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Saleem

  • 2009
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
1.6K
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Vishnu Manchu and Ileana D'Cruz in Saleem (2009)
ActionComedyRomance

Saleem takes on some tough village goons in order to save Satyavathi, the girl he loves. Unbeknownst to anyone, Saleem himself is an internationally wanted criminal.Saleem takes on some tough village goons in order to save Satyavathi, the girl he loves. Unbeknownst to anyone, Saleem himself is an internationally wanted criminal.Saleem takes on some tough village goons in order to save Satyavathi, the girl he loves. Unbeknownst to anyone, Saleem himself is an internationally wanted criminal.

  • Directors
    • Y.V.S. Chowdary
    • Gopireddy Mallikarjuna Reddy
  • Writers
    • Ramana Chintapally
    • Y.V.S. Chowdary
    • B.V.S. Ravi
  • Stars
    • Vishnu Manchu
    • Ileana D'Cruz
    • Mohan Babu
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.4/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Y.V.S. Chowdary
      • Gopireddy Mallikarjuna Reddy
    • Writers
      • Ramana Chintapally
      • Y.V.S. Chowdary
      • B.V.S. Ravi
    • Stars
      • Vishnu Manchu
      • Ileana D'Cruz
      • Mohan Babu
    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Vishnu Manchu
    Vishnu Manchu
    • Saleem…
    Ileana D'Cruz
    Ileana D'Cruz
    • Satyavathi…
    Mohan Babu
    Mohan Babu
    • Ogirala Jogaiah 'Ozo'
    Mohammad Ali
    Mohammad Ali
    • Gafar Khan
    • (as Ali)
    Giri Babu
    • Singamanaidu's friend
    • (as Giribabu)
    Raghu Babu
    Raghu Babu
    • Janaki
    Banerjee
    Banerjee
    • Appala Naidu's henchman
    • (as Banerji)
    Tanikella Bharani
    Tanikella Bharani
    • Satyavati's relative
    Brahmanandam
    Brahmanandam
    Ch Chandrakanth
    Ch Chandrakanth
    Vajja Venkata Giridhar
    Vajja Venkata Giridhar
    • Satyavati's relative
    Hema
    • Satyavati's relative
    Jeeva
    Jeeva
    • Appala Naidu's henchman
    Kaveri Jha
    • English teacher
    Bharat Kumar
      Napolean
      Napolean
      • Singamanaidu
      M.S. Narayana
      M.S. Narayana
      • Satyavati's relative
      Pragathi
      Pragathi
      • Satyavati's mother
      • Directors
        • Y.V.S. Chowdary
        • Gopireddy Mallikarjuna Reddy
      • Writers
        • Ramana Chintapally
        • Y.V.S. Chowdary
        • B.V.S. Ravi
      • All cast & crew
      • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

      User reviews11

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      10gopalramaarao

      Saleem - Sound Effects and Action part are the high lights in the movie.

      Vishnu has picked up considerably. He is really looking smart with lean look. His face is also showing some glow and young charisma. Dances are also impressive. Ileana is restricted to enticing male crowds through songs. YVS Choudary seems to have crossed the caliber of K Raghavendra Rao in igniting screen to flame with female glamour. Ileana's action while delivering some dialogues is very good. Kaveri Jha is also used for the glamour factor. Technically the movie is very good. The sound effects, action part and cinematography are dealt up to perfection.Music is good. This is one of the good movie that I have ever seen in my life so far. comedy, over exposing heroines, non-piercing dialogues, and senseless screenplay- everything is good.
      10koelshriber

      Saleem Movie - High Lights - Mohan Babu and Manchu Vishnu Performance

      "Vishnuvardhan Babu, the young hero who is ranked last in today's genre of young heroes is struggling hard with his career after successful "Dhee". YVS Chowdary, after shaping "Okka Magaadu" into a damn failure is packed up for nearly one and half year. With the combination of these two, one would generally expect a dumb movie, but spicy Ileana along with versatile artist Mohanbabu's presence in "Saleem" and being made on prestigious "Laxmi Prasanna" banner as their 50th movie with highest budget ever on this banner has raised too many expectations on this movie.

      Vishnuvardhan as Saleem and Munna had improved in all the departments. Vishnu looked handsome with his lean look in stylish costumes. Vishnu changed his entire get up for Saleem and it looked worth. "
      10alexanderault-99544

      Saleem - Interesting Love Movie

      Vishnuvardhan Babu, the young hero who is ranked last in today's genre of young heroes is struggling hard with his career after successful "Dhee". YVS Chowdary, after shaping "Okka Magaadu" into a damn failure is packed up for nearly one and half year. With the combination of these two, one would generally expect a dumb movie, but spicy Ileana along with versatile artist Mohanbabu's presence in "Saleem" and being made on prestigious "Laxmi Prasanna" banner as their 50th movie with highest budget ever on this banner has raised too many expectations on this movie. Vishnuvardhan as Saleem and Munna had improved in all the departments. Vishnu looked handsome with his lean look in stylish costumes. Vishnu changed his entire get up for Saleem and it looked worth.
      3rakesh-v-iitm

      uninteresting

      one more flop in the same old love+action genre.we don't understand where the 23cr went after watching the movie.there's also a bit of vulgarity in the movie.coming to vishnu he looked more stylish.he improved his performance in every field.this movie is a treat for ileana fans.she gives good amount of boost to the movie commercially.all other artists have done satisfactorily.director has chosen a reasonable point but failed in making things fresh,interesting & sensible.it is a very bad attempt by the producers to spend 23cr for such a script.on a whole the movie totally disappoints the one who expects freshness.
      10pattnicolebritt

      Saleem Movie - Production values of the film are grand

      "Vishnu looks at his best. He has shown good ease and excels in fights and dances. Production values of the film are grand. Direction is good in parts. The first half of the film is just good. Though the interval bang aroused some curiosity, the director succeeds to capitalize on it. YVS always has a trademark name associated with songs and he kept up his standards. The film consists of good fight sequences."

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        The film was released on 11 December 2009 with more than 21 mins of cut scenes in which the heroine was showcases extremely vulgar.

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      • Release date
        • December 12, 2009 (India)
      • Country of origin
        • India
      • Language
        • Telugu
      • Also known as
        • The Fighterman Saleem
      • Filming locations
        • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
      • Production companies
        • Reliance Big Pictures
        • Goldmines Telefilms
        • Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures
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        • ₹230,000,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        • 2h(120 min)
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