Raja Narasimha

Raja Narasimha is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and written by Posani Krishna Murali. The film stars Vishnuvardhan along with Ramya Krishna and Raasi in the prominent roles. The film was produced by Medikonda Amaravathi under the Sri Venkataramana Productions banner.

Raja Narasimha
Directed by	Muthyala Subbaiah
Written by	Posani Krishna Murali
Produced by	Medikonda Amaravathi
Starring	Vishnuvardhan Raasi Ramya Krishna
Cinematography	D. Prasad Babu
Edited by	Kashi Vishwanathan
Music by	Deva
Production company	Sri Venkataramana Productions
Release date	21 April 2003 (2003-04-21)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

The film released on 21 March 2003 to generally positive reviews from critics.^[1] However, the film failed commercially at the box office.

The same story was later used in the Telugu movie Palnati Brahmanayudu which released six weeks after the release of this movie. However, that movie added few sequences which were not there in this movie like the train moving in reverse gear.^[2]

Cast

• Vishnuvardhan as Raja Narasimha
• Ramya Krishna as Soundarya
• Raasi as Mahalakshmi
• Kazan Khan as Prakash
• Annapoorna
• Avinash
• Pavitra Lokesh
• Shivaram
• Abhijeeth
• Chi Guru Dutt
• Shobaraj
• Renuka Prasad

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Deva to the lyrics of K. Kalyan.^[3] The song "Priya Priya" was inspired by the very famous Pakistani Junoon band song "Sayonee". The song "Oh Madhuvanthi" is based on Deva's own Tamil song "Oh Madhubala" from Tamil film Madhumathi (1993).

Raja Narasimha
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released	2003 (2003)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Ashwini Audio

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Priya Priya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sangeetha
2.	"Mandakki Thinnu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram
3.	"Maharaja Rajanu"	Sujatha
4.	"Naane Naane"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5.	"O Madhuvanthi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha