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Anando Brahma
Anando Brahma links:
• Mahi V Raghav interview
• Mahi V Raghav interview (Telugu)
• Taapsee interview
• Taapsee interview (Telugu)
• Trailers
• AB - Content VIdeos
• Pre release function
• Theatrical trailer launch
• Teaser launch
• Working stills
• Wallpapers
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rating: 3/5
Punchline: Bits & pieces
Genre: Comedy/Horror/Thriller
Type: Stright
Banner: 70mm entertainments
Runtime: 124 minutes
Censor Certificate: U/A
Release date: 18 August, 2017
Theater watched: Screen 1, Prasads multiplex, Hyderabad
Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Srinivas Reddy, Vennela Kishore, Thagubothu Ramesh, Shakalaka Shankar, Rajeev Kanakala, Posani Krishna Murali, Tanikella Bharani, Vidyulleka Raman, Prabhas Srinu, Raghu Karumanchi, Vijayachandar, Shashank, Tarzan, Raja Ravinder, Sudheer Babu (Special appearance).etc
Music: K
Cinematography: Anish Tarun Kumar
Art: Sabbani Ramakrishna & Monika Nigotre Sabbani
Editor: Sravan Katikaneni
Story, Screenplay & Direction: Mahi V Raghav
Producers: Vijay Chilla & Shashi Devi Reddy
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An NRI (Rajeev Kanakala) comes to India to sell off his ancestors property - a dilapidated building in the middle of commercial establishments. The prospective buyers are not willing to buy that property because of rumors of ghost-spotting. Four needy guys (Srinivasa Reddy, Vennela Kishore, Shakalaka Shankar and Thagubothu Ramesh) come forward to stay in that house so that they prove that there are no ghosts in that house. Rest of the story is all about how they endure their stay!
Actors: Tapsee has limited screen time and she did well though she doesn’t have any scope for performance. Srinivasa Reddy did well with his popular demeanor and comedy timing. Vennela Kishore plays the role of a nightblind who also is deaf in an entertaining way. Shakalaka Shankar is the best imitator among the current lot of comedians. Though all his spoofs are nice, the best one is Abbani Tiyyani Debba song (perfect cuts in dance and the same grace as Chiranjeevi in steps). He mixed shoe-lace step of Sundari song (KN150) in Abbani Tiyyani song. Thagubothu Ramesh mixes sentiment to his typical drunkard acting. Rajeev Kanakala is good. Raghu Karumanchi, Prabhas Seenu, Vidyullekha Raman, Vijayachandar and Shashank make their presence felt. Tarzan and Raja Ravinder play baddies. Sudheer Babu gave a guest appearance. 
Story - screenplay - direction: The basic story line is very interesting. It’s written well. Director has established the premise of ghosts in first 15 minutes of the film with the help of nice sound design. However he couldn’t sustain the same interest for the rest of first half. There are a few interesting episodes among the four comedians they get acquainted with weaknesses of each other. A story of this type should have been executed more classily and deftly to get the desired output. 
Other departments: Background music by K is good. Sound design is excellent in initial part of the film where a nice twist is used to reveal ghosts. Cinematography is alright. Dialogues are nice and funny. Editing is okay. Special effects are okay, but they should have used good graphics for eyes of ghosts instead of just filling them up with white color. Production values by 70mm Entertainments are decent. They have promoted the film very aggressively. 
Analysis: Anando Brahma is a film that has a quirky story idea. It needs a fine execution to make it work at all levels. But the director relied heavily on comedy scenes (especially spoofs of Money, Baahubali, Palnati Brahma Naidu, KA Paul, Baba Ramdev etc). Plus points of the film are story premise and comedy episodes in 2nd half (especially that of Shakalaka Shankar). On the flipside, execution of the film should have been better. On a whole, Anando Brahma partly works due to a few comedy episodes, but on other aspects it leaves a lot to be desired.