Kailash (Prabhu) and Ganga (Jyothika) is happily married wealthy couple. Kailash buys an abandoned palatial mansion on the insistence of Ganga. Legend has it that this mansion is a haunted one. Eeswar (Rajnikant) is the foster brother of Kailash and also an excellent psychiatrist. He visits haunted house and studies it. He comes to know that a Rajah who used to live in the same place around 150 years back. He forcibly got a danseuse called Chandramukhi from Tamilnadu and made her dance in his court. When she involved herself in an affair with another dancer, Rajah killed Chandramukhi and her lover together. The ghost of Chandramukhi haunts this palatial mansion. The rest of the story is all about how Eeswar solves the problem of ghost and how he unites the warring families as well.
Analysis :
Rajnikant is great as usual. Since the role of psychiatrist is a pretty soft one, the director has included 3 bang-bang fights to satisfy the frontbenchers. Prabhu is adequate. Jyothika is excellent in the last half an hour of the film. Nayana Tara is sensuous and wore sarees. Incidentally Savitha Reddy dubbed the voices of both Jyothika and Nayana Tara by showing minor variations. Vineeth and Malavika are good. Vadivelu did a typical comedy role. Brahmanandam's dubbing helped in generating some comedy out of Vadivelu character.
TeluguOne Perspective :
First half of the film is mediocre. The story gets some grip towards interval. There is a surprise element in climax of the film. The suspense factor is maintained throughout. Plus points are the performances of Rajnikant and Jyothika. Negative points are insipid screenplay, mediocre music and insistent cinematography. This subject does not suit the macho image of Rajnikant. The subject of ghosts might not go well with masses. We have to wait and see if Rajnikant's charisma would work wonders for Chandramukhi or not.