When you are told that this is not based on Golmaal Returns you know that it
is the inspiration. Thanks for small mercies, Rohit Shetty may well respond.
The girl on the run and the guys on the chase – leading to a global chase.
Then there is the single Dad (Moha Babu) with three good for nothing or good at
everything sons – one of whom is even literally dumb constituting Camp I. A
single Mom (Raveena Tandon) dressed to kill has two sons Stagger (Manchu
Vishnu) and Stammer (Vennela Kishore). Also guest at home who is the girl on
the run (Hansika). Global village established Google search complete. Search
results reveal that Dad loved, loves Mom. Poor Dad was too busy reciting
dialogues as they were nursery rhymes. Richie Rich pa – in – law Wiggie
(Dasari) sends him packing with an empty suit case. Many circas later Dad meets
Mom on beach sands with berserk children in the back drop. The unruly ones
screamingly seem to suggest that children of single parents can be more than
just a social embarrassment. To the audience they can be source for analgesics.
This team of destroyers when divided decide to box blows, fly fists and create
nuisance. You would believe Singapore is in the midst of a civil war till
suddenly the girl on the run decides to anchor with Stagger boy from single Mom
unit. The feud between members of the Dad unit which includes Muscles (Manoj),
Translator (Varun Sandesh) and Verbal challenge (Tanish) ends with them joining
forces against the new enemy.
Over to Pandavapuram and Kauravapuram headed by Good Man (Giri Babu) and Bad
Man (Mukesh Rishi). After the break the film maker has used up, sorry lost the
Rohit Shetty inspiration. With the family now under a common umbrella, the film
maker decides to fall back on the epic of clans at war for kingdoms and reverts
to the pet story of the enemy in brazen disguise entrenched in the enemy camp
and controlling things therein and thereafter. The film even with the contrived
premise could have held promise enough to take the script towards promising
entertainment. Entertain it does, if this is your street. There is Mohan Babu
(wig et al) playing the Dad who had lost his love but not his zeal. This is a
school of acting. Innovation? A new route asking for takers- be it actors or
fans. And oh! yeah the two sons: the audience are called upon to like them
both. In a world divided to choice: ANR or NTR; Venkatesh or Nagarjuna; now
Vishnu and Manoj!! Actually no place (or need) for making a decision. Both are
splinter pieces of the same wood. You like Dharam, got used to Sunny and
accepted Bobby. Encore at Tollywood. Space, place, latitude notwithstanding,
you get the feel of Yamala pagla Deewana 2, more than Golmaal Returns. So the
preference is arguably based on your call. Taste has a price.
Varun Sandesh and Tansih deliver with a lot of sincerity and it is sad that the
acting talent especially of the former is loss in the din of the Manchu
cacophony. There is Brahmanandam. This guy shows how an actor can push a film
up a few notches. He actually gets you interested!! Kudos, the guy takes the
post interval script of the “Maha conflict” past its dreary, predictable
journey, on his shoulder. Nothing else matters as long as he is on screen. The
film is, if at all for the Manchu fans.