Gangotri (film)

Gangotri
Directed by	K. Raghavendra Rao
Produced by	Allu Aravind C. Ashwini Dutt
Written by	Chinni Krishna
Starring	Allu Arjun Aditi Agarwal Prakash Raj Suman
Music by	M.M. Keeravani
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Editing by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Release dates	March 28, 2003
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Gangotri is a Telugu film which released on March 28, 2003 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Allu Arjun and Aditi Agarwal played the lead roles. This was Allu Arjun's first film as an actor and K. Raghavendra Rao's 100th film as director. Allu Aravind and C. Ashwini Dutt, both who are big-time producers, produced the film. The film was later dubbed into Malayalam under the name Simhakutty. The film story line nearly equals Victory Venkatesh's previous film Chanti.

Plot

Neelakanta Naidu (Prakash Raj) is a big factionist. He has a loyal confidant called Narasimha (Suman), who is willing to give his life for the sake of his master. After many years, Neelakanta's wife gives a birth to a baby daughter. But all the earlier babies born to Neelakanta Naidu died due to some unknown reason. The priests advise Neelakanta to name his daughter as 'Gangotri' (Aditi Agarwal). They also warn Neelakanta that the child has 'jalagandam', hence they ask Neelakanta to take Gangotri to the holy place of Gangotri in Himalayas and perform the 'abhyangana snanam' (bathe with turmeric, milk, etc.) for the next 15 years. After 15 years, Gangotri would be free of any danger. When nobody could entertain the child Gangotri, Simhadri (Allu Arjun) - the son of Narasimha - entertains her with a song. Simhadri becomes a servant and friend to Gangotri. They grow up together. In the mean time mother of Simhadri (Seeta) sacrifices her life to save Neelakantam. When Gangotri attains puberty, Gangotri's aunt (Sakuntala) restricts Simhadri from meeting Gangotri. Gangotri and Simhadri realize that they are in love. When Simhadri comes to Gangotri's place clandestinely to meet her, they are caught by Neelakantam. Neelakantam beats Simhadri. Meanwhile, Narasimha comes to the spot and interferes. This causes a rift between Neelakantam and Narasimha. Neelakantam is misinformed about Narasimha's intentions; hence he has bombs planted in the house of Narasimha. Simhadri is away at that time. When Simhadri comes to know that Neelakantam is responsible for the bombing, he comes to Neelakantam's house and challenges that he will marry Gangotri in 365 days. Then Simhadri goes to the holy place Gangotri and waits for his ladylove to come there for the final sacred bath. The rest of the film is about how Simhadri and Gangotri unite.

Cast

External links

• Gangotri at the Internet Movie Database