Narsimha (1991): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1991, Narsimha is an action film directed by N. Chandra, running about 186 minutes.

What it’s about. Narsimha a young and captive man lives a middle-class life with his family in a quiet neighbourhood. He gets his beautiful sister to marry an eligible young man in their vicinity. On the occasion of his sister giving birth, he returns home to find that conflict arise between his neighbourhood and another neighbourhood where he seek refuge in a dwelling area nearby only to return and find out that his whole family has been murder. Without no aim left in life, Narasimha decided to turn to crime and alcohol. He later decided to work for a man-call Suraj Narayan Singh. But when Suraj asks him to kill Ravi Rastogi for falling in love with his daughter, Meenu. Narasimha refuses, and on the contrary joins forces with Ravi, his sister, Anita, to force Suraj to get the young couple married. This kind of conflict escalates to such proportions that Suraj finally gets arrested and lodged in a cell.

Who’s in it. Narsimha stars Sunny Deol as Narasimha, Dimple Kapadia as Anita V. Rastogi, Urmila Matondkar as Meenu S. Singh and Om Puri as Suraj Narayan Singh 'Baapji', among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 3.8/10, Narsimha has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Narsimha page.

If you liked it. Fans of Narsimha tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.