Story

With no specific direction, the film constantly shifts from good to evil. It looks as though the filmmakers are trying to say that love achieves what crime cannot. But, for this message, one has to sit through the whole film, which takes a pretty violent path to prove its point.

The film starts with the childhood of Anand (Venkat) where he is a mute witness to his mother's troubles and his younger sister's death. To top it all, two police officials Surendra (Prakash Raj) and Krishnamurthy (Jeeva) make young Anand commit crimes to fill in their pockets. A lawyer called Gowd (Surya) also adds to this list of corrupt people.

These scenes become a base for Anand to turn a Dada, rechristen himself Nandu and continue mayhem. `Fifteen years later': Nandu is still exploited by the cops. But, now the hero knows his ways, starts demanding money for every crime he commits for their sake. Once, when he demands Rs. 10 lakhs, Surendra implicates him in a crime and sends him to jail to serve a six-year term. The character of a woman don Lakshmibayamma (Sakuntala) is introduced here. Known as the `don of the dons', the loud woman is heard shouting filthy language through the film. While Nandu is in jail, Surendra becomes a S.P. Now Nandu is released and the time arrives to bring about transformation in the hero. His friend informs him that he heard a college student, Keerti (Jahnavi), saying that the emotion called love cannot simply vanish just because the lover is a criminal. Nandu challenges his friends that he will make her fall in love with him. Now, a determined Nandu transforms himself as a lover and goes to the extent of preaching that one who cannot give life has no right to take life.

However, since Keerti is the granddaughter of Lakshmibayamma, the hero has to face some problems. The film stands as a perfect example for mindless violence. There is no rhyme or reason for what is shown on screen. The script is full of senseless dialogue.

Venkat's good physique and histrionic talent are wasted in this thankless role. Even Prakashraj gets an equally bad role. None of the artistes fares better. Music score by Ghantadi Krishna sounds melancholic in this mayhem called Charminar.

courtesy: The Hindu