Cast: Megastar Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara, Victory Venkatesh, Harshavardhan, Catherine Tresa, Sachin Khedekar, Abhinav Gomatam, Sharat Saxena, Sudev Nair
Crew:
Cinematography by Sameer Reddy
Editing by Thammiraju
Music by Bheems Ceciroleo
Written and Directed by Anil Ravipudi
Produced by Sahu Garapati Sushmita Konidela
Megastar Chiranjeevi and blockbuster director Anil Ravipudi have come together for the first time for a thorough family entertainer Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu. The movie released today with a positive buzz as Bheems Ceciroleo music turned out to be a plus. Victory Venkatesh cameo also added more interest for the film and let's discuss about it in detail.
Plot:
Shankara Vara Prasad (Chiranjeevi) is the chief security officer of Home Minister (Sharat Saxena) and his capabilities are appreciated all over. Such an efficient officer is a divorcee and his ex-wife, Sasirekha (Nayanthara) is the India's Richest Business Women. Her father (Sachin Khedekar) breaks them apart. Shankar misses his children and he knows that their mother and grandfather turned them against him.
He decides to take vacation leave and spend time with his children, who are in Dehradun Boarding School. While he does win their hearts as their PET sir, Sasirekha takes them away from him. He is assigned the role to save his father-in-law and family from threat. What will he do to save his personal crisis and achieve professional success too? Watch the film to know more.
Analysis :
Megastar Chiranjeevi worked hard on himself to appear more elegant than his previous films and his efforts show. His comic timing and dialogue delivery is better than then and also, his energy levels. He did give it his best and many scenes work because of his magic.
But Venkatesh's highly anticipated cameo and the on-screen presence of both the big stars in same frame doesn't really resonate as much as it should. While the actor is not at fault the problem lies in writing as his portions feel unnecessary extension than necessary for film.
Even the editing pattern to make both the big stars appear at the same time on screen and similar fight steps also doesn't give a high that we normally anticipate. Still, their energy will give fans some good moments. Nayanthara, Sachin Khedekar, Catherine Tresa and others did their roles well enough.
The problem lies in Anil Ravipudi sticking to his own format of F2 and Sankrantiki Vasthunnam and not trying anything new. Even to say that he gave Megastar his deserved comeback, it doesn't feel so. To an extent, the comic timing of the legend works and his energy elevates but Anil did nothing special from his side.
Taking storyline similar to Tulasi, Viswasam, and adding similar sort of scenes like in Main Hoon Naa, Petta and few others, doesn't make it smart. Cinematography and editing are sub-par. The movie works to an extent in first half as Chiranjeevi gives his best there are no moments that truly bring house down.
Music by Bheems Ceciroleo is good and his songs are enjoyable. He did his best in elevating sequences but at places he could do nothing too. Still, his work stands out. Overall, the movie needed much more imaginative efforts from Anil and team to truly make it memorable. It remains as a one-time watch at best.
TeluguOne Perspective :
Not as fun as Sankrantiki Vasthunnam but a one time watch.
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