Story : Valmeeki (Murli Sharma) and Ramachandra (Jayaram) were colleagues at same level in the company of ARK (Sachin Khedekar). However, after impressing ARK and getting married to ARK's daughter Yasu (Tabu), Ramachandra's fate changes and becomes owner. Valmeeki always curses his own fate and feels jealous about Ramachandra's. Valmeeki and Ramchandra gets blessed with sons on same day at same hospital, then Valmeeki plots a horrific gamble.
Cut to today's scene, whatever Bantu (Allu Arjun) does, his father Valmeeki finds fault with it since childhood. Valmeeki calls Bantu as unlucky and his fate would never change. Bantu however grabs a job under Amulya (Pooja Hegde) who runs a travel agency. Bantu saves Ramachandra from a murder attempt and on the same day he comes to know about the truth of his birth and Valmeeki's gamble.
What happens from then and What is Bantu's course of action forms the rest of the story.
Performances : Murli sharma gets a meaty role and he just nails it, a fantastic performer. His mannerisms, walking style, dialogue delivery is tremendous. Allu Arjun gets a packaged telugu hero character, where he has scope to do romance, dance, comedy, sentiment. He excels in all and provided wholesome entertainment. Jayaram and Sachin Khedekar were good in their roles. Tabu and Samudrakani were okay with limited screen presence. Pooja Hegde was there for songs and glamour show, not much of scope for performance when compared to Aravinda Sametha. Not sure what was the purpose of Rajendra Prasad's character in the movie.
Technicians : SS Thaman is the hero behind screen. He was one major driving force for people to throng to theatres after Bunny and Trivikram. 5 Chartbuster songs and another surprise Chartbuster in the climax. Terrific background score. He reduced the effort of promotions with his best album. Ram-Lakshmam masters fights were slick and stylish. P.S.Vinod cinematography is an asset to the movie, with rich and elegant colours. Special mention to costumes and art departments. Editing made the movie crisp and striking.
Guruji Trivikram Srinivas has delivered a pakka commercial entertainer as a director. However, fans of vintage dialogue writer Trivikram would be slowly getting used to this kind of cinema where you have to search for witty one liners with a magnifying class. Gone were the days when we used to miss a one liner while we were laughing out loud for the previous one. However, can't complain if you are engaged and entertained for 2 hr 45 mins.
Positives :
Allu Arjun & Murli Sharma acting
All songs
Board room episode
Negatives :
To some extent, climax
Analysis : It's a complete family entertainer. Though the basic plot olis lifted from 80's, treatment of it makes the film interesting. Stylish taking, heroic moments, ample comedy, tapping music makes it a winner.
Rating : 3.5/5 (He's back with a bang)
