Chandra
Siddhartha
had
become
very
popular
with
his
film
Aa
Naluguru,
one
of
the
best
films
in
Telugu
in
recent
times.
However,
his
next
film
Madhu
Maasam
failed
to
reach
expectations.
This
time,
he
planned
a
typical
story
and
knowing
fully
well
that
nobody
would
come
forward
to
experiment
with
such
subject,
he
himself
decided
to
produce
the
film.
The
story
is
very
delicate
and
wafer
thin
and
it
needed
a
strong
screenplay
to
run
such
subject.
He
kept
on
slipping
and
gaining
grip
while
running
the
story.
Swarajya
Lakshmi
@
Swarajyam
(Tabu)
is
a
middle-class
woman
and
is
the
wife
of
a
crime
reporter
Satyamurthy
(Abbas).
Swarajyam
always
dreams
of
becoming
rich
overnight.
Murthy
also
has
similar
thoughts
and
he
uses
his
profession
to
do
favours
to
others
thereby
gaining
money.
Once
he
gets
information
about
derailment
of
train
and
the
people
in
the
nearby
colonies,
instead
of
helping
the
victims,
loot
the
available
money,
luggage
and
valuables
of
the
train
passengers.
Murthy,
who
goes
there
to
cover
the
news,
along
with
a
press
photographer
(Sunil)
also
joins
the
people
and
loots
the
passengers.
Murthy
and
the
photographer
share
the
booty.
Murthy
goes
into
an
AC
compartment
and
takes
out
two
suitcases.
Murthy
and
the
lensman
take
away
suitcases.
Murthy
is
so
greedy
and
he
does
not
allow
even
his
wife
Swarajyam
to
enjoy
the
gold
ornaments.
Later,
they
come
to
know
that
there
are
diamonds
worth
Rs
500
crore
in
one
of
the
suitcases
of
the
AC
coach.
When
Murthy
is
away
from
home,
Swarajyam
opens
the
suitcase
and
finds
the
diamonds.
Knowing
fully
well
that
Murthy
does
not
allow
her
to
take
the
diamonds,
she
keeps
the
diamonds
in
secret
place.
When
he
asks,
she
tells
him
that
there
is
nothing
like
diamonds
in
the
box.
In
fact,
the
diamonds
belong
to
a
top
politician.
So,
he
alerts
the
entire
police
machinery.
Learning
the
cost
of
the
diamonds,
every
one
wants
to
take
them
instead
of
handing
them
over
to
their
boss
or
to
the
politician.
However,
she
doesn't
know
how
to
sell
them.
Unable
to
bear
the
excitement
that
she
has
crores
worth
of
diamonds,
she
goes
to
a
car
showroom
and
bargains
about
a
car.
She
also
goes
to
a
posh
locality
and
enquires
about
the
price
of
big
bungalow.
At
both
the
places,
she
leaves
the
visiting
card
of
her
husband.
This
leads
to
suspicion
and
one
circle
inspector
Surreddy
(Surya)
kidnaps
Murthy
and
demands
the
diamonds.
When
he
pleads
ignorance,
Surreddy
tries
to
kidnap
Swarajyam.
By
that
time,
the
DGP
kidnaps
both
Murthy
and
Surreddy
with
the
help
of
his
brother-in-law
(Raja
Ravindra).
The
SP
(Raghunatha
Reddy)
calls
all
the
goons,
thieves,
petty
thieves
and
the
pick-pockets
and
tells
them
to
search
for
the
box.
Among
them
there
is
a
clever
thief
called
Kalavar
King
(Raja).
He
smells
the
rat
and
finds
the
diamonds.
Knowing
fully
well
that
the
police
are
after
him
and
learning
that
Murthy
is
also
kidnapped,
he
leaves
the
diamonds
with
Swarajyam.
When
Surreddy
takes
away
Murthy,
Swarajyam
calls
up
their
family
friend
and
a
criminal
lawyer
Chandra
Rao
(Brahmaji),
whom
she
believes
to
be
very
honest,
and
reveals
the
entire
story
to
him
and
tells
him
that
the
diamonds
are
with
her.
Chandra
Rao
turns
crooked,
takes
her
to
her
house
and
tries
to
poison
Swarajyam.
Incidentally,
Kalavar
King
reaches
the
place
and
takes
away
the
diamonds
from
Swarajyam
when
Chandra
Rao
is
away.
Accidentally,
he
eats
the
poisoned
food
and
dies.
Swarajyam
takes
back
the
diamonds
and
goes
straight
to
the
DIG
and
demands
her
husband
with
a
promise
to
give
him
the
diamonds.
She
plays
tricks
and
escapes
from
the
clutches
of
the
DIG,
his
brother-in-law
and
collects
the
diamonds,
which
she
keeps
in
the
cloak-room
and
deposits
in
Lord
Venkateswara's
hundi.
Like
this,
the
family
relieves
from
all
kinds
of
problems.
PLUS:
The
movement
of
the
story
is
very
interesting
till
the
interval
bang.
Tabu
has
played
her
character
extremely
well.
She
is
gorgeous
and
has
been
portrayed
in
revealing
dresses
and
has
been
shown
in
a
romantic
way.
Abbas
is
okay
in
his
role
and
Sunil
is
okay
with
his
comedy.
All
the
seasoned
artists
like
Kota,
Chalapati
Rao,
Brahmaji
and
Surya
did
justice
to
their
respective
roles.
Photography
by
Jayakrishna
Gummadi
in
song
sequence
is
a
highlight.
Music
by
John
P
Worki
is
average.
Dialogues
by
Patanjali
are
good
in
parts.
MINUS:
The
director,
in
a
bid
to
portray
the
real
life
incidents,
unintentionally
degraded
several
professionals
including,
journalists,
photographers,
police,
retired
judges,
and
also
politicians.
All
these
people
are
shown
in
very
bad
light.
Instead
of
saying
that
the
diamonds
belong
to
prime
minister,
he
should
have
kept
him
as
a
top
politician
and
he
should
have
shown
respect
to
the
position.
Likewise,
police
asking
thieves
to
rob
people
and
taking
them
to
colonies
for
robbing
is
also
unfair.
Though
it
is
true
that
such
incidents
generally
happen
in
real
life,
it
is
quite
improper
to
say
truth
on
screen
because
truth
will
always
be
bitter.
He
should
have
avoided
all
these
things.
REMARKS:
The
director,
though
has
chose
to
highlight
the
real
life
incidents
on
the
screen,
he
should
have
shown
more
caution
instead
of
telling
the
truth
straight
on
the
face.
Definitely,
the
film
would
attract
the
ire
of
many
professionals
including,
journalists,
photographers,
police
and
retired
judges.
Let
us
wait
and
see
how
the
people
would
receive
the
film.
Cast:
Tabu,
Abbas,
Raja,
Kota
Srinivasa
Rao,
Sunil,
Surya,
Chalapati
Rao,
Brahmaji,
Raja
Ravindra,
MS
Narayana,
Melkote,
LB
Sriram,
Vallabhaneni
Janardhan,
Devadas
Kanakala,
Raghunatha
Reddy,
Hema,
Apoorva,
Anita,
Sameeksha
Credits:
Story
and
dialogues
–
KNY
Patanjali,
Camera
–
Jaya
Krishna
Gummadi,
Editing
–
Sai
Nagabu,
Music
–
John
P
Worki,
Screenplay,
Direction
and
Producer
–
Chandra
Siddharth
Banner:
Filmotsav
Released
on:
February
22,
2008