Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

Nijam

Nijam
Movie Poster
Directed byTeja
Written byTeja
Produced byTeja
StarringMahesh Babu
Rakshita
Gopichand
Raasi
CinematographySameer Reddy
Edited byShankar
Music byR. P. Patnaik
Production
company
Chitram Movies
Release date
  • 23 May 2003 (2003-05-23)
Running time
187 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Nijam (transl. Truth) 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

Cameo appearance

  • Mani Chandana as a dancer (cameo appearance in the song "Rathalu Rathalu")

Soundtrack

Nijam
Soundtrack album by
R. P. Patnaik
Released
  • 16 March 2003 (2003-03-16)
Recorded2003
GenreSoundtrack
Length33:54
LabelAditya Music
ProducerR. P. Patnaik
R. P. Patnaik chronology
Dil
(2003) 		Nijam
(2003) 		Sambaram
(2003)

Music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. Lyrics were penned by Kulasekhar. Music was released on Aditya Music.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Chandamama Raave"R. P. Patnaik, Usha3:39
2."Rathalu Rathalu"R. P. Patnaik, Usha4:15
3."Neelo Unnadi"R. P. Patnaik, Usha4:01
4."Chi Chi Ante"R. P. Patnaik, Usha4:13
5."Dhandakam"Gopichand, Gangadhara Sastry1:53
6."Ilage Ilage"R. P. Patnaik, Usha3:54
7."Kakulu Durani"R. P. Patnaik, Ravi Varma1:48
8."Abhimanyudu"Group Song1:52
9."Chara Chara"Usha, Murthy4:04
10."Rangu Rangula"R. P. Patnaik4:08
Total length:33:54

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 ₹6.5 crore; We sold audio rights for ₹2 crore and movie initially were sold for a total of ₹26 crore. In total, we made a profit of ₹5-6 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 ₹6.5 crore and sold for ₹21 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 and Bangladesh as Top Leader (2005) starring Shakib Khan.

Awards

Won

Nandi Awards[7]
CineMAA Awards[8]

Nominated

Filmfare Awards South
CineMAA Awards

References

  1. ^ "Telugu Cinema – Review – Nijam – Mahesh Babu, Raasi, Rakshit – Teja – RP Patnaik – Kulasekhar". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Nijam is a run of the mill tale". Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. ^ "teja about Mahesh babu nijam". newtelugunews.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Nijam totters at the box office". Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (13 August 2015). "Teja: Our heroes don't know film appreciation". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "::TicketGreen::". Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  7. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
  8. ^ "Telugu CineMaa Awards 2003". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Filmfare Awards 2004 Telugu Winners". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijam