Nijam

Nijam (Truth)
File:Nijam 2003.jpg
Directed by	Teja
Produced by	Teja
Written by	Teja (story / screenplay / dialogues)
Starring	Mahesh Babu Rakshita Gopichand Raasi
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Shankar
Production company	Chitram Movies
Release dates	23 May 2003 (2003-05-23)
Running time	188 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Nijam (English: Truth) is a 2003 Telugu, crime film produced & directed by Teja on Chitram Movies banner. Starring Mahesh Babu and Rakshita in the lead roles, T. Gopichand appears as the villain and music composed by R. P. Patnaik. The film recorded as Average at box office. Mahesh Babu and Rameshwari won the Nandi Awards in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories respectively.

Plot

Sidda Reddy (Jaya Prakash Reddy) is a powerful mafia leader whose right hand is Devudu (Gopichand). Devudu has a lover called Malli (Raasi). Reddy - who also like Malli - takes her to the bed, which is not liked by Devudu. In the process, Devudu kills Reddy and he becomes the leader of the mafia gang. Venkateswarlu (Ranganath) is a fire officer. In an incident, Devudu sets a marketplace a fire and Venkateswarlu rescues it with his firefighting and at the same time Venkateswarlu slaps Devudu, as he continues throwing Kerosene at the marketplace. Devudu holds a grudge against Venkateswarlu and sends him to jail on a framed charge of murder. Seetaram (Mahesh Babu) who is the son of Venkateswarlu tries to rescue his father from the jaws of police. But in the process, everybody starts asking him for money to do the work. At the end of the day, the police officer kills Venkateswarlu. The rest of the story is about how Seetaram's mother (Talluri Rameswari) takes revenge on the people responsible for the death of her husband with the help of her son Seetaram. The criminals involved in the crime of his father's death are killed one after the other by the mother and the son in a planned and scientific manner. This film tells about an innocent boy, who along with his mother undergoes injustice and also loses his father in this process. The mother in this situation plays the role of a trainer and a guide to her son, making him strong physically and emotionally, to fight back.

Cast

• Mahesh Babu as G.Sitaram
• Rakshita as Meera
• Gopichand as Devudu / Devadaya Sharma
• Raasi as Malli
• Prakash Raj as ACP Khalid
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Sidda Reddy
• Brahmaji
• Ranganath as Venkateswarlu
• Rameshwarias Sitaram's mother
• Kanta Rao as Narayana Rao
• Vijayachander as DGP
• Rallapalli as Butcher
• Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam as Traffic constable
• Kondavalasa
• Suman Setty as Baddu
• Tirupathi Prakash
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Jeeva
• Shakeela
• Mani Chandana as Rathalu
• Alapathi Lakshmi
• Master Ghatamaneni Jaya Krishna as Young Sitaram

Soundtrack

Nijam
Film score by R. P. Patnaik
Released	16 March 2003 (2003-03-16)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	33:54
Label	Sohan Music
Producer	R. P. Patnaik
R. P. Patnaik chronology
Dil (2003)Dil2003 Nijam (2003) Sambaram (2003)Sambaram2003

Music composed by R. P. Patnaik. Lyrics was penned by Kula Shekar. Music released on SOHAN Music Company.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chandamama Raave"	R. P. Patnaik, Usha	3:39
2.	"Rathalu Rathalu"	RP Patnaik, Usha	4:15
3.	"Neelo Unnadi"	RP Patnaik, Usha	4:01
4.	"Chi Chi Ante"	RP Patnaik, Usha	4:13
5.	"Dhandakam"	Gopichand, Gangadhar Sastry	1:53
6.	"Ilage Ilage"	RP Patnaik, Usha	3:54
7.	"Kakulu Durani"	RP Patnaik, Ravi Varma	1:48
8.	"Abhimanyudu"	Group Song	1:52
9.	"Chara Chara"	Usha, Murthy	4:04
10.	"Rangu Rangula"	RP Patnaik	4:08
Total length:			33:54

Legacy

The film was also dubbed into Tamil as Nijam, and then again in 2012 as Seerum Singam. The film was dubbed as Meri Adalat in Hindi and remade as Arjuna in Oriya starring Anubhab Mohanty and Gargi Mohanty.

Reception and Collections

The film received average ratings from viewers as well as critics upon its release. Idlebrain Jeevi in his review gave a rating of 3.0 out of 5.0 for the movie with concluding remarks "Over all, 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". However the film maintains a cult status and is considered to be one of the best performances in Mahesh's career. Director Teja in an interview said "We made Nizam in a budget of 6.5 cr INR; We sold audio rights for 2 cr INR and movie initially were sold for a total of 26 cr INR. However, we had to return some of the money to the distributors, since the movie did not reach the expectations of the business circles. In total, we still made a profit of 5-6 cr INR and Nijam was not a flop". Nijam recovered around 10 cr INR as a distributor share in the overall run and completed 50 days in 41 centers.

Awards

Won

Nandi Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Actor - Mahesh Babu
• Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress - Rameshwari

CineMAA Awards

• CineMAA Award for Best Villan - Gopichand

Nominated

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Mahesh Babu
• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu - Taluri Rameswari

CineMAA Awards

• CineMAA Award for Best Actor - Male - Mahesh Babu
• CineMAA Award for Best Film - Teja

External links

• Nijam at IMDb

• http://filminfo.ticketgreen.com/FilmInfo.aspx