Sreeram

Sreeram is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action masala film directed by V. N. Aditya and produced by Burugapally Siva Rama Krishna. It stars Uday Kiran, Anita, and Ashish Vidyarthi in lead roles. Music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. It is a remake of the Tamil film, Dhill, which starred Vikram and Laila. The film was an average grosser at the box office. An unrelated namesake sequel titled Jai Sriram was released in 2013.

Plot

Sriram wants to become a cop. Madhu is the sister of Sriram's brother-in-law. Circle Inspector "Encounter" Shankar misbehaves with Madhu which causes a fight between Sriram and Shankar. Shankar decides to take revenge on Sriram by filing a false report during police verification about sub-inspector selections and also kills Sriram's dearest friend. Finally Sriram confronts and kills him.

Cast

Uday Kiran as Sreeram Kumar
Anita Hassanandani as Madhu
Ashish Vidyarthi as C.I. "Encounter" Shankar
Siva Krishna as Police Officer Narayana
Brahmanandam as Seenu, Sreeram's friend
Sunil as Bose
Easwari Rao as Satyavathi, Madhu's mother
Sudha as Amrutham, Sreeram's mother
Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Venkatachalam, Sreeram's father
Chandra Mohan as Chandram, Madhu's father
Deepa Venkat as Kamala, Sreeram's sister
Tanikella Bharani as Minister Subba Rayudu
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Constable Siva
Narsing Yadav as Das, Subba Rayudu's henchman
Kaushal Manda as Sreeram's friend
Satyam Rajesh as Sreeram's friend
Lakshmipathi as Lakshmipathi
Kadambari Kiran as Politician
M. S. Narayana as Narayana
Devadas Kanakala
Kiran Rathod in a special appearance in the song "Pedavullo Pepsicola"

Soundtrack

Music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. Chandrabose and Kulasekhar wrote two songs each, Kulasekhar wrote one more song in collaboration with R. P. Patnaik. Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry wrote one song. Music was released by Aditya Music company. The tune of the song "Bulli Bulli" was inspired from the Odia folk song Rangabati.

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "The film can be summed up in two words: Violence Unlimited". A critic from Sify wrote that "The problem is that Uday is miscast as an action hero and the director is also not comfortable with this genre of movies. They are unsure about themselves which hinders the progress of narration".