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To narrate and tackle a number of issues in a ninety-minute
film is quite ambitious. The result is most of it is unfinished
work.
The film has no specific storyline as such. Whenever is said
is a pin-up of stories published in the newspapers. Pratyusha's
suicide case is one. Gujart communal riots is another issue
taken up and terrorism is the third. There are some more.
Now the scriptwriter has a single job of connecting all these
themes into a single line-plot, an impossible job.
The screenplay of the multi-starrer featuring Saikumar, Thriller
Manju, Arun Kumar and Vani Viswanath in important action roles,
gets diluted while trying to do justice to all the main roles.
Ramireddy plays a villain and uses every possible chance to
kick start communal violence. He is also a small-time politician.
And the thread that binds all these elements is politics.
Jeeva wants to win the Mayor's post again. Though an honest
man, he behaves like a negative character. That is how the
script is designed. When his wife dies, his enemies raise
a hue and cry stating that he has deliberately murdered his
wife to gain sympathy. Purushotham (Thriller Manju) is a photographer
and a blackmailer who tries to make money by blackmailing
people with his photographs, till his own sister - whom he
loses in his childhood - becomes his target and is forced
to attempt suicide. He changes his ways when he realises the
truth.
Arun Kumar plays Vishal, a love who plans to elope with his
girlfriend (Zarina), but gets into trouble. Vani Viswanath
as C.I Swapna deals with all these problems. At every stage,
we have a fight sequence, constantly reminding audiences of
the presence of action director Thriller Manju. However, each
fight is shot in a novel away. The one with a long rope tied
around the waists of two fighters - Thriller Manju and Vani
Viswanath is the funniest.
The film conveys nothing sensible. Saikumar's presence induces
dramatic idioms. In this film, he ends his meeting with people
saying 'Jai Srira' with folded hands. There is some life in
that character. Despite senseless sketch of her role, Vani
Viswanath performs well. The dialogue makes no impact. Photography
is good and elevates the sagging drama at times.
courtesy:
The Hindu
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