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Thursday, 01 June 2006 00:00 |
Bhageeratha  (Forty years ago), a thief is caught red-handed by the villagers, who lynch him, coupled with profuse beating by the police. The thief's son becomes orphan. The village head decides to adopt the orphan. His original son settles as a villager Bullebbai (Vijay Kumar) while the thief's son becomes an IAS officer Venkataratnam (Prakash Raj). The IAS settles in Hyderabad and forgets the long pending promise to the villagers – To construct a bridge across the rivulet.
Now it's the turn of Chandu, son of Bullebbai (Ravi Teja) to realize the dream of the villagers. He reaches Hyderabad and pressurizes his uncle (Prakash Raj), but in vain. The semi-villainous Venkataratnam thinks that it was due to the villagesr that his father (thief) was dead. Now Chandu executes his own plan of action. How he gets the bridge project to his village, apart from winning the heart of Swetha (Shriya), daughter of Venkataratnam – forms the climax.
Performance
Ravi Teja as usual did a neat job, which is akin to “Veede”. Here he fights for the sake of his village. (While in Veede, he fights to save his village from factory effluents.) He looks excellent in stunts, but there is very little punch in his dance numbers.
Shriya unlike other movies (with mere glam doll role), gets a meaningful role, that stimulates the hero to act swiftly to the cause of his village.
Prakash Raj looks routine, and impressive in parts.
Vijay Kumar did neat job.
Venu Madhav and Sunil did the comedy, but not sufficient.
All other characters performed well in their limits.
Technical Details
The story sound routine, and very much expected by the audience. As a result of this, interest is lost in the theatres. It's a mix of Veede (for a cause) and Bunny (a sort of dice between the hero and villain). You also have reflections of Dil, as you watch the movie.
Direction is average. Rasool Ellore, who created good expectations somehow disappoints. The screenplay goes awry in the second half. Coupled with this, the narration gets sluggish often.
Songs are mediocre. Music (by Chakri) disappoints.
Stunts by Kannal Kannan and Ram Laxman are good.
Comedy is weak.
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