Okkadu report from Ramakrishna, Tenali at 2:10

Here is the brief story outline in second half:
Mahesh wants to send Bhumika to the US to avoid Prakash Raj. So Mahesh tries to manager a passport for Bhumika. Mean while, Rajan P Dev (Home Minister) summons the ACP (Mukesh Rishi) to search for Bhumika by giving her photograph.

One day Bhumika comes out to make a phone call to her parents. Mukesh Rushi meets her at telephone booth (he did not see her photograph by that time). Mukesh offers to drop Bhumika at her place. Without knowing that Mukesh Rishi is the father of Mahesh Babu, she takes him to Mahesh's place and introduces Mahesh Babu as her fiance. Then Mukesh Rishi sees the photo of Bhumika. Meanwhile Mahesh Babu grabs Bhumika and starts running. They hide in Charminar.

Back in Kurnool, an obsessed Prakash Raj does prayers to Bhumika's photograph. Mahesh's rivals happen to visit Kunool and meet Prakash Raj there. They say that they have seen Bhumika in Hyderabad and they invite Prakash Raj to come to Hyderabad.

Mahesh secures passport and air ticket for Bhumika and they head for the airport. Both of them love each other but never express it. When Mahesh says goodbye to Bhumika at airport, she comes back and hugs Mahesh to say - I love you.

Then Makesh Rishi spots them and arrests Mahesh Babu in the airport. Prakash Raj takes Bhumika to his house to marry her. He expects Bhumika to resist his preparations to marry her. But Bhumika behaves normally and behaves as if nothing has happened. An irritated Prakash Raj asks Bhumika why does she not fear him anymore. She replies by saying that - 'maa aayana vastaadu'. Irritated by this Prakash Raj tries raping Bhumika. Then Bhumika says - rape cheyyadam magatanam kaadu. Nuvvu magaadivaithe Mahesh tho poraadi nannu geluvu'. Then Prakash Raj goes to police station and gets Mahesh back. On the way, Mahesh Babu escapes and joins the team that is playing the final match of Kabaddi. Mahesh Babu wins Kabaddi match.

Then follows a 10 minutes fight between Mahesh Babu and Prakash Raj in a drizzle and wind effect. When a-supposedly-dead Prakash Raj gets up and stabs Mahesh from the back, Chandra Mohan takes the initiative to kill Prakash Raj.

All ends well!

Here is the sequence of the songs.

1. cheppave chirugaali
2. nuvev maya chesavo kaani
3. atharintikochindi

Highlights:

1. The songs in the second half are even better than the songs in the first half.
2. Best song of the film is 'Nuvvem Maya Chesavo kaani' with excellent steps.
3. Camera work by Sekhar V Joseph is extraordinary.
4. Background music by Mani Sharma is excellent.
5. 20 second chase scene in 1st half and 10 minutes final fight in second half are excellently picturised.
6. .The way Mahesh and Bhumika, who are on the run, jump into a group of Muslims after Namaz and another group of college girls coming out of a women's college were good.

Drawback: There is no separate comedy in this film. Mahesh did good comedy in first half. But second half lacks comedy.

Over all feeling. First half of the film is good. Second half is also better. But it is not as good as the first half. This film is all poised to become a much-needed hit for Mahesh Babu. But the range of this film is too early to predict.

Icing on the cake: The credit for opening the show at 10:30 pm in Rama Krishna DTS in Tenali goes to Burripalem guys, who demanded it and got it too!

Note: We have taken this information from the person who is watching this show at Tenali currently. All the observations made in this review are his personal opinions.

Okkadu report from Ramakrishna, Tenali at 11:40

The fans show has started at 10:30 pm tonight (14th night) at Rama Krishna, Tenali with a flat rate of Rs 60/- per ticket. As per the initial reports, the first half of the film is pretty good.

Here is the brief story outline for first half:
Mahesh Babu (Ajay) is a national level Kabaddi player. The film starts with a magnificent fight at Charminar followed by a 'Hare Rama' song. Mahesh father (Mukesh Rushi) is an IPS officer. Then we have the intro song of Bhumika (Swapna) - Nuvvem Maya chesavo kaani. Prakash Raj (Obul Reddy) has his eyes set on Bhumika and wants to marry her. In the process, Prakash Raj kills Achyut (the brother of Bhumika). Prakash Raj's mother role is played by Siva Parvathi. Chandra Mohan and Sangeeta played the roles of Bhumika's parents. By sensing the imminent trouble, Chandra Mohan gives money to Bhumika and asks her to leave for Hyderabad to get rid of Prakash Raj's harassment. This is where Mahesh meets Bhumika for the first time. There is a 20-minutes excellent chase in this scene. During the chase 'Sahasam Swasaga' song comes as backdrop. Mahesh takes Bhumika to his house and hides her in his house without the knowledge of his parents. Prakash Raj explains the situation to his elder brother Rajan P Dev. Rajan P Dev says he uses all his high level contacts to get hold of Bhumika.

High lights of the first half:

1. First fight.
2. Excellent songs
3. 20 minutes chase scene.

Over all impression: Okkadu first half is good

Stay tuned with idlebrain.com to get the final report in an hour.

Note: We have taken this information from the person who is watching this show at Tenali currently. All the observations made in this review are his personal opinions.