|
Jeevi
rating: 2.5/5
Punchline: Checkposts and spirits
Genre: Action
Type: Remake (Malayalam - Runway)
Banner: Sravani Cinema
Cast: Dr. Raja Sekhar, Namita, Nassar, Rami Reddy, Riaz
Khan, Raghubabu, Giri Babu, GV Sudhakar, Benarjee, KR Vijaya,
Jeeva, Ahuti Prasad, O Kalyan, Ramesh, Harsha, Pruthvi, Varsha
& Amit Kumar
Story: Dennis Joseph
Dialogues: Ravi
Music: Koti
Cinematography: Ramana Raju
Editing: V Nagireddy
Art: BR Singh
Screenplay - Direction: Kodi Rama Krishna
Producer: V Sagar
Theatrical release date: 15th September 2005
|
Do you have a suggestion for us? Please send
us the feed back
Raju
(Raja Sekhar) is the elder son in a family, drowned
in debts. His family consists of a widow mother, a brother
and a sister. Raju makes his family believe that he
is in Dubai by regularly sending them money. But the
truth is that he is a jail inmate accused of a murder.
Raju changes his name as Spirit Sambasiva and becomes
a smuggling kingpin later. His brother becomes a cop.
He traces Spirit Sambasiva out and realizes that he
is none other than his brother. The rest of the story
is all about how Raju becomes victorious.
Raja Sekhar is good. But
he should make sure that he does different kinds of
roles to increase his span instead of sticking to similar
kinds of roles in all films. Namitha
is back in Telugu films after a long gap. Her role does
not demand much histrionics and she did well. However
she appears in different sizes in this film as she put
on weight during the middle of the shoot. Riaz
is adequate as brother. Rami Reddy
did the role of villain and interestingly his voice
is dubbed by a dubbing artist. Nassar
is OK. Raghu Babu is the
only actor in this film who succeeded in evoking some
laughter. 
This film is a remake of Malayalam hit called 'Runway'.
Story of the film offers bit of freshness. Direction
of the film is mediocre. Screenplay makes you get confused
in the second half. Taking and shot-making of the film
is old-fashioned. However couple of strategies adapted
by hero in second half are good (probably there in original
too). Music by Koti is just average. Cinematography
by Ramana Raju is OK. Dialogues by Ravi are not up to
the mark. 
Analysis:
First half of the film is average. Second half is not
up to the mark. Its high-time for Raja Sekhar to choose
different roles and original scripts instead of going
for remakes. On a whole, the combination of Raja Sekhar
- Kodi Rama Krishna (Ankusam) disappoints us with Nayakudu.
Nevertheless, we can't rule out the possibility of this
film finding some liking in B and C centers.