Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language epic action film directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Ram Charan under the Konidela Production Company banner. A work of fiction, the film is inspired by the life of Indian independence activist Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy from the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.
The film stars Chiranjeevi in the title role along with Nayanthara, Tamannaah, Sudeep, Jagapati Babu, and Vijay Sethupathi in supporting roles. Amitabh Bachchan and Anushka Shetty make guest appearances. Filming began in Hyderabad on 6 December 2017 and was released worldwide on 2 October 2019. The film was dubbed and simultaneously released in Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil.
The story is set around 10 years before India’s First War of Independence. Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy is depicted as the emperor of the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.[16] Lakshmi is a temple dancer who is also a love interest of Narasimha. After Narasimha expresses his love and promises to marry Lakshmi, Reddy comes to know that he is already married to Siddhamma when he was a child due to a ritual that helps rains in the region. The elders convince Reddy to perform the same ritual again with Siddhamma, which he agrees for the betterment of the region. Knowing this, Lakshmi tries to commit suicide, but Reddy convinces her to live and asks her to use her dance form to influence people. Lakshmi understands this and leaves the Renadu region. Meanwhile, Siddhamma expresses her love towards Reddy, which she has been hiding from childhood. Reddy is then shown living happily with his mother, wife, and other family members. During the same time, the British East India Company comes to India for business but soon starts to loot, torture the natives, and carry the natural wealth of India back to Britain. When Narasimha Reddy witnesses their atrocities, he gets furious and leaves his throne, wife, and mother and teams up with palegars (leaders of other villages), Veera Reddy, Avuku Raju, and starts a rebellion against them. Raja Pandi, a leader from Madras (now Chennai), joins him. They all start a rebellion against the British East India Company. The rest of the movie is about how Reddy, with all his supporters, fights against British rule.
Directed by Surender Reddy
Produced by Ram Charan
Written by Paruchuri Brothers
Screenplay by Surender Reddy
Starring Chiranjeevi
Narrated by Kamal Haasan
Music by Songs: Amit Trivedi Score: Julius Packiam
Cinematography R. Rathnavelu
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Production Konidela Production Company
Distributed by Super Good Films
Release date 2 October 2019
Running time 171 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu
