Banner: Sri Keerthi Combines.
Cast: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Lakshmi Rai, Saloni, Jaya Sudha, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandham, Pradeep Rawat, Sukanya, Kasi Viswanath and others
Art: Chinna
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswar Rao
Cinematography: Surrender Reddy
Producer: ML Kumar Chowdary
Story-Screenplay-Direction:
CBFC rating: A
Rating: 3/5
Synopsis:
Harish Chandra Prasad (Balayya – old char) is a man
of masses who dedicates his entire life for the people.
of masses who dedicates his entire life for the people.
He strives for an international funding for a iron ore
project. He gets it and starts acquiring Government lands
project. He gets it and starts acquiring Government lands
illegally occupied by factionists. In the process, gets
killed. His son Rama Krishna Prasad
killed. His son Rama Krishna Prasad
(Balayya – middle char) is no less than his father in
serving people. Fate separates Rama Krishna
serving people. Fate separates Rama Krishna
and his son, Babi (Young Balayya). And after 25 years
, Babi meets his family but interestingly, his father
, Babi meets his family but interestingly, his father
does not accept him. What is the reason behind? How is the peace restored in the family and the regions
forms the actual story.
Performances:
Bala Krishna is serene as Harish Chandra Prasad. He reminded of Senior
NTR in several shots.
NTR in several shots.
The character is very shot but will entertain fans. And the middle get up as Rama
Krishna Prasad forms
Krishna Prasad forms
the central part of the story. The character is very powerful. His dialogue delivery is
excellent and is extremely
excellent and is extremely
effective as always. His get-up is highly ferocious and rough. The other character
of Babi is also passable and
of Babi is also passable and
has come very good comedy scenes and fights.
Saloni has very little to offer and Lakshmi Rai was confined to skin show.
Jaya Sudha played the wife of Harish
Jaya Sudha played the wife of Harish
Chandra Prasad’s wife and she carried the short yet important role with grace.
Pradeep Rawat is good in the role
Pradeep Rawat is good in the role
of Antagonist. Rest all are good in limited roles. Brahmanandham’s comedy track is
an asset to the movie.
an asset to the movie.
Technical Performance:
There is no novelty in the Story of the movie, director Parchuri Murali follows a
time-tested formula but made
time-tested formula but made
sure that there are ample commercial elements that satisfy the thrust of masses
and fans. He projected Bala
and fans. He projected Bala
Krishna in the right way and extracted powerful mass performance. Screenplay
of the movie is predictable.
of the movie is predictable.
Direction is good in parts. He had stuffed the movie with political dialogues having
indirect references to
indirect references to
current day politics, He had tamed the commercial elements in the second half and
added more family drama
added more family drama
to make this movie a universally appealing one.
Sameer Reddy’s cinematography technique is good. Art by Chinna is good even though
he had commercial
he had commercial
constraints. Kalyani Mallik’s Rerecording deserves special mention. The song he
had composed for the
had composed for the
movie suited Balayya’s image but to normal audience, they might be a bit outdated.
Final Say:
Balakrishna is due a hit at the box office after Simha. But finally he quenched the thirst of fans.
Parchuri Murali
Parchuri Murali
had a definite idea of the fans’ expectations and took care of every detail. And at the same time,
he added some
he added some
good sentiment to owe the family audience. This sentiment might be a bit of hindrance to mass
audience
audience
but will work out big time with family and normal audience. Fans will be delighted with the
movie and others
movie and others
will find it another mass masala from Balayya.
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