Indra is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by B. Gopal and produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies banner. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre, and Aarthi Agarwal, while Sivaji, Mukesh Rishi and Prakash Raj play supporting roles with music composed by Mani Sharma. The film won three state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South with Chiranjeevi winning both the Nandi Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. Released on 24 July 2002, the film was a major commercial success. Grossing more than on a budget of , the film ended up becoming the highest-grossing Telugu film in history at the time. This film was dubbed and released into Tamil as Indhiran and in Hindi as Indra: The Tiger. It was later dubbed into Bhojpuri as Indra Ek Sher. Indra was remade in Indian Bengali as Dada (2005) and in Bangladeshi Bengali as Goriber Dada (2006). Plot In a village in Rayalaseema, the two clans of Bharatasimha Reddy and Veera Siva Reddy respectively engage in constant violence leading to the deaths of people from both clans. In order to end the violence, a Police inspector allies the families with a marriage proposal of Bharatasimha Reddy's brother Vijayasimha Reddy with Siva Reddy's sister. However the plan goes awry when, on the night after the wedding, Siva Reddy's sister kills Vijayasimha Reddy by putting poison in his milk, though she also dies in the process as Vijayasimha asks her to take a sip first. With the betrayal revealed, Siva Reddy and his men then kill Bharatasimha as well. Siva Reddy is arrested and goes to prison for 14 years. With both brothers now dead and no other adult male being brave enough to take the place of the brothers as clan leader, Bharatasimha's son, Indrasena 'Indra' Reddy, volunteers himself upon hearing the desperate pleas of his paternal grandmother, setting up a powerful scene in which he takes a sword and sits on the throne to the delight of his grandmother and the rest of the clan. In 2002, Varanasi, truthful and honest, Shankar Narayana makes ends meet, working as a taxi driver and owns a boat. During a singing competition held in his niece's college, her friend Pallavi, daughter of Uttar Pradesh's governor Chenna Kesava Reddy falls in love with Shankar and starts to live in his home acting as an orphaned