Release Date: January 13, 2024
123Telugu.com Rating : 2.75/5
Actors: Venkatesh Daggubati, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arya, Shraddha Srinath, Ruhani Sharma, Andrea Jeremiah etc.
Director: Shailesh Pool
Producer: Venkat Boyanapalli
Music Directors: Santhosh Narayanan
Cinematography: S Manikandan
Editing: Gary BH
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“Saindhav” is a huge Pan India action thriller directed by Shailesh Kolanu with Victory Venkatesh as the hero and Shraddha Srinath as the heroine. The movie released in theaters today amid huge expectations. Let's go into the review and see how this movie fares.
Story:
Saindhav Koneru alias Psycho (Venkatesh) leads a happy life with his daughter Gayatri (Sara). Manojna (Shraddha Srinath) who lives next door to their house takes care of Papa. However, because of Saindhav's crime in the past, the cartel gets scared when he hears his name. Saindhav Koneru, who has such a past, leaves everything behind and lives for his daughter. But, Gayatri is suffering from spinal muscular entropy. If the baby is to recover from that disease, a drug worth Rs 17 crore is needed. What did Saindhav do for that money?, did he save his baby?, or not?, what was the fight with Vikas Malik (Nawazuddin) in this sequence?, what did Saindhav Koneru achieve for his daughter?, in the middle of this Dr. What are the roles of Renu (Ruhani Sharma) and Jasmine (Andrea Jeremiah)? That is the rest of the story.
Plus Points:
Venkatesh looked very powerful in the role of Saindhav Koneru, a psycho. Venkatesh has impressed with the wild action elements as well as the emotions. Venkatesh's acting style is impressive, showing variations to suit the circumstances of his character. Moreover, with his body language, in some action and emotional sequences and with his stylish looks, Venkatesh acted very well. Arya, who played a cameo role, also impressed.
Shraddha Srinath who played another key role also acted very well. Andrea Jeremiah is convincing in the role of Jasmine. Dr. Ruhani Sharma's performance as Renu is also good. Jishu Sengupta, Mukesh Rishi, Jayaprakash and the rest of the cast have also acted well in the scope of their roles. Everyone is convinced in their role. Some of the action scenes written by director Shailesh Kolana are good.
Minus Points:
Although the main plot of the movie, Saindhav's role, the background of the story, the filming of other characters and the performance of the actors are good, the director is disappointed in the story. However, although the emotions between the characters are well established in the second half… it seems like a melodrama at some places. Besides this, interesting elements are missing in the movie. Though there is emotion in Saindhav's fight for the baby, the proper conflict is not built in the treatment.
Gripping narration is missing mainly in some lead scenes. Along with this, some emotional scenes were also routine. The lead for the war between villains and heroes should have been stronger. Overall, director Shailesh has not been able to make this movie in a fully impressive manner. Although there are good actors like Arya, Shraddha Srinath, Ruhani Sharma, Andrea Jeremiah, their roles are not designed properly for them.
Technical Department:
Talking about technicians.. As mentioned earlier director Shailesh Kolana's take is good. However, he failed to write a good screenplay. Music director Santhosh Narayanan's music is fine. But the background score could have been better in some key scenes. Cinematography work by S Manikandan is very good. No more editor's editing work. The production values followed by producer Venkat Boyanapalli are very good.
Verdict:
This high voltage action emotional drama called 'Saindhav' has been very impressive in some places. Also, Venkatesh's grace and image is a plus for the movie. But, missing interesting elements in the screenplay, slow narration at some places, and boring scenes are the minuses of the movie. Overall, Venkatesh's performance and some action elements in this movie are impressive. Venkatesh fans can watch it once.
123telugu.com Rating: 2.75/5
Reviewed by 123telugu Team
