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Jeevi
rating: 1.5/5
Punchline: Politics vs love
Genre: Family
Type: Straight
Banner: UP Cinema Lines
Cast: Krishna, Hari Krishna, Karthikeya, Nagababu, Suman,
Kota Srinivasa Rao, Posani Krishna Murali, Tanikella Bharani,
AVS, Chalapati Rao, Babu Mohan, Brahmanandam, Ali, Mallikharjuna
Rao, MS Narayana, LB Sriram, Venu Madhav, Sunil, Dharmavarapu
Subramanyam, Kondavalasa, Ganesh, Gokina Rama Rao, Giri Babu,
Mada, Bhagawan, Vijaya Nirmala, Gajala, Kalyani, Keerti Chawla,
Jyothi, Suhasini, Telangana Sakuntala, Jayalalitha, Jhansi,
Siva Parvathy, Sana, Hema.
Music: Vandemataram Srinivas
Dialogues: Marudhuri Raja
Art: KV Ramana
Cinematography: V Jayaram
Editing: Gowtam Raju
Choreography: Swarna Babu
Story - screenplay - direction - producer: Posani Krishna
Murali
Theatrical release date: 26th February 2005
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Trimurtulu
(Hari Krishna) is the village head and a carodpati.
His brother-in-law is Krishna Rao (Krishna) who stays
in a small house in front of Trimurtulu's mansion. They
decide to marry Trimurtulu's son Sambasiva Rao (Karthikeya)
off to Krishna Rao's daughter Mahalakshmi (Gajala).
Sambasiva and Mahalakshmi are in love. A few days before
marriage, Sambasiva tells his mom that he is in love
with a Telangana girl called Kavita Reddy (Kalyani).
The rest of the story is all about how all ends well.
Heroes:
Krishna's character is
the best character in this film. He did the role of
ever-smiling 'fitting master', who enjoys making others
lives miserable by his wily deeds. Hari
Krishna is in his regular get-up of big mustache
and did well with in the limitations of the character.
Nagababu is casual in a
comedy-oriented role. His comedy in his intro scene
is cool. Debutant Karthikeya
is raw and his dialogue delivery is artificial. 
Heroines:
Gajala is adequate in a
small role. Jyothi and
Keerti Chawla do not have
much to play. Kalyani did
the role of a Telangana girl. She is OK. Suhasini
came in a flashback song with deglamorized get-up. Vijaya
Nirmala is good. Bhanu
Priya is OK.
Others:
Jhansi did a good job in
the role of a Dobhi. Posani Krishna
Murali reserved a meaty comedy role for himself.
The 9-comedian group failed to evoke any humor as they
do not have any meaning roles to play. Kota
Srinivasa Rao is good with his trademark Telangana
dialect. Tanikella Bharani
did the role of a purohit.
Story:
Posani Krishna Murali has the occupational hazard of
mixing politics in his stories whether required or not.
The same hazard has ruined the story of the film. The
connection between the love and politics is totally
irrelevant. Story of the film is pretty weak.
Screenplay
- direction: Screnplay by Posani Krishna Murali
is lethargic. Direction leaves a lot to be desired.
The narration is uninteresting and there is no clarity
in it. Director has no grip over the proceedings and
there is no timing in comedy scenes.
Other
departments: Music by Vandemataram Srinivas is a
plus point. It is nice to observe that all songs in
this film are sung by SP Bala Subramanyam. But the picturization
is not up to the mark. Camerawork by V Jayaram is shoddy.
Too many movements by camera while canning simple scenes
and lack of proper lighting schemes made this film appear
dull and unexciting on the screen. Dialogues by Marudhuri
Raja are mediocre. Production values are low.
Analysis: First half of the film
is mediocre. Second half is terrible. The only plus
point of the film is music by Vandemataram Srinivas.
This film is also a clean film sans vulgarity. Sravanamasam
badly suffers from weak story, bad screenplay, poor
narration and frail camerawork. Posani Krishna Murali
did not do justice for having 60 actors in this film
as most of them (including a couple of heroines) are
wasted in this film. In a nut shell, Sravanamasam is
an utterly disappointing film.