Kshetram 2011Telugu Movie Review

Movie Review : Kshetram Rating : 2/5 Banner : Sri Balaji Movies Cast : Jagapathi Babu, Priyamani, 'Kick' Shyam, Kota, Aditya Menon, Tanikella Bharani, Brahmanandam, Rajeev Kanakala, Jackie, Surekha Vani, Hema and Others Music : Koti Cinematographer : M V Raghu Producer : T Venu Gopal Director : G Govinda Raju Released Date : December 29, 2011

Story:  A morose tale, the story begins with Chakri (shyam) who is in love with the Hindi girl Sohini (priyamani) but their elders agree for it and they get married. Chakri's father (aditya) is from a aristocratic family and he takes Chakri-Sohini to pay respects to the grave of his elder brother Narasimha Rayalu (jagapathi babu) and Naga Penchalamma (priyamani). The story takes a turn when Penchalamma's spirit rises and enters Sohini. The spirit then kills Chakri's father and this leads Chakri to approach a guru. It is here that the flashback opens and roots to how Narasimha Rayalu and Penchalamma are determined to set up the idol of Narasimha Swamy in a temple. What happens after that forms the rest of the story. Presentation:  The director has come up with a decent storyline and while the presentation was poor, the narrative was very weak. The dialogues were stale and over the top at times, the script was written with weak efforts and the screenplay was below average. Background score was bad and songs were poor. Cinematography was pathetic. Editing was irregular. Costumes were regular while the art department was apt. Jagapathi Babu carried out his role as required and tried his best to get some energy into the film. Priyamani also does her bit to infuse life into her character but in vain. Aditya Menon was better among all. Brahmanandam was annoying. Kota was good. Tanikella Bharani was nice. The others were there to fill the screen.  Conclusion:  The film came in with a lot of hype and there was also a reference that Priyamani's role was the highlight. While the hype was good, the film actually fails to deliver the goods. Both the first half and second half didn't have any point where the film's graph could have picked up. The key reason for the film going down is poor direction and weak technical values. Overall, this is a film that looks set to go down as a dud at the box office.