Gautham, a rockstar who is immensely popular among the youth, has a Psychological disorder which hampers his capacity to differentiate between reality and imagination. Believing that he has had a traumatic childhood and that his parents were executed in front of his eyes, he tries to seek revenge on the three people whom he purportedly remembers from the crime scene.
Language:
Telugu
Running Time:
150 min
Rating:
U/A
Release Date:
10 January 2014
Directed by:
Sukumar
Produced by:
Ram Achanta
Gopichand Achanta
Anil Sunkara
Written by:
Sukumar
Starring:
Mahesh Babu
Kriti Sanon
Anu Haasan
Anand Babu
Nassar
Music by:
Devi Sri Prasad
Shot by:
R. Rathnavelu
Edited by:
Karthika Srinivas
Distributed by:
14 Reels Entertainment
RNR films

What’s Hot

  • Mahesh Babu’s performance can be rated as one of the best in his career and his looks & accessories for this movie augurs well with his rockstar character. The fashion designer who chose Mahesh’s costumes deserves a definite mention.
  • Kriti Sanon couldn’t have found a better movie to make her debut and the director has extracted a praiseworthy performance from this debutante. Shouldn’t be a surprise if she grabs many more challenging films in the near future.
  • DSP’s music is for the racy song lovers. ‘Who are you’ & ‘Aww Tuzo Mogh Kortha’ are definite chart-busters. R.Rathnavelu’s camera speaks volumes and gives cinematography a whole new dimension. The scenes in Goa deserve a distinctive mention.
  • Sukumar and his team have to be complimented for executing a complex script in a near-immaculate fashion. The unforeseen plot twist right at the start and in the scenes involving Nassar, Pradeep Rawat & Kelly Dorjee take story-telling to a whole new level. It truly is a breakaway from the stereotype commercial movies of the Telugu movie industry.

What’s Not

  • The dragging scenes in the first-half take the pace out of a movie that starts with a dramatic murder sequence. Also, the scenes after the climax tussle could have been trimmed or better presented.
  • The mind-bending screenplay might just not be everyone’s cup of tea and hence the film may struggle to sustain in the B & C centers.

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

A true Mahesh Babu entertainer with a little dose of mystery & sentiment and one of the intelligent thrillers to have come out of Telugu cinema in a long time.