Saleem Movie ~ Review

Rating: 2.75/5

What it’s all about?
The film Saleem is the story of an international gangster who is smitten by a beautiful girl. He comes to India in search of her and how he wins over her love, despite stiff resistance by her is the story.

The plot:
The plot is long winding and confusing. Saleem (Vishnu) is an international gangster. He bumps into Sathya (Ileana) in Bangkok, Dubai and Europe. Saleem is convinced that it is not mere coincidence and that Sathya is made for her. So he follows her all the way to India. Saleem wins over the hearts of Sathya’s family members and starts wooing her.

Sathya fools Saleem by acting as if she too has fallen in love with him. Sathya has been brought up in Europe as her father does not want her to be killed as he has a rival in Mukesh Rushi. Mukesh’s only aim in life is to destroy the family of Sathya.

Saleem learns about the evil designs of Mukesh Rushi and foils all his plans to harm Sathya and her family. Sathya’s father is so impressed with Saleem that he offers his daughter’s hand to him.

While the marriage arrangements are on. Sathya runs way from home. She has eloped with Venkat, a gangster in Europe. Sathya wants to marry Venkat and live in Europe. Venkat is the younger brother of Ogirala Jogaiah (Mohan Babu) a dreaded gangster.

Saleem arrives in Europe to take Sathya back and unite her with her family. Saleem is confronted by OJ and a defiant Sathya who is about to marry Venkat. The rest of the story is how Saleem manages to achieve his objective.

The actors:
Vishnu looks stylish and confident in the film. He looks great in trendy costumes. He however is still not up to the mark in the acting department. Mohan Babu gets a lot of build up but it fizzles out very fast. Venkat is okay. Ileana is used only to show off her hour glass figure and she does not disappoint. Kaveri Jha too gives a tough competition to Ileana as far as exposing goes.

Napoleon is dignified while the other star cast from Jayaprakash Reddy to MS Narayana, Tanikella Bharani, Ali, Mukesh Rushi etc are okay.

The bottom line:
Saleem is a film about love, joint family, values, integrity, revenge etc. etc. However director YVS Choudhary fails to build up the right tempo and make the film interesting.

Despite spending lavishly on costumes, locations and settings, Saleem ends up as a long winding and dull and drab fare.-Amma Productions.

Pravarakyudu Movie ~ Review

What's All About?

The film Pravarakhyudu is a story about the love and hate relationship between college students Jagapathi Babu and Priyamani. They go their separate ways after a misunderstanding only to meet again after 10 years. How they clear their misunderstandings and come together is the story.

The plot:
The story is set in a college. Sailaja (Priyamani) and Sasi (Jagapathi Babu) are classmates. While Sailaja is wooed by most of the college students Sasi justs laught over it. When Sailaja says ‘I Love You’ to Sasi, he takes it lightly. Sasi says that he does not believe in love but is ready to marry her if she is ready.

This angers Sailaja and she and Sasi part ways. Ten years pass by. Now Sasi is a professor in Harvard. Sailaja is a principal. Sailaja cannot forget Sasi and so she does not marry. Sasi comes to India in search of a suitable girl. He still cannot forget Sailaja and so starts enquiring about her. When he learns that she is still unmarried and working as a principal. Sasi joins the same college as a lecturer.

The intention of Sasi is very clear. His only task is to try and woo Sailaja and marry her. Will Sailaja fall to the charms of Sasi? If so, how and why? Watch this as it unfolds on the screen.

The actors:
The film is a Jagapathi Babu show all the way. He hogs the screen presence for a major part and does a neat job. Jagapathi Babu is really impressive as a lecturer. The way he goes about wooing Priyamani s charming and interesting.

Priyamani looks ravishingly beautiful. She also makes a good mark as the principal. Sunil plays Jagapathi Babu’s friend while Brahmanandam plays a college lecturer.

Ali makes a brief appearance in the get up of a tribesman in Africa. He manages to raise a few laughs. The rest from Chalapathi Rao to Rajyalakshmi and Dharmavarapu are okay.

The bottom line:
The music is okay and the story and screenplay quite interesting. Director Manages to weave an interesting love story. He handles the adult relationships quite well. The film is a bit slow and dull in the first half but picks up pace and interest in the second half.

Pravarakhyudu may not offer anything new but it still manages to hold your interest for a couple of hours. Okay for a one time watch.- Amma Productions