Director
Agastyan
became
popular
with
his
film
Premalekha.
Akash,
though
played
hero
in
several
films,
has
failed
to
make
a
mark
among
the
Telugu
audiences,
except
in
Anandam,
which
was
released
long
ago.
This
time,
Agastyan
in
a
bid
to
give
a
break
to
Akash
has
come
up
with
a
film
called
Prema
Bandham.
The
storyline
of
the
film
is
wafer
thin.
The
director
wanted
to
prove
that
the
emotional
attachment
is
greater
than
anything
in
the
world.
A
man
could
earn
crores
of
rupees,
but
earning
the
love
of
people
is
greater
than
anything
in
the
world.
Though
the
storyline
is
good,
he
director
has
failed
to
elaborate
it
while
developing
the
storyline.
Moreover,
the
film
remained
in
the
labs
for
almost
one
full
year
and
some
how
saw
the
light
on
March
1.
Ramakrishna
@
RK
(Akash)
is
a
big
business
magnet.
His
mother
(Aishwarya)
brings
him
up
and
sends
him
to
London
for
studies.
After
returning
from
London,
he
starts
various
business
and
almost
earns
Rs
200
crore.
For
him,
business
and
his
mother
are
the
two
things
in
mind.
While
he
is
abroad,
he
gets
a
call
from
India
that
his
mother
slipped
on
the
staircase
and
suffered
head
injury.
Immediately,
he
rushes
back
to
India.
But,
she
can
not
talk
to
him.
RK
thinks
that
his
voice
would
bring
her
out
of
coma.
As
expected,
she
comes
out
of
coma
and
dies
soon
after.
RK
reads
her
diaries
and
finds
that
his
father
stays
in
a
village
and
decides
to
fulfill
her
wish
to
meet
him,
not
as
millionaire
RK
but
as
an
ordinary
and
common
man.
So,
he
goes
to
the
village
claiming
that
he
is
an
orphan.
He
stays
in
the
house
of
a
commoner,
who
is
friendly.
He
meets
Pournami
(Sridevika)
in
the
village
and
tries
to
do
some
work
but
he
could
not
do
anything.
Later,
he
joins
Ramanaidu's
(Vijayakumar)
house
as
a
worker.
Pournami
loses
her
heart
to
Ramakrishna.
Ramanaidu
asks
Ramakrishna
to
stay
in
a
tiled
house.
While
cleaning
the
house,
Ramakrishna
finds
her
mother's
photo
there
and
learns
that
Ramanaidu
is
his
father.
However,
the
latter
pleads
with
Ramakrishna
not
to
reveal
the
truth
immediately
to
anyone
and
he
would
announce
it
at
an
appropriate
time.
Ramanaidu
assigns
some
property
in
the
name
of
Ramakrishna
and
arranges
a
function
to
reveal
the
truth,
but
dies
of
heart
attack.
As
Ramakrishna
and
Pournami
are
moving
together,
her
maternal
uncle
complains
to
village
elders,
who
order
Ramakrishna
to
go
out
of
the
village.
But
Ramanaidu's
wife
reaches
the
village
panchayat
and
reveals
the
truth
that
Ramakrishna
is
the
son
of
Ramanaidu.
As
Ramakrishna
wants
to
marry
Pournami,
her
maternal
uncle,
who
sets
her
eyes
on
her,
challenges
him
for
a
fight.
Ramakrishna
defeats
him
in
the
fight
and
marries
Pournami.
During
the
wedding,
Ramakrishna
reveals
that
he
was
a
millionaire,
but
the
emotional
attachment
he
gained
in
the
village
is
greater
than
the
currency
he
earned.
PLUS:
Akash
has
performed
well
both
as
an
industrialist
and
multi-millionaire
and
also
as
a
rural
youth.
Sridevika
of
Rajababu-fame
and
Vani
of
Ee
Abbayi
Chaala
Manchodu-fame
has
filled
the
glamour
slot
and
they
have
nothing
much
to
perform.
However,
Sridevika
has
got
a
little
better
opportunity
than
Vani
to
perform.
Other
artists
including
Vijaykumar
and
the
artist,
who
played
the
villain,
besides
Saranya
and
Aishwarya
have
done
justice
to
their
respective
roles.
Music
by
Deva
is
just
average.
MINUS:
Though
the
producers
claims
that
the
film
is
a
bilingual
film
and
is
being
produced
simultaneously,
it
is
not
the
case.
In
fact,
Prema
Bandham
is
the
dubbed
version
of
the
original
Tamil
flick.
Almost
all
the
artists
are
from
Tamil
language
and
the
film
scented
Tamil
in
total.
All
the
songs,
their
tunes,
the
choreography,
the
background
score,
the
costumes
of
the
hero,
heroines
–
everything
proved
that
it
is
a
complete
Tamil
film.
The
audiences
could
easily
identify
the
lip
movement
in
songs
that
it
is
a
complete
dubbed
version.
REMARKS:
Akash,
if
really
wanted
to
prove
his
calibre
and
get
a
break,
should
do
a
straight
Telugu
film
under
an
able
director's
guidance.
Mere
dubbed
versions
will
not
help
him
to
earn
a
good
name
in
Telugu.
Agastyan
should
also
realise
that
the
Telugu
audiences
are
not
just
after
every
film
that
hits
the
screen.
They
too
have
specific
taste
and
can
distinguish
a
straight
film
and
a
dubbed
version.
Cast:
Akash,
Sridevika,
Vani,
Vijaykumar,
Saranya,
Aiswarya
and
others
Credits:
Dialogues
–
Sairam,
Action
–
Jaguar
Tangan,
Music
–
Deva,
Presents
–
KPJ
Suresh
and
Bonda
Srinivasa
Rao,
Producer
–
NJ
Satish,
Story,
screenplay
and
direction
–
Agastyan.
Banner:
Jai
Balaji
Movie
Makers
Released
on:
March
1,
2008.