Mitrudu - Review
There have been many expectations from Balakrishna's Mitrudu with Priyamani as the female lead and directed by Mahadev, a protege of SS Rajamouli. Though the release was delayed due to elections and other reasons, the expectations remained on clouds. Once the film hit the screen, it became clear that the film has nothing new to offer and that it is a typical Telugu film bearing the body language and past films of Balakrishna in mind. Though the director thought that he was holding something in suspense, the poor and unimpressive narration of the flashback has killed the tempo in suspense totally and the climax is also quite boring.
Madhavi (Priyamani) is the daughter of a big industrialist (Ranganath). The local MLA Munuswamy (Pradeep Rawat) asks him to marry Madhu to his son. But Madhu's father refuses and wants her to marry the grandson of a landlord from the nearby village, who settled in Bangkok. Madhu's father escapes a murder attempt by the MLA's son. Meanwhile, Madhu, who has been studying abroad, falls in love with Sridhar (Deepak), who makes her believe that he is interested in serving the poor and destitute and that he lost his leg while saving a girl from an accident. Madhu has sympathy for Sridhar and decides to marry him. But Madhu's horoscope indicates that her husband would die within one month after their marriage. So Madhu starts searching for a boy to marry so that she could marry Sridhar after his death.
As per the palmist's advice, she searches for a boy who was born in a particular time. She comes across Aditya (Balakrishna) who has all those features and horoscope. So Madhu traps him and marries him. Hoping that he would die in 30 days, she decides to escape from Bangkok along with her uncle Jana Bethedu Janardhan a.k.a. JB Jan and Sridhar. But Aditya too gets into the plane. Aditya who knows the crooked plans of Sridhar decides to save Madhu from his clutches. Madhu's father refuses to accept Aditya as his son-in-law and gets humiliated in the hands of the MLA who has turned a minister by that time. As per Madhavi's horoscope, Aditya suffers grievous injuries and lays on the deathbed. At this juncture, an advocate (Krishna Bhagawan) reveals the flashback saying it was Aditya, with whom, Madhu's father wanted to get Madhu married. In fact, it was because of an accident which occurred to Madhu's father that another big accident happened and Aditya's entire family perished. In the climax, Aditya disappears from the hospital to pay homage to his elders and relatives. Sridhar and the minister reach the place and try to kill Aditya, but Madhu learning the crooked plans of Sridhar decides to die in place of Aditya. This brings life into Aditya who thrashes all the villains and gets united with Madhu.
PLUS:
Priyamani's
glamour
and
Balakrishna's
image
are
the
only
saving
grace
of
the
movie.
However,
the
film
has
nothing
new
to
offer
and
it
remains
another
routine
Balakrishna-style
movie.
A
few
scenes
have
been
shot
abroad.
Vijayendra
Prasad,
who
has
given
stories
for
several
successful
films,
has
not
been
able
to
escape
from
giving
a
typical
subject,
which
could
be
predicted
by
the
audiences
in
general
and
Balakrishna
fans
in
particular.
Balakrishna
appears
handsome
in
a
few
scenes
but
he
cannot
hide
his
age.
The
director
thought
that
he
has
maintained
the
suspense
well
but
he
could
not
in
real
terms.
MINUS:
Unimpressive
narration,
haphazard
screenplay
and
songs
at
improper
timing
have
made
the
film
completely
boring.
Music
by
Manisharma
is
not
worth
the
name
and
it
lacks
neither
melody
nor
mass
beat.
Camera
work
by
Balamurugan
is
good
in
parts.
Action
by
Ram-Lakshman
is
average,
while
editing
by
Kola
Bhaskar
needs
to
be
sharpened.
Dialogues
by
M
Ratnam
are
also
good
in
parts
only.
REMARKS:
The
audiences
who
go
to
the
theatre
with
high
expectations
will
certainly
face
disappointment.
A
girl,
who
suffers
a
bullet
injury,
watching
the
hero
fighting
with
villains
amusingly,
is
embarrassing,
while
the
hero
who,
as
per
the
doctors,
is
in
a
critical
condition
fights
with
goons
like
a
normal
man
is
further
disgusting.
Comedy
by
Brahmanandam
has
failed
to
evoke
any
laughter,
while
Krishna
Bhagawan
too
could
not
impress
with
his
performance.
Instead,
if
it
was
MS
Narayana,
the
character
would
have
been
justified
further.
But
for
the
sizzling
dance
numbers
by
Priyamani
with
a
little
oomph,
the
film
has
nothing
to
offer.
Cast: Balakrishna, Priyamani, Chandramohan, Brahmanandam, Pradeep Rawat, Balayya, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Ahuti Prasad, Hema, Jhansi, Sana, Surekhavani and others
Credits:
Story:
Vijayendraprasad
Dialogues:
M.
Ratnam
Music:
Manisharma
Camera:
Balamurugan
Editing:
Kola
Bhaskar
Action:
Ram-Lakshman
Art:
Ananda
Sai
Producer:
Sivalenka
Krishna
Prasad
Screenplay
and
direction:
Mahadev.
Banner:
Vaishnavi
Cinema
Released
on:
May
1,
2009