Shirdi Sai – Movie Review: Extraordinary performance by Nag
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oi-Shekhar
By Shekhar
Akkineni
Nagarjuna
has
won
the
hearts
of
audience
with
his
brilliant
acting
as
God-man
in
his
previous
movies
like
Annamayya
and
Srirama
Dasu,
which
were
directed
by
K
Raghavendra
Rao.
After
the
success
of
these
movies,
the
King
has
once
again
joined
hands
with
the
director
for
his
latest
outing
Shirdi
Sai.
Prior
to
its
release,
the
film
has
created
quite
a
buzz
and
the
actor
has
made
sure
that
his
performance
meets
all
those
expectations.
Shirdi
Sai
is
a
devotional
film,
which
depicts
the
landmark
life
episodes
of
Shirdi
Sai
Baba.
Nagarjuna's
excellent
performance
is
the
major
highlight
of
the
movie.
MM
Keeravani's
music,
S
Gopal
Reddy's
beautiful
picturisation
and
Paruchuri
Brothers'
heart
touching
dialogues
are
its
other
attractions.
A
Fakir
(Nagarjuna)
enters
Shirdi
and
starts
rescuing
people
from
evils
and
troubles
by
performing
miracles.
Within
no
time,
the
number
of
his
followers
increase
and
he
becomes
popular
as
'Sai
Baba'.
He
stays
in
a
dilapidated
masjid.
One
day,
Sai
Baba
tells
that
he
is
leaving
his
physical
body
for
three
days
and
return
after
third
day.
The
devotees
keep
the
body
safely.
An
English
Officer
(Srihari)
objects
the
villagers'
act
of
keeping
the
corpse
and
orders
to
remove
it.
But
they
do
not
allow
to
remove
the
body.
After
the
third
day,
the
soul
reaches
the
body
and
Baba
sits
to
everyone's
surprise.
His
devotees
begin
to
believe
him
as
the
incarnation
of
Lord
Dattatreya.
What
miracles
he
makes
and
how
he
spreads
spirituality
will
form
the
rest
of
the
story.
Performance:
Nagarjuna
is
a
perfect
match
for
the
role
of
Shirdi
Sai
Baba
and
he
has
done
a
lot
of
homework
to
suit
the
looks
and
body
language
of
the
godman.
He
has
proved
that
he
is
the
true
Shirdi
Sai
with
his
radiant
eyes,
subtle
expressions,
the
pain
and
joy
in
his
actions.
Surprisingly,
Sayaji
Shinde
has
done
a
lighter
vein
comedy
along
with
Ali
and
Anant.
Srihari,
Brahmanandam,
Saratbabu,
Saikumar,
Srikant,
Kamalini
Mukherjee
have
given
a
wonderful
performances.
Technical:
Cinematographer
Gopal
Reddy
has
maintained
perfect
lighting
and
joined
the
VFX
techniques
at
necessary
places.
Graphic
works
are
also
superb.
Shravan's
editing
is
very
tight.
Paruchuri
Brothers'
dialogues
are
good
at
places.
Above
all,
it
is
Keeravani,
who
has
scored
more
points
in
the
film
with
his
wonderful
music.
His
background
score
is
good
and
the
DTS
mixing
is
perfect.
The
choreography
of
the
songs
is
excellent.
The
film
proves
that
director
K
Raghavendra
Rao
has
made
a
lot
of
research
on
Sai's
history
before
penning
the
script.
He
never
looses
grip
on
the
subject.
He
has
proved
that
his
combination
with
Nag
is
just
memorable
forever.
Remarks:
You
will
definitely
like
the
movie.
Though
you
are
not
a
Sai
devotee
watch
the
film.
It
is
for
sure
that
you
will
turn
a
Sai
devotee
soon
after
watching
the
film.
The
background
score,
songs,
scenes,
dialogues
and
direction
will
take
to
another
world
of
devotion
for
a
period
of
two
hour
and
twenty
minutes.
Definitely,
Nagarjuna
would
bag
awards
and
rewards
for
his
performance
as
Shirdi
Sai.
Sai
Ram.
Credits:
Dialogues
-
Paruchuri
Brothers;
Cinematography
-
S
Gopal
Reddy;
Music
-
MM
Keeravani;
Presents
-
A
Sulochana
Reddy;
Producer
-
A
Mahesh
Reddy;
Story,
screenplay
and
direction
-
K
Raghavendra
Rao