29 December 2006
Hyderabad

Released in a span of 7 days, Rakhi and Annavaram have striking resemblance in the storylines. Annavaram is a remake of Tamil blockbuster Thirupachi that was released last year. Rakhi’s basic story is a local made one by a new writer. Check out the following tale to find out the similarities –

S. No	Annavaram	Rakhi
1.	Sister senti theme	Sister senti theme
2.	1st half filled with senti	1st half filled with senti
3.	2nd half with action elements	2nd half with action elements
4.	Friend dies/sister suffers (interval block)	Sister dies (interval block)
5.	Hero uses Pothuraju identity	Hero uses Rakhi identity
6.	Hero leaves a lemon at crime scene	Hero leaves a Rakhi at crime scene
8.	Nagababu (ACP) in pursuit of hero	Suhasini (ACP) in pursuit of hero
9.	A lengthy dialogue on stats of AP Police	A lengthy dialogue on stats of Indian Railway
9.	Dialogues referring to hero as the man who is doing police work	Dialogues referring to hero as police without uniform
10.	Identity of Pothuraju is unknown to anybody except for Brahmaji	Identity of Rakhi is revealed in the midway