Sushant,
who
hails
from
the
family
of
film
artists
like
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao,
Nagarjuna
and
Sumanth,
has
a
passion
towards
acting.
He
is
also
the
nephew
(sister's
son)
of
Nagarjuna
like
Sumanth.
In
order
to
promote
him
as
hero,
his
mother
A
Naga
Suseela
in
association
with
another
producer
Chintalapudi
Srinivasa
Rao
to
produce
Kalidasu.
Annapurna
Studios
came
forward
to
present
the
film,
though
the
film
is
being
made
under
the
banner
of
Sri
Nag
Corporation.
Tamanna,
who
bagged
a
hit
like
Happy
Days
recently,
played
the
female
lead.
The
story
for
the
film
was
penned
by
the
producer
itself.
Though
the
first
half
of
the
film
is
routine,
the
director
is
able
to
show
some
novelty
with
twists
and
mind
game
in
the
second
half.
Kalidasu
(Sushant)
is
the
son
of
a
sincere
police
officer
(Nagababu),
who
gets
killed
in
the
hands
of
a
factionist
(GV).
However,
Kalidasu
kills
that
factionist
and
escapes
from
Rayalaseema
and
reaches
Guntur.
Kanakadurga
(Jayasudha)
brings
him
up
along
with
her
son
Dev
(Kumar).
Kalidasu
helps
Dev
to
continue
his
studies
in
Hyderabad,
by
turning
himself
a
car-lifter.
Baba
(Chalapati
Rao)
buys
such
lifted
cars.
His
son
Basha
(Sunil)
also
becomes
his
good
friend.
Once,
Kalidasu
lifts
a
car
and
finds
a
girl
hiding
in
it.
The
girl
says
that
her
name
is
Mirchi
(Tamanna)
and
pretends
that
she
is
a
lunatic.
But
Kalidasu
does
not
believe
that
she
is
lunatic
and
suspects
her
that
she
is
pretending.
Once
some
goons
led
by
Pratap
and
Ajay
(Vinodkumar
and
Ajay)
reach
Guntur
and
take
away
Mirchi
after
killing
Basha.
Kalidasu
goes
to
Hyderabad
after
noticing
Dev's
photo
with
Mirchi
in
her
mobile
phone.
However,
after
going
to
the
college,
the
principal
(Tanikella
Bharani)
reveals
that
Dev
is
killed
by
the
goons
led
by
a
political
leader
(Rajan
P
Dev)
and
his
henchmen
Pratap
and
Ajay
to
save
the
college
maintained
by
Archana
@
Mirchi.
Kalidasu
decides
to
take
revenge
against
the
killers
of
Basha
and
Dev.
Then
Kalidasu
starts
his
mind
game
and
plays
a
trick,
which
makes
Pratap
to
kill
his
own
brothers.
Later,
Ajay
kills
his
brother-in-law
Pratap.
In
the
climax,
Kalidasu's
trick
again
makes
Ajay
meet
his
own
death.
The
film
ends
on
a
happy
note.
PLUS:
Through
out
the
film,
the
director
has
maintained
good
tempo
and
did
not
lose
grip
on
the
story.
Though
it
is
the
debut
film
for
the
hero,
Sushant
showed
excellent
ease
in
dances
and
action
scenes.
Tamanna
is
gorgeous
in
the
film.
Her
outfits,
costumes
make
her
appear
very
romantic.
She
has
not
much
scope
to
perform
but
for
a
couple
of
scenes
in
the
first
half.
Another
major
plus
point
is
the
performance
by
the
villains,
Vinod
Kumar
and
Ajay.
Songs
by
Chakri
are
just
average.
Performance
by
Jayasudha
and
Tanikella
Bharani
are
routine,
while
comedy
by
Sunil
and
Ravibabu
is
hilarious.
MINUS:
Debutant
hero
Sushant
is
not
glamorous
and
appeared
like
Taraka
Ratna
in
some
scenes.
If
he
is
serious
to
continue
in
the
profession,
he
needs
to
improve
his
glamour,
by
getting
his
teeth
cut
with
cosmetic
dental
surgery
kind
of
thing.
Once
he
could
elevate
his
glamour,
he
has
all
other
qualities
to
get
a
mass
hero
image.
Though
the
director
has
tried
his
best
to
run
the
film
with
good
tempo,
he
made
minute
mistakes
here
and
there.
Like
students
keeping
quiet
while
the
goons
stabbing
the
hero
and
their
failure
to
realize
their
mistakes.
There
is
a
lot
of
wire
work
during
the
action
scenes.
REMARKS:
Despite
less
glamour,
the
debutant
hero,
Sushant,
is
able
to
gain
mass
hero
image.
There
are
several
elements
in
the
film
like
sentiment,
glamour,
action
and
love
scenes
in
the
film
to
cater
to
the
needs
of
all
classes
of
audiences.
The
film
does
not
appear
like
a
debutant's
film
and
the
production
values
of
Sri
Nag
Corporation
are
adequate.
Cast:
Sushant,
Tamanna,
Vinodkumar,
Rajan
P
Dev,
Ajay,
Sunil,
Kumar,
Santosh
Pawan,
Nagababu,
GV,
Jayasudha,
Hema,
Surekhavani,
Shakeela
and
others.
Credits:
Dialogues
–
Rajasimha,
Camera
–
Akhilan,
Music
–
Chakri,
Lyrics
–
Chandrabose,
Action
–
Kanal
Kannan,
Presents
–
Annapurna
Studios,
Producers
–
Chintalapudi
Srinivasa
Rao
and
A
Naga
Suseela,
Concept
and
direction
–
G
Ravicharan
Reddy.
Banner
:
Sri
Nag
Corporation.
Released
on:
April
11,
2008