One look at the poster and you know what to expect. The red revolver
pointing down: so this time the violence is initiated well before the film
begins its 142 minute run. Telugu films sometimes display an amazing capacity
to drive down hill. You are forced to wonder if the attempt is professional. It
borders on the amateur and this time round you would be shocked to notice how
even seasoned actors ham like a school kid doing a play on a school stage with
the impression that the louder he is the better it is.
The film starts with a police van and some crude jokes on the guy who is about
to get married and suddenly there is a shoot out and blood oozing. We have a
few seconds and on to a flashback. Five dubious guys meet up: Dharma (Sai
Kumar) Shiva (Subbaraju – who is beating up some one as if he were running
short of paper mache and would do with some human flesh instead), Teja (Ashish
Vidhyarthi who a fixed crazy expression and is dressed to make a buffoon
blush), Kailash (Brahmaji – who runs a gambling den with rudrashk) and
introducing on the bike Sidharth (Krishi).
Each of the guys are badly in need of money. While Shiva needs it for his mom
(Telangana Sakunthala) who is in hospital, Brahmaji needs it to make up for his
gambling losses, Teja is avaricious and Krishi is planning toelope with his
girl friend out of the country. Brahmaji is scared of his wife (Roja) while the
audience is scared of Shiva’s gal Dr. Sammeksha (Ruby Parihar). The young
debutant hero Krishi (Sidharth) has Vasuki (Lekha Washington).
The five guys make a deal with Kalyan (Ravi Babu) and have to deliver a few
crores. As each of them raises the sum to be contributed, the idea to cheat
them all of the sum and run away hits Krishi. The details of who kills whom and
when is irrelevant as that is how the film maker approaches the script. Every
one heads to the grave and the script is the various roads to Hell which
includes the ticketing bunk at the theatre.
Simply devoid of any sanity, the film is a bore and lacks an iota of
credibility.
Director Lakshmikant Chenna makes a ham. He simply offers nothing from a script
that did offer enough. The dark world he portrays lacks credibility and
connect. The cast is bad. Lekha Washington looks like something the cat left
behind. Ruby Parihar is horrendous. Sai Kumar is himself. It is from Brahmaji
and Roja that the audience sees some professional acting. Feel sorry for the
debutant Krishi who is left to be moulded by a Director who has either no
pretensions of being one or has just lost his skill sets. Agile and non
dramatic, he seems lost in the midst of the bedlam.
Why should the audience pay (not that they are many!) if the film maker is
inspired by Johnny Gaddar?