Cast:
Sai Sreenivas,Samantha,Prakash Raj
and others
Directed by : V. V. Vinayak
Produced by : Bellamkonda Suresh, Bellamkonda Ganesh Babu
Banner :Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions
Music : Devi Sri Prasad
Release Date : Jul 25 2014
Seenu aka Bellamkonda Sreenivas
earns his livelihood by cheating and indulding in the most challenging
situations. Seenu & Narasimha (Prakash Raaj) runs away from Badami &
accidently step down in Hyderabad. Thats where Seenu comes across Local don
Bhai (Prakash Raaj), who is similar to his Uncle. Thereby he plays a trick by
replacing his uncle in the place of Bhai, with help of Dimple (Brahmi). In this
process Seenu intelligently woos Anjali (Samantha) with his charm and wins her
heart finally, which by the way was bound to happen. Rest is best unsaid and
left to be seen on screen provided you plan to watch it at all....
Debutant Bellamkonda Sreenivas looks
good, but seemed a bit off playing the massy lead character. He has the ease,
but he needs to work on his dialogues delivery, Expressions, Comedy Timing
& Body Language. As a debutant Sreenivas impresses usa with his dance
movements. Samantha Ruth Prabhu in a meaningless character such as this,
especially after Autonagar Surya, made me wonder whether the times are really
so bad for a good talent. How much life could her expressions and eyes induce
in the cruddy lines she's given. The chemistry between these two actors is
zilch, and this happens to be commercial love story. Tamannah sizzles in her
item number. Prakash Raaj in the dual role, as a Bhai of Hyderabad and an
innocent father. He is okay as a loving father, but he fails to get into the
skin of Bhai's character which was very important for the story. Brahmanandam
overdid his character as a funny Personal Assistant to Bhai. Pradeep Rawat is
utilized in an uneffective character (which reminds us of Ashish Vidyarthi in
Gudumba Shankar). Ravi Babu wears single expression through out the movie. He
was a miscast. Tanikella Bharini, Raghu Babu, Vennala Kishore and Master
Bharath are okay in their limited roles....
The story of Alludu Seenu is pretty
much predictable and thus becomes a chore to watch. Everything seems half baked
or in some cases completely uncooked. The story reminds us of Gudumba Shankar,
Aadhi, Rachcha, Aata, Ready, Mirapakaay, Adurs, Baadshah etc. As in most cases,
the script is the deal breaker here. It is neither consistent, nor explored,
and has got it all wrong as far as plot points is concerned. It's the multiple
supposed twists that get annoyingly aweary on my one and half kilo brain. So
much so that you begin suspecting the very premise of the whole plot. Like; How
come the train from Badami - Chennai gets diverted to Hyderabad - Hero escapes
in a Charter flight from Dubai, but Villain reaches the destination before him
- Prakash n Sreenivas always lay low but they get the Visa's to Dubai as if
they have got some high level influence on ground, Dubai's Airport chief chases
a flight to stop, rather trying to call the pilot, Villain wakes up from his
coma with a bucket full of water etc... The film has contrived,
ultra-moralistic leanings typical of the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Banner. But it's
also old-fashioned in other ways.
I completely understand that the
film-makers believe that the genre required loud music. I am glad though that
they didn't think so about cinematography. That and the slick editing put
together made some parts really interesting, visually. Especially during the
Introduction and a couple songs (Esp. Tamannah Item Number). The lighting
scheme in film is not up to the mark. While the music is just about alright,
the lyrics of "Neeli Neeli" are nice. Dialogues in the film by Kona
Venkat are not upto the mark except for few rhyming lines. Like; Thuntari ye anukunna
Ontari anni marichipoyanu, Dabbulu chusi Jabbulu guruthuku ravodhu, Stars ki em
telusu Fans ekkada untaro etc. The worst thing in this film is unnatural visual
effects. Fights in the film are mediocre. The production values of Sri Lakshmi
Narasimha Productions are grand.
V V Vinayak has flopped and flopped
miserably. He comes out with no script, creates silly situations and expects
his cast to enact with conviction and have audience in splits. Feel for him,
because he had such a talented line up of artists that are sadly made to jump
around without rhyme or reason. All said, all of the above might have been
tolerable, even ignorable, if the film had a little more soul. So, yet again, a
concept with potential to entertain dies at the hands of commercial cinema.
