Samba (2004 film)
| Samba | |
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| Directed by | V.V. Vinayak |
| Produced by | Kodali Nani |
| Written by | Kona Venkat |
| Starring |
Jr. NTR Bhoomika Chawla Genelia D'Souza Prakash Raj Krishna Bhagavan |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | K. Ravindra Babu |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
Release date | 9 June 2004 |
Running time | 162 minutes |
| Language | Telugu |
Samba is a 2004 Telugu action masala film directed by V.V. Vinayak. The movie stars Jr. NTR, Bhoomika Chawla, Genelia D'Souza, and Prakash Raj. The movie deals with how important education is to kids. It was a hit at the box-office. The film was later remade into Kannada as Mandya, with Darshan in 2006. Later it was dubbed in Hindi with same title.
Plot
Dharmayya Naidu (Vijayakumar) is an underworld kingpin who lost his wife because he is uneducated. Hence, he wants to felicitate education in his seema area by constructing schools. He realizes that the quarry he owns has good quality granite deposits. Samba (NTR Jr.) is Dharmayya Naidu's son. Pasupathi (Prakash Raj) is Dharmayya Naidu's son-in-law. Pasupathi plays the game in such a way that Dharmayya Naidu is forced to give granite quarry as a dowry to Pasupathi's family, due to which Dharmayya Naidu's daughter commits suicide. When Samba comes to know the reason behind his sister's suicide, he occupies the quarry and kills Pasupathi's brothers. Pasupathi kills everybody in Samba's house in retaliation.
Samba and his nemesis Pasupathi take shelter in Kanchi and Amritsir respectively as police ban them from entering AP for a year. Samba settles as a saree manufacturer and trader in Kanchi (Tamil Nadu). The rest of the story is all about how he returns to Seema and takes vengeance against Pasupathi and then starts serving in educational field.
Cast
- Jr. NTR as Samba
- Bhoomika Chawla as Nandu
- Genelia D'Souza as Sandhya
- Vijayakumar as Dharmayya Naidu, Samba's father
- Sitara as Samba's Elder Sister
- Sukumari as Samba's grandmother
- Prakash Raj as Pasupathi
- Brahmaji as Pasupathi's brother
- Krishna Bhagavaan as Sidekick of Pasupathi
- Venu Madhav as Sidekick of McDowell Mani
- Raghu Babu as Inspector Tiger
- Ali as Samba's brother
- Mansoor Ali Khan as McDowell Mani
- Daniel Balaji as Goon 1
- Prasanna as Goon 2
- Ahuti Prasad
Crew
- Producer: Kodali Nani
- Director:: V.V. Vinayak
- Story: G. S. Rao
- Dialogues: Kona Venkat
- Cinematography: Rajan Kinagi
- Music: Mani Sharma
- Choreography: Prabhu Deva, Lawrence Raghavendra, Ashok Raj & Raja Sekhar
Songs
All music was composed by Mani Sharma.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dam Damare Dam Dam" | Shankar Mahadevan | 05:00 |
| 2. | "Tagilinadi Rabba" | S. P. B. Charan, Ganga | 04:50 |
| 3. | "Kita Kitalu Pettamaku" | Mano, Swarnalatha | 05:13 |
| 4. | "Nandamuri Chandamama" | S. P. B. Charan, Sujatha, Venkat Prabhu | 04:54 |
| 5. | "Luxemburg Lux Sundari" | Karthik, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 06:07 |
| 6. | "Namaste Namaste" | Tippu, K. S. Chithra | 05:19 |