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MAHATMA is the latest Telugu Film starring Srikanth (100th film) & Bhavana. MAHAATMA movie is directed by creative director (so called?) Krishna Vamsi.

STORY: Das (Srikanth), a small time goon in Hyderabad joins the gang of local MLA, Daada (Jayaprakash Reddy) to become a hero in the film industry. Dada starts using Das for his own evil purposes and in the process, Das realises the cunning nature of Dada and comes out by challenging Dada. Krishnaveni (Bhavana), a junior lawyer keeps bailing out Das in the trouble times and both fall in love with each other.

Das starts a political party named ‘Mahatma party’ with the help of his gang (consisting of Uttej, Paruchuri, etc). With an enlightening song narration, Das transforms to a Gandhian giving up liquor, non-veg, violence, etc and he gets good media coverage and fan base (with just 2 media coverages…??) in the process. How he follows Gandhi principles and become a winner forms rest of the plot.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Srikanth‘s intense performance (though he tried to imitate Chiru in drinking sequences).
• Jayaprakash‘s terrific performance as a cruel politician & Ram Jagan‘s unexpected portrayal of freedom fighters.
• Pre-interval episode and RamJagan’s death scene were very good.
• Starting titles’ song & “Indiramma inti peru…” song were pretty effective with wonderful lyrics by Sirivennela.
• Duvvasi Mohan’s 2 minute episode about the qualifications of a hero is hilarious.
• One drunkard yelling out the names of different party leaders like: ‘budda ntr’, balayya, chiru, JP, etc is pretty realistic.

PITFALLS:

• 1st things first: Director KrishnaVamsi has lost his touch long back (with Khadgam movie) and now, he tried to dish out a message oriented film in a commercial way and he succeeded only in bits and pieces.
• Over concentration of satires on present film industry and political scene dilutes the main purpose of film: showcasing the ideoligies of Mahatma Gandhi.
• The inconsistency of hero’s character over the principles of Gandhi is very sub-standard.
• A dream song with a group of dancers was mis-placed when the film is getting engaged.
• Mass-orientation should have restricted the director’s risk attitude.
• Film clearly lacks the entertainment quotient.

Final ANALYSIS: Though MAHATMA is not great, we can watch the film for it’s own merits. Vijay Anthony’s re-recording work was better than the songs scored for the film. The film gives us a feeling of watching some 1995 film and doesn’t completely get into the concept. It also reminds us some of SriHari’s movies, KodiRamakrishna movies that were purely targetted at B & C centers. To be frank, the film has got good response from general public many a times during it’s run, but the director has failed to maintain the grip until the final episodes.

MAHATMA will surely attract masses and will be a safe project (at least in B & C centres)…!

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