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Narasimham can mean the following:
- Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham was an Indian playwright and novelist.
- Narasimha, a Hindu God
- Narasimham (film), a 2000 Malayalam movie starring Mohanlal
- Nishtala Appala Narasimham, an eminent Indian spectroscopist.
- P. Appala Narasimham, an eminent Indian parliamentarian.
- M. Narasimham, a Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- Narasimham Committee on Banking Sector Reforms (1998)
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Narasimham ( English: The Man-Lion) is a 2000 Indian Malayalam action drama film directed by Shaji Kailas and written by Ranjith. It stars Mohanlal in the lead role, along with Thilakan, N. F. Varghese, Aishwarya, Kanaka, Jagathi Sreekumar, and Bharathi Vishnuvardhan in other pivotal roles. The film was the first production of Aashirvad Cinemas, owned by Antony Perumbavoor, the former driver of Mohanlal.
Upon release, the film created history in commercial Malayalam cinema, it grossed at the box office against a budget of , making it the highest grosser of the year, and the highest grossing Malayalam film ever, at that time. The film ran for more than 200 days in theatres.
The film was released on 26 January 2000, and after 15 years it was re-released under the name Narasimham Returns in 2014, which premiered in Dubai. Later, it was re-released in Kerala at several occasions in time. It was remade in Telugu as Adhipathi (2001) with Mohan Babu, Nagarjuna appeared in a guest role.