Lakshmi Narasimha

Lakshmi Narasimha is a 2004 Telugu, Action film produced by Bellamkonda Suresh on Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner, directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Asin, Prakash Raj in the lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film is remake of Tamil Movie Saamy 2003. The film was a hit at the box office, however it failed to surpass the success of the original version.The original Saamy was super hit and also remaked in Hindi as Policegiri.

Local review site Idlebrain rated the film three and half stars and noted Bala Krishnas terrific performance is the biggest strength of the film. First half of the film is entertaining. Second half is OK. Sify movies stated Lakshmi Narasimha, the police story is being appreciated for its story, presentation and heroism of Balakrishna, the hero. It has taken a fantastic opening all over and is expected to be a long distance winner.Balakrishna was involved in a shooting controversy. The incident took place onJune 2004 around 2050 hrs at his residence in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. The actor has fired shots at the producer B.Suresh and his associate, Satyanarayana Chowdhary. Later both the wounded were admitted into Apollo hospital. The circumstances under which the case was handled led to much controversy as purported by the Human Right Forum HRF. The HRF has questioned the authenticity of people who handled the case, and the circumstances under which the actor was shielded from police by giving refuge in the CARE Hospital with out any justifiable cause. ........

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