Samba (2004 film)
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| Directed by | V.V. Vinayak |
| Written by | Kona Venkat |
| Produced by | Kodali Nani |
| Starring | Jr. NTR Bhoomika Chawla Genelia D'Souza Prakash Raj Krishna bhagavan |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
Release date | 9 June 2004 |
Running time | 155 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.
Plot
Dharmayya Naidu (Vijaya Kumar) 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) is the son of Dharmayya Naidu. Prakash (Prakash Raj) is the son-in-law of Dharmayya Naidu. Prakash plays the game in such a way that Dharmayya Naidu is forced to give granite quarry as a dowry to Prakash'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 the brothers of Prakash. Prakash kills everybody in the house of Samba in retaliation.
Samba and his nemesis Prakash 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 Prakash and then starts serving in educational field.
Cast
- Jr. NTR ... Samba
- Bhoomika Chawla ... Nandu
- Genelia D'Souza ... Sandhya
- Vijayakumar... Samba's father
- Sukumari ... Samba's grandmother
- Prakash Raj ... Pasupathi (Main Antagonist)
- Brahmaji ... Pasupathi's brother
- Krishna Bhagavaan ... Sidekick of Pasupathi
- Venu Madhav ... Sidekick of McDowell Mani
- Raghu Babu ... Inspector Tiger
- Ali ... Samba's brother
- Mansoor Ali Khan ... McDowell Mani (Secondary Antagonist from Kanchipuram)
- Daniel Balaji ... Goon 1
- Prasanna ... 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 | 04:54 |
| 5. | "Luxemburg Lux Sundari" | Karthik, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 06:07 |
| 6. | "Namaste Namaste" | Tippu, K. S. Chithra | 05:19 |