Cast: Ram, Hansika Motwani, Shiela, Mukesh Rishi, Pradeep Rawat, Shakuntala, Brahmanandam and Others.
Action: Ram-Laxman.Cinematography: Sekhar V. Joseph.Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers.Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao.Music: Chakri.
Producer: MS Raju.
Direction: B. Gopal.
Banner: Sumanth Art Productions.
Release Date: 14th January, 2009.
Maska has B. Gopal wielding the megaphone after a very long time.
Ram and Hansika Motwani star in this political mixed with love triangle drama.Plot Krishna a.k.a. Krish is academically bad but good at deceiving people. So he uses this skill to make US-bound Manju to fall for him so he can also go there with her. He conceives a story about an ex-girlfriend who he has broken up with and shows her the photograph of Meenu, a girl who is just a picture to him. But he really meets Meenu and falls for her, and the triangle gets denser till both girls find out about him. Manju threatens him, and her father is a potential MP with a faction-background. His rival is Shinde who wants the same post; both are searching for the same girl-Simhachalam's first wife's daughter so that Shinde can discredit him. Krish has to make up to Manju, make up with Meenu and save Meenu from the goons who are after her.
Story, Screenplay and Direction The story may be pretty old-school with all the customary twists at the right places, but the screenplay makes the movie watchable and engaging. There's a whole lot of borrowing in the movie. Manju claims that she wants a guy who was a smoker and drinker, but gives it up for his love and should have a love story prior to theirs. The same thing is in Ajit-Simran starrer Vaali. Except there Simran was shown as a gutsy eccentric girl. Here Shiela's shown as a madcap bimbo. Anyways, moving on there's a copycat 8 in this one movie.Meenu's scarf gets stuck in Krish's bracelet. Om Shanti Om. Their coffee table conversation-inspired from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Krish jumping off the parapet. Idiot. The upside down kiss. Spiderman. Manju and Meenu's 'Game' with the gun, one bullet and taking turns with it. Dhoom 2. You get the picture.
Story, Screenplay and Direction The story may be pretty old-school with all the customary twists at the right places, but the screenplay makes the movie watchable and engaging. There's a whole lot of borrowing in the movie. Manju claims that she wants a guy who was a smoker and drinker, but gives it up for his love and should have a love story prior to theirs. The same thing is in Ajit-Simran starrer Vaali. Except there Simran was shown as a gutsy eccentric girl. Here Shiela's shown as a madcap bimbo. Anyways, moving on there's a copycat 8 in this one movie.Meenu's scarf gets stuck in Krish's bracelet. Om Shanti Om. Their coffee table conversation-inspired from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Krish jumping off the parapet. Idiot. The upside down kiss. Spiderman. Manju and Meenu's 'Game' with the gun, one bullet and taking turns with it. Dhoom 2. You get the picture.
The editing is good and art work is aesthetic. Photography is good in the songs.The music is lively.
Ram carries the movie on his shoulders, with a lot of help from the director-writers. After the 'Evari peru chepte' effect from Indra still refusing to wear off, it's tough to top it. But inspite of the old-schoolers involved in this movie, the young cast and music and heavy inspirations make it a young movie. Slightly outdated in terms of the actual story but the screenplay and the love triangle makes up for it.Performances Ram is growing up-performance, looks, energy, dance and spontaneity. He's here to stay in the lambi race.
Hansika looks good with Ram, and except for a few 'ABCD' scenes, she's good. Shiela is better in this than Dil Raju's Parugu. Mukesh Rishi, Pradeep Rawat, Shakuntala do their usual baddie act as Brahmanandam does his comic act. Jhansi does a post-Tulasi, this time as a lady from Nellore with the whole accent, she creates a character you remember. Naresh as her hen-pecked husband is good.Song and Dance An asset to the movie. The choreography of all the dance numbers matches the peppy music.
Last Word It's entertaining, and also worth watching movie. Nothing's new, but okay to watch.
its is one more hit for M.S.RAJU
RATING:3.75/5
