![]() But imagine a drunkard (Tagubothu Ramesh always eager to do a Katappa in the presence of 'Selfie' Raja) enticing buffoonic baddies with 'quarters', that too in the climax. This one was meant to be a comedy that has nothing to do with commonsense. If that's witty enough (and situational), going back in time as far back as 'Khushi' to bank upon Pawan Kalyan's craze is a bit too much.ĭespite two heroines for the two avatars, neither Kamna nor Sakshi Chowdary interact with him except when it is time for a skin show-stuffed song.Īs for the baddies, everybody is a fool waiting to be conned ridiculously. Naresh, on his part, gets NTR's 'Nannaku Prematho' get-up and the geometry right. ![]() Between them, Prudhvi as SI Ankusham (spoofing punch lines of mass stars), Ravi Babu as Mams (a contract killer with no means to fight back, thanks to the silly sidekicks, led by Sathya), and Shakalaka Shankar as Katraj (glorifying his pet snakes as legends) overshadow not one, but two Nareshs. One too many characters have been force-fit into the narration with the only aim of reminding the audience of some other movie, and never this film. However, Raja's troubles multiply from now when a look-alike, a comedy baddie, enters the scene.Īrmed with only parodies, the director dishes out a caricature of a film. Meanwhile, Raja's wife comes to know of her hubby's innocence and the couple patch up (a flash of sentimentality here, please). The explosive letter and morphed pics featuring Raja with a lady do their marriage in.Ĭomically frustrated at the unexpected turn of events, Raja tries to kill himself and in the process hires a contract killer (Ravi Babu in a comedy goonda's role), paying the latter for his own death. A mysterious 'gift' makes its way into the newly wed couple's bed room. Nagineedu likes Raja's innocuous ways and gives his daughter in marriage to him. ![]() He falls in love with Kamna Ranawat at first sight and tries to gloat that he is the most wanted by the daughter of the City Commissioner (Nagineedu), unbeknownst of the fact that the girl he is boasting to is the Commissioner's daughter herself. As Sharwanand (voice over) says, he has 'noti doola' as well. 'Selfie' Raja (Allari Naresh) has a weakness for selfies, but that is only a part of the problem. ![]() Everything done, he forgets to make selfie comedy an integral element of the screenplay. ‘Mandhu’ comedy (courtesy: Tagubothu Ramesh) – tick. Having a parody of Pawan Kalyan, Baahubali, Balayya babu, NTR – tick. ![]() Director G Eshwar Reddy had a checklist to be exhausted with a proud tick every time he followed a pedestrian template. ![]()
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