Gangotri (2003 film)

Gangotri
Directed by	K. Raghavendra Rao
Written by	Chinni Krishna
Produced by	Allu Aravind C. Ashwini Dutt
Starring	Allu Arjun Aditi Agarwal Prakash Raj Suman
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	M.M. Keeravani
Release date	28 March 2003 (2003-03-28)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Gangotri is a Telugu film which released on 28 March 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

Neelakantham Naidu (Prakash Raj) is a big factionist. He has a loyal confidant Narasimha (Suman), who is willing to give his life for the sake of his master. After many years, Neelakantham's wife (Pragathi) gives a birth to a baby girl. But all the earlier babies born to Neelakantham died due to some unknown reason. The priests advise Neelakantham to name his daughter as Gangotri. They also warn Neelakantham that the child has 'jalagandam', hence they ask Neelakantham to take Gangotri to the holy place of Gangotri in the Himalayas and perform '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, the son of Narasimha entertains her with a song. Simhadri becomes a servant and friend to Gangotri. They grow up together. Simhadri (Allu Arjun) and Gangotri (Aditi Agarwal) are good friends. In the mean time, Simhadri's mother (Seetha) sacrifices her life to save Neelakantham. When Gangotri attains puberty, Gangotri's paternal aunt (Telangana Shakuntala) restricts Simhadri from meeting Gangotri as it would be wrong. Gangotri and Simhadri realise that they are in love. When Simhadri comes to Gangotri's place clandestinely to meet her, they are caught by Neelakantham. Neelakantham beats Simhadri. Meanwhile, Narasimha comes to the spot and interferes. This causes a rift between Neelakantham 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

Name	Character Name
Allu Arjun	Simhadri
Aditi Agarwal	Gangotri
Suman	Narasimha
Prakash Raj	Neelakantham Naidu
Seetha	Simhadri's mother
Pragathi	Gangotri's mother
Telangana Shakuntala	Neelakantham Naidu's elder sister
Brahmanandam	Hindi lecturer
Tanikella Bharani	Cafe owner in Gangotri
Sunil	Exam invigilator
M. S. Narayana
Subbaraya Sharma
A.V.S.
Sobha
Master Teja	Child Simhadri
Baby Kavya	Child Gangotri

Awards

• Allu Arjun won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - South
• Allu Arjun won the Santosham Best Young Performers Award
• Allu Arjun won the CineMAA Award for Best Male Debut
• Allu Arjun won the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut
• Prakash Raj won the Nandi Award for Best Villain

External links

• Gangotri at IMDb