Kondaveeti Simhasanam

2002 Indian film
  • Dasari Narayana Rao
  • Mohan Babu
  • Soundarya
CinematographyV.S.R. SwamyEdited byKrishnam RajuMusic byKoti
Release date
  • 8 February 2002 (2002-02-08)
CountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Kondaveeti Simhasanam (transl. Kondaveeti throne)[a] is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao and starring himself, Mohan Babu and Soundarya with Harshavardhan, Deepti Bhatnagar, Laya and Udaya Bhanu in supporting roles.[2] The film is modern retelling of the relationship between Lord Rama, the village head, and Anjaneya, his servant. The film was released to highly negative reviews.

Cast

  • Dasari Narayana Rao as Ramachandra Naidu alias Ramachandraiah
  • Mohan Babu as Satti
  • Soundarya as Chitti
  • Harshavardhan as Aravind
  • Deepti Bhatnagar as Rani
  • Laya as Varala
  • Udaya Bhanu
  • Jayachitra as Nagamanamma Naidu alias Nagamani
  • Ambika
  • Annapoorna
  • Telangana Shakuntala as Ramachandraiah's mother
  • Kanta Rao
  • Narra Venkateswara Rao
  • P. J. Sarma
  • Purushottama Rao
  • Mada Venkateswara Rao
  • Suthivelu
  • Chitti Babu
  • K. K. Sharma
  • Jenny
  • Ranganath as Ramachandraiah's father
  • Magunta Sudhakar as Gangadhara Naidu
  • Ravi Kumar
  • Raghunatha Reddy
  • Mumtaj
  • Kota Srinivasa Rao
  • Gautam Raju

Production and release

The film began filming on 16 November 2000 under the title Sardar Nagireddy with Laurence as the director.[3][4] Koti replaced Vandemataram Srinivas as the music composer.[4] The initial version starred Dasari Narayana Rao, Mohan Babu, Soundaraya, Laya, Deepti Bhatnagar and Arun Kumar.[5] Dasari Narayana Rao plays Mohan Babu's guru.[6] Mohan Babu has three getups in the film including that of a 99-year old. Soundarya worked as an assistant director while Mohan Babu worked as the production manager.[7] The initial version featuring Arun Kumar was slated to release on 4 May 2001.[5] The film's release was postponed to June 2001 after it found no buyers.[8] The film was delayed and Arun Kumar's portions were reshot with Harshavardhan with Dasari Narayana Rao as the director.[3] The film's release was delayed to late January 2002.[9]

Reception

A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of "Horrible" and opined that "It is the most boring and sleep inducing film of the year. It is high time that Dasari retires as a director. Mohan Babu as usual hams his way through the film and Dasari too overacts as Naidu".[10] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu said that "Had the story been narrated straight, avoiding flashbacks, playing up main roles, adding a pinch of social purpose and fun, the film would have looked altogether different, clear and delightful".[1] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com stated that "Watching Kondaveeti Simhasanam is like experiencing a 3-hour continuous torture. Keep a safe distance from this film".[3] A critic from Full Hyderabad criticised the film for its age old story.[11]

Box office

Despite an impressive star cast, the film was a box office failure.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Kondaveeti is a village, and the village head passes judgement from the throne.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Srihari, Gudipoodi (8 February 2002). "Movie review – Kondaveeti Simhasanam – by Gudipoodi Srihari". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Happy Birthday Deepti Bhatnagar: 4 Movies that Made her an Actress to Look Out for". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Jeevi (8 February 2002). "Movie review – Kondaveeti Simhasanam by Jeevi". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b "It's Kondaveeti Simhasanam for Dasari and Mohan Babu". Idlebrain.com. 17 November 2000. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Kondaveeti Simhasanam release on 4th of May". Idlebrain.com. 22 January 2001. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Changing mustache of Telugu cinema!". Idlebrain.com. 7 December 2000. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Soundarya turns assistant director". Idlebrain.com. 9 March 2001. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Dasari's Rifles". Idlebrain.com. 7 May 2001. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Sankranthi movies release dates". Idlebrain.com. 8 January 2002. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Kondaveeti Simhasanam". Sify. 21 April 2003. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Kondaveeti Simhasanam review: Kondaveeti Simhasanam (Telugu) Movie Review – fullhyd.com". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  12. ^ Sreya Sunil; Jeevi. "Tollywood in the first half of 2002". Idlebrain.com.
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Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
  • Adavi Chukka (2000)
  • Kante Koothurne Kanu (2000)
  • Sammakka Sarakka (2000)
  • Chinna (2001)
  • Kondaveeti Simhasanam (2002)
  • Rifles (2002)
  • Fools (2003)
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