
When Indu regains her senses, she remembers her past and stabs Simhadri with an iron pole. Meanwhile, Indu gets injured, where Simhadri is helped by the second group, who call him Singhamalai Anna. In the ensuing confrontation between one group of gangsters and Simhadri, Varma and his family are surprised to see that Simhadri, who used to be calm and composed, is ruthlessly killing many goons without mercy. They find him at the banks of Godavari river, along with Indu. Meanwhile, two separate groups are in search of Simhadri. At this time, it is revealed that Simhadri is very close to Indu, where the alliance breaks off when Simhadri refuses to leave Indu (who is suspected to be his mistress).

He makes a formal announcement to officially adopt Simhadri. When Varma and his wife discover Kasturi's wish to marry Simhadri, where they decides to get them married. Once a week, Simhadri visits a mentally challenged girl called Indu, and entertains her, where he provides money to her caretakers. Kasturi is Varma's granddaughter, and she is in love with Simhadri. The bond they share is like that of a father and son.

The film was subsequently remade in Tamil as Gajendra (2004), in Kannada as Kanteerava (2012) and in Bangladesh Bengali as Durdorsho (2005).Īn orphan and good-hearted lad Simhadri, grows up under Ram Bhupal Varma's family care in Visakhapatnam. The film was on a budget of ₹8.5 crore (US$1.8 million) and collected a distributors' share of ₹25.7 crore (US$5.7 million). Released on 9 July 2003, the film was an industry hit. Keeravani while the cinematography and editing are done by Ravindra Babu and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao respectively. Rama Rao Jr., Bhumika Chawla, and Ankitha, with Mukesh Rishi, Nassar, and Rahul Dev playing supporting roles. Simhaadri is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by S. ₹25.7 crore (US$5.7 million) distributors' share
