Nijam
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Nijam (Template:Translation) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action film written, directed and produced by Teja on Chitram Movies banner. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Rakshita, Gopichand and Raasi, with music was composed by R. P. Patnaik.
Babu and Talluri Rameshwari won the Nandi Awards in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories respectively. It was remade in Odia as Arjun (2005) starring Anubhav Mohanty and in Bangladesh as Top Leader (2005) starring Shakib Khan.
Plot
Sidda Reddy is a powerful gangster. His right-hand man Devadaya "Devudu" Sharma has a lover named Malli. Reddy, who also likes Malli, takes her to his bed, which is not liked by Devudu. Eventually, Devudu kills Reddy and becomes the leader of the gang. Venkateswarlu is a fire officer, who slaps Devudu when the latter set a marketplace on fire and continued throwing kerosene at the marketplace. Devudu holds a grudge against Venkateswarlu, where he sends him to prison on a framed charge of the murder of Malli's brother Baddu. Venkateswarlu's son G. Seetharam tries to rescue his father, but everybody starts asking him for a bribe to do the work. At the end of the day, CI Mohan and Devudu kill Venkateswarlu. Enraged, Seetaram's mother Shanthi and Seetharam execute the people involved in Venkateswarlu's death in a planned and scientific manner and also finish Devudu, thus exacting their vengeance.
Cast
- Mahesh Babu as G. Sitaram
- Rakshita as Janaki
- Gopichand as Devadaya "Devudu" Sarma
- Raasi as Malli
- Prakash Raj as ACP Raja Narendra
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Sidda Reddy
- Ranganath as G. Venkateswarlu, Sitaram's father
- Rameswari as Santhi, Sitaram's mother
- Brahmaji as CI D. Mohan
- Vijayachander as DGP
- Jeeva as DCP Murali Krishna
- Suman Setty as Baddu
- Kanta Rao as Narayana Rao
- Rallapalli as a butcher
- Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam as a traffic constable
- Kondavalasa as Sitaram's neighbor
- Duvvasi Mohan as Patil
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- Alapati Lakshmi
- Master Ghatamaneni Jaya Krishna as a young Sitaram
Cameo appearance
- Mani Chandana as a dancer (cameo appearance in the song "Rathalu Rathalu")
Soundtrack
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Release
Reception
Jeevi of Idlebrain gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Overall, it's an average film that has chances to become hit because of the Teja's mass-attracting episodes and Mahesh Babu's brilliant portrayal of the character".[1] Vijayalakshmi of Rediff wrote "Only a couple of things salvage director Teja's Nijam -- the first is an excellent performance by lead star and teen sensation Mahesh. The second is cinematographer Samir Reddy's camera work.[2]
Box office
In an interview, Teja said "We made Nijam in a budget of Template:INR6.5 crore; We sold audio rights for Template:INR2 crore and movie initially were sold for a total of Template:INR26 crore. In total, we made a profit of Template:INR5-6 crore and Nijam was not a flop".[3][4] In an interview with The Hindu, Teja told "I worked with Mahesh after he had a flop called Bobby, but Nijam released after Okkadu and people drew comparisons. I don’t argue when people say Nijam was a flop. The film was made with a budget of Template:INR6.5 crore and sold for Template:INR21 crore. I repaid money to whoever lost money and still made a huge profit".[5]
Dubbed versions and remakes
The film was also dubbed into Tamil as Nijam, and then again in 2012 as Seerum Singam.[6] The film was dubbed as Meri Adalat in Hindi, in Bengali as Aamar Protishodh and in Bhojpuri as Hamaar Faisla. It was remade as Arjun (2005) in Odia starring Anubhab Mohanty and Gargi Mohanty (with Rameshwari reprised her role from Nijam) and Bangladesh as Top Leader (2005) starring Shakib Khan.
Awards
Won
Nominated
- Best Actor - Telugu - Mahesh Babu
- Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu - Taluri Rameswari[9]
- CineMAA Award for Best Actor - Male - Mahesh Babu
- CineMAA Award for Best Film - Teja
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External links
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- 2003 films
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- Films directed by Teja (film director)
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- Films scored by R. P. Patnaik
- 2003 action films
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