Starring :
Chiranjeevi Sonali Bendre, Paresh Ravel, Srikanth ,
Anjala Jhaveri, Venu Madhav, Rohit, Girish Karnad
Music : Devi Sri Prasad
Dailogues : Parchuri Brothers
Cinematography : K. Dutt
Story : Vidu Vinod Chopra
Direction : Jayanth
Production : Gemini Film Circuit
Date of Theatrical Release : 15th October, 2004
Story :Shankar Dada (Chiranjeevi) is a good
hearted don in Hyderabad who runs away from home at a
young age. He extorts money, kidnaps and roughs up
people for money. But, he lies to his old age father (Girish
Karnad) that he is a doctor in the city. Every year when
they come to the city to visit him, he pretends to be a
doctor and makes them happy. Finally the drama comes to
an end, as one of the doctors in the locality Lingam (Paresh
Rawal) tells Shankar’s parents the truth when they try
to strike an alliance between their son and his daughter
Sunitha (Sonali Bendre).
Shankar decides to complete MBBS and become a doctor to
live up to his parent’s wishes. He joins the college in
which Paresh Rawal is the principal, and turns into a
menace to him. There is a parallel track where he cures
the patients in the hospital, not through medicine, but
by showing love and affection towards them. How he lives
upto his parent’s dream and makes Sunitha fall in love
with him, while gaining the principal’s acceptance,forms
the story’s crux.
Artistes Performances: This film is another ‘One Man
Show’ from Megastar who carries off the comic role with
amazing ease, with his timings and mannerisms. The way
he translates the telugu proverbs into English brings
the hall down. Though his dances are good as usual, the
film is devoid of a highlight step like in Indra, Tagore.
But his reckless, walking style which he uses in the
film more than makes up for it. Sonali Bendre is sweet,
and suited the role aptly. Srikanth fits into the
character of ATM with ease, and used the Telangana
accent comfortably. Paresh Rawal’s dialouge delivery is
impeccable, so are his mannerisms. But, the ‘laughter
therapy’ track in Munnabhai performed by Boman Irani is
more hilarious, in comparision. Rohit does very well as
the cancer patient, while Sharvanand, Venu Madhav and
M.S Narayana appear only in couple of scenes each.
Anjala Jhaveri does a guest appearance in the ‘Chaila
Chaila’ song, while Pawan Kalyan appears for a couple of
seconds in another song. It would have been better, had
he done a step with Chiru or even shared the frame with
him.
Technical Departments : The film is a remake of
hindi superhit Munnabhai MBBS, and the changes made in
the film deserve a pat on the back. Without loosing the
flavor of the original, changes were made by the
director to suit the tastes of the telugu audience. The
‘college ragging’ track in Munnabhai was replaced, and
made way for a ‘Love failure’ track which also leads to
the Chaila Chaila song. Jayanth comes up with a very
good entertainer once again. The music by Devi Sri
Prasad is good, but the background score could have been
better as it had more vocals, than music. Paruchuri
Brothers have come up with a few good comical and
thought-provoking dialogues, unlike their trademark
fiery ones. Cinematography by Dutt is not upto the
current standards. The production values by GFCI are
below-par.
Analysis : The movie takes off on an average
note, but the first half ends upto be excellent, as the
entertainment graph goes up till it reaches the
interval-bang. There are three songs in the first half
Pattu Pattu, Shankar Dada and Chaila Chaila. While Pattu
Pattu is disappointing, Shankar Dada intro song has been
done well. Chaila Chaila had a creative, new
picturization concept. In the second half, the Na Pere
Kanchanamala song is raunchy, while eh Jilla, Eh Jilla
stands out of the crowds. The dances composed by Raju
Sundaram are superb. The second half has lesser
entertainment in comparision, but is good too. The
comedians Venu Madhav and MS Narayana appear only for
2-3 scenes, with the rest of the comedy being generated
by Megastar himself. The movie is a treat for fans, and
movie lovers. It started off with an instant superhit
talk all over, and is bound to for a good run at the box
office.
Courtesy:
Non Stop Cinema |
