# Samba (2004 film)

Samba is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by Kodali Nani. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Bhumika Chawla, Genelia D'Souza, and Prakash Raj while Vijayakumar, Ali, Sithara, Sukumari, Sukanya, and Brahmaji play supporting roles. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by K. Ravindra Babu and editing by Gautham Raju. The film released on 9 June 2004.
The film was an average success at the box office. It was remade in Kannada as Mandya (2006). It was dubbed in Hindi as the same name.

## Plot

Dharmayya Naidu is a factionist 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 is Dharmayya Naidu's son, while Pasupathi 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 kills herself. When Samba learns the reason behind his sister's suicide, he occupies the quarry and kills Pasupathi's brothers. Pasupathi then kills everybody in Samba's house in retaliation. Samba and his nemesis Pasupathi take shelter in Kanchi and Amritsar respectively as police ban them from entering AP for a year. Samba settles as a sari manufacturer and trader in Kanchi (Tamil Nadu). The rest of the story is all about how he returns to Seema, takes vengeance against Pasupathi, and starts serving in the educational field.

## Cast

* N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Sambasiva Naidu
* Prakash Raj as Pasupathi
* Bhumika Chawla as Nandu (Voice Dubbed by Savitha Reddy)
* Genelia D'Souza as Sandhya (Voice Dubbed by Sunitha)
* Vijayakumar as Dharmayya Naidu
* Ali as Samba's friend
* Sithara as Janaki, Samba's sister (Voice Dubbed by Shilpa)
* Sukumari as Samba's grandmother
* Krishna Bhagavan as Pasupathi's sidekick
* Sukanya as Pasupathi's wife
* Brahmaji as Pasupathi's brother
* Subbaraju as Pasupathi's brother
* Tanikella Bharani as Nandu's father
* Ahuti Prasad as Sandhya's father
* Chalapathi Rao as Pasupathi's father-in-law
* Raghu Babu as Inspector Tiger
* Mansoor Ali Khan as McDowell Mani
* Venu Madhav as Sanathnagar Sathi
* Sameer Hasan as Police Inspector
* G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Sesha Reddy
* Sajja Teja as Chinna
* Prasanna
* Pragathi

## Production

N. T. Rama Rao Jr. wanted to work with Kodali Nani since 1999. Nani decided to make a film with Vinayak after watching the rushes of Aadi. The project titled Samba was launched on 10 October 2003. The film's story was provided by G. S. Rao with Kona Venkat penning dialogues. The title song was choreographed by Prabhu Deva which marked his first collaboration with Jr. NTR. The film's story revolved around the backdrop of Kanchi.

## Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and released by Aditya Music. The audio release function was held on 20 May 2004 coincided with N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s twenty-second birthday at Taj residency with B. Gopal, D. Suresh Babu, KL Narayana and S. S. Rajamouli as chief guests.

## Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Over all, Samba is a good film for masses and is a definite hit". A critic from Sify wrote that " If you are an NTR fan and is looking out for simple entertainment, go and watch Samba".