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film was a remake of the Tamil film ''
Samudhiram ''Samudhiram'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written by Erode Soundar and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars an ensemble cast of Sarathkumar, Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Kaveri, Abhirami, Sindhu Menon and Monal. T ...
'' (2000), with flashback sub-plot borrowed from another Tamil film '' Simmarasi'' (1998) - a pattern later followed in the 2014 Kannada remake of this film '' Paramashiva''.


Plot

The film begins in a village where three siblings, Sivaramaraju, Rama Raju, and Raju, belong to the royal dynasty and are at the forefront and inseparably joined to kinship. The set of three dotes on their adorable little sister Swati and prepares everything for her bliss. They owe that three of them will wedlock in her sight. Firstly, Swati fixes a match for Sivaramaraju with a benignant Rajeswari. Every year, it is customary for their clan members to decorate the goddess of the village with garland and dance in front of the temple. On that occasion, Nagendra Varma Zamindar of the adjacent town attends with his son Aakash to offer the gold to the goddess as a solemn promise. But they are stopped until the arrival of Sivaramaraju. Then, Aakash uses force when Ramaraju mishandles him and affronts Narendra Varma. So, he ploys by knitting Swati with Aakash and crafty demands for their entire wealth, which they cheerfully give up. Afterward, they shift to a little cottage and make cultivation their livelihood. At this stage, Swati restricts her brothers' visits to keep them away from ignominy. Meanwhile, Rajeswari's father breaks the alliance, and Sivaramaraju goes bankrupt. However, Rajeswari omits her father and proceeds for Sivaramaraju. Accordingly, he marries her at Swati's residence, where Sivaramaraju faces the music but thresholds it with patience. For the time being, Swati conceives, yet she is subjected to bedevilment by her in-laws. Ramaraju nuptials his cousin Janaki, which Sivaramaraju smartly carries out before Swathi. Soon after, vainglory Janaki hostiles the joint family and swears to exact their happiness. However, the kin confronts it through their idolization when Janaki realizes her mistake. Parallelly, Raju falls for his collegian Rani, the daughter of an MP. Therein, Rani's brother Madan wallops Raju, and Sivaramaraju retaliates against him. Knowing it, MP moves on to wipe out the household. But shockingly, he bows down before the photograph of Sivaramarajus's father, Ananda Bhupathi Raju, and drives rearward. Twenty-five years ago, Ananda Bhupathi was an arbiter esteemed as a deity. In his reign, that area is eternal from four sides. At that time, the MP was his subordinate, and he triumphed with his support. Once, Ananda Bhupathi verdicts and fastens Zamindar Veeraraju's daughter Rajyalakshmi with her love interest Ramakrishna, who belongs to a lower tier. Hence, fumed vicious Veeraraju conspires to kill the pair, but Ananda Bhupathi safeguards them. Since Veeraraju is unable to beat Ananda Bhupathi, he connives through genuflect. On the eve of the festival, Ananda Bhupati has a vow that he vouchsafes anything to one who prays before him. Herein, Veeraraju slyly implores for his head, which he bestows without hesitation, endorsing his authority and younger responsibility to infant Sivaramaraju. The sacred sacrifice of Ananda Bhupathi changed Veeraraju, too, who remains immortal in history. Presently, MP accepts the espousal as a boon. During the wedding, Swati is forbidden and tormented by Aakash. By means, Sivaramarajus goes there, but miscreants batter them, showing danger to Swati. Whereat, furious Swati revolts and ends her relationship with Aakash by removing the wedding chain ('' Mangalasutram'') and quits with her brothers. At last, Swati gives birth to a baby boy when Aakash and Narendra Varma reform and plead pardon. The movie ends happily with the reunion of the family.


Cast

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Jagapati Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films. Babu has appeare ...
as Siva Rama Raju *
Nandamuri Harikrishna Nandamuri Harikrishna (2 September 1956 – 29 August 2018) was an Indian politician, actor, and film producer. He served as the Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house the Indian Parliament representing the Indian state of A ...
as Ananda Bhupathi Raju * Venkat as Rama Raju * Sivaji as Raju * Monica as Swathi * Poonam Singar as Rajeswari * Laya as Janaki * Kanchi Kaul as Rani * Pyramid Natarajan as Narendra Varma * Anand Raj as Veeraju Varma *
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as Puliraju *
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam (20 September 1954 – 7 December 2013) was an Indian actor, comedian and film director who worked in Telugu cinema. He was established as one of the highly paid and top most leading comedians in Telugu film industry. ...
as Lecturer * L.B. Sriram as Srisailam * Rami Reddy as Rajeswari's father *
Kaushal Manda Kaushal Prasad Manda is an Indian actor and model who predominantly works in Telugu language films and TV serials. Career Manda made his debut as a child artist in 1982–1983 with Telugu TV serial Evanni Chedanunchu. Then he participated i ...
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Tirupathi Prakash Timmapuram Karanam Ravi Prakash Rao, popularly known as Tirupathi Prakash, is an Indian actor in Telugu cinema. Tirupathi Prakash started his career in the television and film industry as comedy artist and supporting artist. He has acted in m ...
* Dasari Arun Kumar in a special appearance in the song "Nirupedala Devudivaiah" * Shiju as Swathi's husband *
Raghunatha Reddy Raghunatha Reddy is an Indian actor who works in Telugu-language films as a character artist. He is known for his metallic voice. Early life, career and personal life Raghunatha Reddy was born in Krishna District and did his schooling in Vij ...
* Vizag Prasad as M.P * Chittajalu Lakshmipati as Servant * Gadiraju Subba Rao * Chandra Mouli * KK Sharma as Achari * Madhu as Goon * Varun as Ramakrishna * Junior Relangi as Doctor * Satyapriya as Sivaramaraju's aunt * Sana as Veeraju's wife * Varsha as Rajyalakshmi * Madhavi Sri * Suman Sri


Production

The house sets were built at Ramanaidu Studios.


Soundtrack

Music composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics written by Chirravuri Vijay Kumar. Music released on
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Company. The audio was released at 11 October 2002 at Taj Banjara Hotel. Other than "Ding Ding", all other songs were reused from Rajkumar's previous compositions from other Tamil films: "Andala Chinni" is based on "Azhagana Chinna Devathai" from ''
Samudhiram ''Samudhiram'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written by Erode Soundar and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars an ensemble cast of Sarathkumar, Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Kaveri, Abhirami, Sindhu Menon and Monal. T ...
'' (2001), "Pidugulu Padiponi" and "Amma Bhavani" were based on "Thaaye Thirisooli" from Tamil film '' Simmarasi'' (1998), "Nirupedala Devudivaiah" and "Swagatham" are based on "Thirunaalu Therazhaga" and "Kadhala Kadhala" from '' Surya Vamsam'' (1997), respectively. The song "Ding Ding" was reused from "Kannum Kannum Paathukitta" in '' Sundara Travels'' by Bharani. ''Telugu Cinema'' wrote "S. A. Raj Kumar’s songs always have a typical mark on them. These songs are not as impressive as his earlier hits, but can sound better and better as one keeps listening".


Reception

''Idlebrain'' wrote "Sumudra's screenplay and direction is aimed at the masses and ladies. He tried capturing ladies territory with the sister sentiment and targeted masses with lots of forced mass elements. The way he projected these elements in the first half is sensible. But he could not handle the second half properly. At the same time, he tried encashing the L3 success by casting Hari Krishna in an extended flashback scene where Hari Krishna is shown for 25 minutes". ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote "Every single scene is loud, every emotion exaggerated and every frame is loaded with sentiment. It's a movie that you want to fastforward every time the male siblings fuss over their li'l sis, every time Harikrishna appears on screen, every time the songs are on and every time any fights are shown. In short, you want to FF the whole damn thing in one go". ''Telugu Cinema'' wrote "The director tried a family drama touching sister-brother sentiment with a not-very-impressive flashback. The first half of the film was okay, but the director failed to run the story in the second half in an appreciable way. The film would be fair as an average movie or below in B and C centers and will definitely disappoint the class audience".


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* {{V. Samudra 2002 films Telugu remakes of Tamil films 2000s Telugu-language films Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar Films directed by V. Samudra Indian drama films 2002 drama films Super Good Films films