Sainikudu Review
Thursday,
November
30,
2006
Fails
to
reach
audiences'
expectations
When a film had given a big hype, one can assume even before the release of the film that it may not reach those expectations. There are many films which proved this theory and Sainikudu is no exception. Those whose releases were quite silent they would become unexpected hits. The recent hits like Pokiri, Devadasu, Vikramarkudu proved this as well. Producer Aswinidutt had spent a huge money to erect a village set for flood scene, the Warangal town set and also for graphic works besides the latest Digital Intermediate technology. Due to the high production values, the film looked rich both on the scene and in technical front, the film failed to reach the expectations. Mahesh Babu fans themselves were not that happy with the outcome.
Siddhartha (Maheshbabu) is a medical college student. He believes that one had to act like a soldier to save the people from problems. When a village suffers floods, he and his friends save as many lives. After the floods recede, Siddhartha and his friends come to know that the flood relief did not reach the needy and distribute the relief material themselves by stopping the relief material from being smuggled out. Parakala Purushottam Yadav @ Pappu Yadav (Irfan Khan), a goonda, joins the ruling party and decides to contest the byelection. Siddhartha decides to stop him from getting elected and tries to put up his friend Ajay (Ajay) as the opposition candidate. But Pappu Yadav with the help of his brothe-in-law- Mondi Nani (Prakashraj) stage manages an explosion and sends Siddhartha and his friends into jail. As there was no opposition, Pappu Yadav gets elected and becomes Home Minister. He decides to eliminate the gang legally, but Siddhartha escapes. When Pappu was about to marry Varalakshmi (Trisha), Siddhartha abducts and takes her with him. After the kidnap, he threatens Pappu and gets him to fulfill his election promises. After a lot of running here and there, ACP Pochamma (Sakuntala) chalks out a plan and was about to arrest Siddhartha, but Mondi Nani attacks Siddhartha and his friends at the same time, making it possible for Siddhartha to escape. High Court orders Siddhartha to surrender within 48 hours. By that time, Siddhartha explains to Varalakshmi, how bad man Pappu is, but she did not listen. Then he relieves her to reach Pappu and she then realises that he is really a bad guy and remain with Siddhartha. Mondi Seenu decides to eliminate Siddhartha and prepares a bomb which accidentally explodes and he gets grievously injured. Fearing Seenu would turn an approver Pappu decides to kill him. However, Siddhartha saves him and makes him realize what Pappu is. As the time given by court nears, Pappu plans to kill Siddhartha while reaching the court, but the latter cleverly goes to a private TV channel office and pleads with the court to run the proceedings through video linkage. He proves that he was innocent with the help of Mondi Seenu and Varalakshmi. As Pappu was left with no option, he uses the same trick applied by Siddhartha and kidnaps Varalakshmi and tells Siddhartha to surrender to him. But Siddhartha saves her. In the climax Pappu gets killed by Mondi Seenu. The film ends on a happy note with the union of Varalakshmi and Siddhartha.
Plus:
The
major
plus
point
in
the
film
is
the
performance
by
Maheshbabu,
the
stylish
choreography
of
action
scenes,
use
of
Digital
Intermediate
technology
for
colour
grading.
The
picturisation
of
songs
was
also
very
good
and
the
use
of
advanced
technology
helped
the
film
looked
very
richly.
As
was
rightly
pointed
out
by
its
producer
Aswinidutt
in
a
recent
interview,
the
audiences
were
taken
to
a
new
world,
especially
during
the
song
sequences.
The
eight-minute
dialogue
of
Maheshbabu
that
the
country
needed
youth
and
not
goons
to
rule
the
nation
and
calls
for
leaders
like
Puchalapalli
Sundaraiah,
Abul
Kalam
Azad
and
Guljari
Lal
Nanda
is
mind-boggling.
Paruchuri
brothers
needed
kudos
for
penning
that
scene.
Minus:
The
entire
first
half
was
full
of
running
by
the
hero
and
heroine.
Director
Gunasekhar
had
prolonged
several
scenes
unnecessarily
with
improper
screenplay.
The
bridge
collapse
scene
was
too
exaggerated.
There
was
an
unnecessary
drama
to
play
a
satire
on
TV
channels
when
the
villain
was
suffering
from
an
injury.
Several
scenes
were
prolonged
to
use
as
satires
and
made
the
film
boring.
Remarks:
The
film
opened
with
above
average
talk
and
the
fans
themselves
were
not
very
satisfied
with
the
film.
Though
the
director
tried
to
elevate
Maheshbabu's
image,
he
failed
to
run
the
film
with
a
firm
grip
in
the
absence
of
a
power-packed
story.
Moreover,
the
basic
theme
of
the
film
that
one
should
work
like
a
soldier
to
serve
the
society
was
ignored
all
through
the
film,
but
for
the
first
few
frames
and
the
argument
scene
in
the
court
hearing.
It
is
absurd
to
use
the
real
life
incidents
such
as
Moddu
Sreenu
incident
and
the
TV9
scenes,
which
spoiled
the
image
of
the
hero.
Cast: Maheshbabu, Trisha, Irfan Khan, Prakash Raj, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ajay, Ravivarma, Raghunatha Reddy, Malladi Raghava, Narasimha Raju, Narsing Yadav, Duvvasi Mohan, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, MVL Narasimha Rao, Lakshmipati, Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao, Kamna Jethmalani, Telangana Shakuntala.
Credits:
Dialogues
-
Paruchuri
Brothers
Cinematography
-
Balasubrahmanyam
Editing
-
Srikara
Prasad
Presents
-
C
Dharmaraju
Music
-
Harris
Jayaraj
Action
-
Peter
Haynes
Producer
-
C
Aswinidutt
Story,
Screenplay
and
Direction
-
Gunasekhar
Banner
-
Vyjayanti
Studios
Pvt
Ltd
Released
on
-
November
30,
2006