Image: Skanda
Rating: 2/5
Cast: Ram Pothineni, Srileela, Sai Manjrekar, Prince Cecil, Sarath Lohitashwa, Daggubati Raja, Gauthami, Indraja, Urvashi Rautela, Prithvi etc.
Camera: Santosh
Editing: Tammiraju
Music: S. Taman
Producer: Srinivasa Chitturi, Pawan Kumar
Direction: Boyapati Srinivas
Release Date: 28 September 2023
Needless to say, Boyapati’s movies are high voltage action merchandise. Ram Pothineni is a nickname for Energy. Srileela is a crazy actress who is famous for her dance moves. The combination of these three makes the film interesting for the average mass audience. So, let’s take a look at how much the expected elements are there, how much it has pleased the target audience, and how is the overall feeling of watching the movie.
Going into the story…Andhra Seyam (Ajay Purkar)’s daughter gets up when the son of Telangana Seyam (Sharath Lohitashwa) is on the verge of marriage. That increases the enmity between the two Siams. He kills the Telangana Seem and sends his daughter Themmani to an Andhra Seem by giving betel nut.
Meanwhile, a well-known IT entrepreneur named Ramakrishna Raju (Srikanth) is languishing in jail. His daughter (Siya Manjrekar) lies in a hospital bed among the dead. One of them is a parallel track.
That Seem, this industrialist king has a link in the past. That is, Andhra and Telangana states will propose to convert their black money worth five lakh crore rupees into white money through his companies. The king does not agree to that. As a result, false cases are made and the business is damaged and the Siams put him in jail.
In this story, our hero (Ram) makes his entry as a ploughman, gradually falls in love with the Telangana Seem’s daughter (Srileela) and climaxes with a climactic fight during the Sri Ram Navami celebration in his village.
Another hero (Ram) comes there as a surprise. That’s the climactic twist. In a fierce fight, he drenches the premises of Sri Ramanavami with the blood of his enemies and stabs the two Seems who came with their gang to fight there, and ends the story happily with the arrival of the press.
How is the story? It’s not strange that one son of Seyam wakes up another Seyam’s daughter! Does it become a commercial film if it is filled with action episodes without any trace of logic and common sense and rushed with a heavy background score?
No matter how boring the movie is, it seems to be so “excessive”. Simple factionalists would have been enough for such a story.
Because there are people like bullies next to these characters and there is no other security. They also rely on supari bullies for most of the work, but they don’t say anything to the police and the system.
If the story goes like that, not a single actor who appears on the screen is a familiar face. It feels like watching any Kannada movie in Telugu dubbing till a long time after the movie starts. It is not easy even for those who watch movies often to name the actors who played the chief ministers of both the Telugu states in the lead roles.
If the first half goes in vain, the second half goes without meaning. However, the director has brought something to the drama, a twist in it.
There is not even a small laugh in the whole movie. At least the hero-heroine track is impressive. Love track is very poor. Dialogues are also below average.
The background score by Thaman is heavy. Even though there is nothing on the screen, he made the background score feel like something is happening. The songs are not very catchy. Everything sounded rushed and didn’t hit the heart. The first song sounds like an imitation of Michael Jackson’s singing style. That’s a bit of a no-brainer. Urvashi Rautela’s item song is also revealed.
Technically the camera and editing are okay. Although the length is high, there is nothing much to chew on. In terms of production values, the making standards and locations are okay, but the artists seem to be on budget!
Ram’s performance is high voltage as always. But there are different variations in his characterization and no strong personality. A routine thug is seen as a hero.
Srileela’s career is sure to come to an end soon if she is seen as such a careless heroine. Her specialty is dances. They are also not properly composed. Not a single impressive step. Due to her slimming down, she did not have the charm of her wedding day.
Srikanth and Indraja appeared in a few scenes but they were long characters.
Scenes with dialogues and performances were given to Daggubati Raja. Gautami is enough for padding. The rest of the cast is okay.
No matter how you look at it, this is a film that takes the audience too much for granted. Build-ups, slow motions, putting a fan blower on the faces of the characters for every reaction, playing a huge background music behind it… makes you wonder if Boyapati has lost his temper.
Boyapati has gone away from the basic intelligence and grip that this generation needs in the story and the story!
Andhra Seyam introduces the Governor whose daughter is married to the Chhattisgarh Seyam saying “Eme Ma Governor Garu” and “Eyana Chattis Gad Seyam Andi” to the Governor.
Could there be a poorer dialogue scene?
Are the Siams and Governors who are often seen in the media without a face these days?!
Is there a scene where Appalamma is introduced to Apparao?
Also, in another scene, our hero sneaks into Seyam’s house in Telangana, kidnaps Seyam’s daughter and daughter-in-law and wakes up in a helicopter in front of them. Everyone, including Seyum, stands there in surprise.
Even an apprentice story writer can’t write such a crappy movie story!
If you just want to watch the build-ups without thinking about any logic and without caring about the sensibility in the story, but if you watch it using common sense, you are sure to scratch your head. In Boyapati’s movies, there is a kind of talk about “Vinayavidheya Rama”. This “Skanda” beat it out. In vegetables, kandaki is known as unlucky. Even this “Skanda” in movies has head-itching qualities. It’s up to you.
Bottom Line: bonda
