<i>Aadilakshmi</i> Review
Friday,
December
08,
2006
Though
multi-starrer
films
are
not
to
be
seen
these
days,
one
or
two
films
are
hitting
the
screen
now
and
then
with
more
than
one
hero.
Srikant
and
Naveen
Vadde
played
together
in
Aadi
Lakshmi
after
a
long
gap.
These
two
heroes
had
earlier
joined
hands
and
worked
together
for
a
hit
film
like
'Chaala
Baagundi'
of
EVV
Satyanarayana.
Srikant,
during
his
early
days
of
acting
played
negative
roles.
Later,
he
turned
a
character
artiste
and
then
a
hero.
Keeping
this
in
view,
director
RV
Suresh
chose
him
in
a
negative
role
in
this
film,
while
Vadde
Naveen
played
the
hero.
The
film
had
several
twists.
Though
the
director
tried
to
present
a
triangular
love
story
in
a
different
way,
the
slow
narration
of
the
film
killed
the
tempo.
Surekha (Sridevi) is a popular heroine and Lakshmi Prasad (Vadde Naveen) is a young criminal lawyer. Once Prasad attends the audio release function of film produced by Jagannatham and loses his heart to Surekha. The next day Jagannatham gets murdered and the police were able to trace the murderer as Aadi (Srikant) and arrest him. Surekha pleads with Prasad to save Aadi, saying that he is an innocent. When asked, Surekha reveals that Aadi was her childhood friend. Prasad goes to Aadi and finds that there something wrong. Finally a psychiatrist Purnima (Purnima) declares that he is suffering from split personality disorder. So the court relieves him from the murder charge and sends him to mental asylum. At this juncture, Prasad comes to know from Aadi that he has no mental disorder but he acted like that only to bail out from the hands of law. In fact, he kills the producer as the latter tried to rape Surekha. Being an honest lawyer, Prasad, who saved from the jaws of death, decides to get him punished. Though Surekha is in love with Prasad, she could not digest the fact that Aadi has to be punished. But she comes to know that Aadi is also in love with her and could not even think of someone's shadow on Surekha. After a lot of drama, Aadi whisks away Surekha and plans to leave the country along with Surekha. But, Prasad reaches the spot and saves Surekha from him. In the fight that ensued, Aadi falls into the Gandipet reservoir and the police could not trace the body. But, in the climax, the audiences could see Aadi moving lonely and a smile on the face of Prasad, which indicates that someone (Prasad) saved Aadi.
Plus:
The
tunes
given
by
Chakri
is
a
big
asset
for
the
film.
Being
the
50th
film
of
his
career,
Chakri
strived
a
lot
to
give
melodious
tunes
to
all
the
songs
and
at
the
same
time
they
were
also
choreographed
excellently.
A
couple
of
songs
were
also
shot
in
the
beautiful
locations
of
Dubai.
The
costume
designer
of
Sridevi
needs
kudos
for
giving
her
the
best
fits
to
expose
her
beauty.
Next
comes
Sridevi,
the
heroine,
who
did
not
feel
any
inhibition
to
expose
her
beauty,
though
not
gracelessly.
Especially,
one
song
with
Srikant
and
another
song
with
Vadde
Naveen
were
very
romantic.
The
other
plus
point
is
the
storyline
and
its
movement.
The
story
idea
is
good
and
quite
novel.
Srikanth's
performance
is
another
major
asset
for
the
film.
Minus:
The
director
had
unnecessarily
created
several
scenes
and
characters.
Even
the
comedy
track
between
Ali,
Abhinayasri
and
Uttej
failed
to
evoke
any
laughter
and
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
story.
Likewise,
the
characters
of
Prithvi,
Kadambari
Kiran
also
very
minute
and
has
no
good
relevance
to
the
subject.
It
is
not
known,
why
only
Vadde
Naveen
chases
Srikant
and
no
police
could
be
seen
in
the
vicinity.
While
Srikant
abducts
both
Sivajiraja
and
Sridevi
before
climax,
the
whereabouts
of
Sivajiraja
was
not
known.
Though
the
split
personality
drama
was
picturised
well,
why
the
psychiatrists
could
not
diagnose
it
is
again
a
question
mark.
There
are
many
such
unanswered
questions.
Remarks:
Cinematography
by
Bhupati
is
good
especially
during
the
multiple
personality
disorder
drama
and
the
use
of
Digital
Intermediate
technology
and
colour
grading
just
before
the
climax
were
very
good.
Choreography
of
songs
is
excellent
and
the
film
could
be
watched
only
for
the
songs.
Dialogues
by
Marudhuri
Raja
are
okay.
However,
the
screenplay
was
very
loose
and
the
movement
of
the
film
is
quite
tardy.
Despite
best
performance
by
Srikanth
and
skin
show
by
Sridevi,
the
film
may
not
pull
crowds
because
of
the
slow
pace
of
the
film.
One
had
to
wait
and
watch
whether
it
would
remain
an
average
flick
or
hit,
as
the
storyline
is
different
and
Srikanth
playing
a
role
with
a
negative
shade.