Story

Shankar (Mahesh Babu) is an orphan who is adopted by a sincere police officer (Rajendra Prasad). But he is forced to leave and become a cop on his own. Shankar is a powerful police officer who uses unconventional methods to bring criminals to justice. He is posted to a village where Damodhar is building a power plant, which is fiercely opposed by the locals. Shankar finds a personal connection after going to the village. Rest of the story is all about how Shankar sets everything right.

Artists Performance

Actors: Mahesh Babu is dashing and stylish as a cop. He had to mouth innumerable dialogues unstoppably. His dances offer variety. Tamanna has a limited role as owner of Saroja Sweets. Her episodes as a greedy woman are entertaining. Posani Krishna Murali scores well in reality show episode. Brahmanandam is his usual-self as a Delhi broker. MS Narayana’s database lawyer character is nice. Rajendra Prasad is good in a cameo. Vennela Kishore has justified his full length character as an assistant to hero. Brahmaji is given an honest cop character and his dialogue in interval is impressive. Sonu Sood is alright. Asish Vidyardhi, Rao Ramesh, Raghu Babu and Tanikella Bharani are fine. Ajay plays a dignified and positive character for a change. Shruti Haasan sparkled in a special song with high glamor quotient.

Technical departments

Story - screenplay - direction: Story of the film is prepared to incorporate Sreenu Vaitla kind of scenes. However, a strong story is missing. Director has succeeded in creating interesting scenes in 1st half where hero gets hold of the assistants of villain. Saroja Sweets TVCs episode and potugadu quiz episode are hilarious. The entertainment scenes in second half have become repetitive. Screenplay should have been better in second half. Sreenu Vaitla should invent a new form of entertainment.

Other departments: Songs are shot well. I personally liked Aaja Saroja and Shruti Haasan special song. Background music is loud. Dialogues written are too lengthy and some of them (vishayam weak. publicity peak) are good. Cinematography by Guhan is good. Fights will attract action lovers. The producers have spent money lavishly on the film and it shows on the screen.

Analysis: First half of the film is engaging with Mahesh Babu entertainment. Second half should have been better. Plus points of the film are Mahesh Babu and entertainment. On the flip side, it’s verbose and screenplay should have been better. Telugu film industry is slowly getting into Bollywood blockbuster mode where a successful hero - director combination ensures great openings and revenue. The combination of Mahesh Babu and Sreenu Vaitla is enough to guarantee great collections.