Bheemaneni Sreenivasa Rao proved that he can make a mass masala flick. This remake king aptly brought the film from Tamil and knitted considerably well with local thread. On a whole the objective of the film is to show the hero as one who plucks out all Gundas in Hyderabad.
The Story : Annavaram (Pawan Kalyan) lives along with his sister Vara Lakshmi aka Varam (Sandhya) in a village. His friend Narasimha (Venu Madhav) always stands as ‘Yes Man’ to him. Varam gets married to a city dweller (Shiva Balaji) who runs a canteen in college. He is very good at heart and lives happily with Varam. Once in a trivial incident Shiva Balaji gets bruises from a group of rowdies but they keep that as secret without letting Annavaram know that.
After a while, Narasimha gets Visa to leave for Dubai and he comes to Hyderabad along with Annavaram. But in an unforeseen incident a group of rowdies kill Narasimha. Annavaram takes the issue serious and puts an end for all the gundas in Hyderabad.
How that happens has to be watched on screen.
Performances: Pawan Kalyan is at his best and proved to be a crowd enticer once again. His appearance is better than many of his recent films.
Asin’s role carries no weight in the film and there is no purpose of her at all. Well, she is only for heroine sake! The Telangana diction given to her sounds new.
Sandhya’s performance is good as Pawan Klayan’s sister and her histrionics are apt and subtle.
Venu Madhav’s role is good and he should be considered as character actor in the film than a comedian.
Comedy of MS Narayana, Dharmavarapu and Raghu Babu is good. Nagendrababu’s role as Police Cop is subtle and he performed subtle comedy.
Ramana Gogula’s music scores good marks and two songs din in the ears even after leaving the theaters. ‘Jara Jara Choodu Mehbooba’ and sister sentiment song stand as highlights in this film.
Art Director Anand Sai deserves a mention for his hard work and impressive job in a few songs.
Dialogue writer Abburi Ravi penned as per the script but a few dialogues bring laughs and smiles.
Bheemaneni’s direction is up to the trend but emotional levels are not maintained.
Why hero kills all the gundas in Hyderabad? Is that for the sake of his friend who gets killed by rowdies? That was already shown in the films like ‘Basha’, ‘Mass’ and ‘Ashok’. Is that since his sister’s family got troubled by rowdies? Hero is unaware of that till the end of the film. Finally, it appears as if Bheemaneni has forgotten a few links in the theme to justify. But still, audiences don’t feel uneasy through out.
Highlights:
The scene of rowdies attacking Sandhya and Shiva Balaji at their house sounds cruel and touching.
‘Blue Waters Set’ looks pleasant and impressive in the song ‘Chellemmaa..’
Pawan Kalyan using hot Iron Box for fighting appears novel.
Venu Madhav’s funeral scene is aptly lengthened to elevate the emotional levels.
Interesting Dialogues:
A Village Girl: Adadaaniki Jada Mundukesthey Boddu Daaka Ravali, venakki vesthey nadumu kindha daaka raavaali
Brahmanandam: Mandu Kodithey Daggu Pothundaa?
MS Narayana: Mandu Kodithey Naa Udyogam Poyindi, Pellam Poyindi, Dabbu Kooda Poyindi. After all, Nee Daggu Enduku podhu?
Analysis:
The first half of the film appears lengthy. Second half sounds interesting with compact narration. But no twists and turns are seen till the end.
Comedy falls at right place in the film and that proves to be a relief to some extent. But something more would have worked on comedy track.
Although not so convincing, the film is purely for masses.
To sum up, the film sounds better than Pawan Kalyan’s recent films. Audiences feel comfortable till the end of the film although first half appears lengthy.