Saturday,
September
08,
2007
The
producers
of
the
film
are
staunch
devotees
of
Shirdi
Sai
Baba.
They
not
only
adore
him
but
also
constructed
a
temple
for
Sai
at
their
own
home
at
a
whopping
expenditure.
They
strongly
believe
that
their
wealth
and
their
present
status
were
nothing
but
the
blessings
of
Baba.
In
a
bid
to
prove
their
devotion
and
love
towards
Him,
Suresh
and
Lalitha
brought
out
a
film
under
the
direction
of
Bipin.
However,
the
director
failed
to
come
out
of
the
stereo-type
subject
and
made
the
film
a
laughing
stock
with
nothing
to
say
novel.
There
are
two
brothers
Krishna
(Krishna)
and
Kiran
(Sai
Kiran).
As
Kiran's
mother
dies
when
he
was
a
child,
Krishna's
wife
(Radhika)
brings
him
up
as
if
he
was
their
own
child
as
they
have
no
children
on
their
own.
While
Krishna
is
a
staunch
devotee
of
Shirdi
Sai
Baba,
Kiran
is
an
atheist
and
doesn't
have
any
belief
in
God.
However,
his
wife
Santhi
(Manasa)
is
again
a
strong
believer
of
Baba.
Despite
severe
persuasion
by
his
brother
and
his
company
MD
(Mallikarjuna
Rao),
Kiran
did
not
believe
Baba.
Once,
an
idol
of
Baba
breaks
in
the
hands
of
Kiran
and
Krishna
feels
bad
about
it
and
suspects
that
something
wrong
was
about
happen
in
their
house.
As
was
predicted
by
him,
Santhi
slips
on
the
staircase
and
gets
admitted
to
hospital.
Doctors
say
that
she
was
suffering
from
blood
cancer
/
leukaemia
which
has
no
cure.
However,
miraculously
she
gets
cured
because
of
the
prayers
offered
by
Krishna.
This
makes
Kiran
believe
that
Baba
is
all-powerful.
When
Kiran
asks
Krishna
to
tell
me
something
about
Baba,
he
gives
the
life
history
of
Baba
and
asks
him
to
read
it.
From
then
on,
the
director
portrays
the
life
history
of
Baba,
the
same
old
story
narrated
for
several
times
on
the
screen.
PLUS:
The
performance
of
Surabhi
Leela
Papa
Rao,
who
had
presented
over
3,000
stage
shows
wherein
he
portrayed
as
Shirdi
Sai
Baba,
was
the
only
saving
grace
for
the
film.
MINUS:
The
director
tried
to
present
the
entire
life
history
of
Shirdi
Sai
Baba
as
was
narrated
in
the
'Shirdi
Sai
Sacharitra'
(Nitya
Parayana
Grandham)
(Regular
reading
book)
and
this
was
done
by
many
directors
earlier
and
there
is
nothing
new
in
it.
Despite
the
presence
of
huge
star
cast
including
stalwarts
like
Super
Star
Krishna,
Suman
and
Kaikala
Satyanarayana,
the
film
failed
to
please
the
audiences.
The
director
could
not
utilise
the
services
of
any
of
the
artistes
in
the
film.
REMARKS:
Had
the
director
chose
to
portray
something
novel
on
the
screen,
the
film
would
have
run
for
more
days.
Instead
of
narrating
the
same
age
old
story,
he
should
have
tried
to
explain
the
miracles
of
Baba
and
the
experiences
of
the
people
from
present
generation,
the
film
would
have
more
appeal.
As
a
whole
the
film
can't
be
recommended
for
ordinary
viewers
and
those
who
preach
and
strongly
believe
in
Baba
could
watch
the
film.
Producers:
G
Suresh
and
G
Lalitha
Executive
producer:
Chittibabu
Banner:
Sri
Shirdi
Sai
Creations
Story,
screenplay
and
direction:
Bipin.
Cast:
Krishna,
Surabhi
Leela
Papa
Rao,
Suman,
Sai
Kiran,
Manasa,
Chittibabu,
Gundu
Hanumantha
Rao,
Kaikala
Satyanarayana,
AVS,
Ali,
Mallikharjuna
Rao,
Anant,
Ravi
Kondala
Rao,
Narra
Venkateswara
Rao,
Vijayaranga
Raja,
Velu,
Ramakrishna,
Gauthamraju,
KK
Sharma,
Tirupati
Prakash,
Junior
Relangi,
Sudarshan,
Jenny,
Bobby,
Aditya,
Swarna
Babu,
Potti
Veeraiah,
Sivaparvati,
Kavitha,
Jayalalitha,
Bangalore
Padma
and
others
Dialogues:
Aditya,
Bipin
Cinematography:
V
Srinivasa
Reddy
Cameraman:
Alla
Rambabu
Editing:
V
Nagireddy
Music:
Lalith
Suresh,
Srinivas