Film: BUDDHIMANTUDU Rating: 2.75/5 Banner: Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara Pvt. & Ltd Sri Chowdeshwari Prasanna Movies Cast: Upendra, Pooja Gandhi, Suman Ranganath, Nathanya, Saloni, Vrinda, Lakshmi, Jayaprakash Reddy and Others Music: Vijay Antony Cinematography: R.Giri Producer: S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu & A. Mohan Director: Ramnath Rigvedi Release Date: March 27, 2009
Story: An intelligent story, the movie begins with Panchamrutham (Upendra) standing in the court facing charges of cheating four beautiful women and the public prosecutor (Siddaraj Kalyankar) heaping more and more charges against him. Panchamrutham who speaks in a typical local accent denies having any links with these beautiful women and also argues his case to prove that he is innocent. Much to the dismay of the girls, police department and the PP, the judgement goes in favor of Panchamrutham and the judge (Lakshmi) sets him free. As fate would have it, Panchamrutham again ends up in the court and this time it is due to cheating the beautiful daughter of the judge herself. The lawmakers are bent upon getting him convicted and they rope in his brother but then the smart man that he is, Panchamrutham gives his logic and yet again he emerges successful. The list of women (Pooja Gandhi, Brinda, Suman Ranganathan, Saloni and Nathanya) are helpless but then the time for truth comes. Apparently, Panchamrutham is the man who donned the roles of Zakir Hussain, Samarasimha Reddy, Ashok Mittal, Shyamprasad, Rajneesh and all this he does with only one mission - to teach these arrogant and haughty women a lesson and cut them down to size. There is a very strong flashback connected to it that leads to the death of his sister in law and that's when the peace loving Panchamrutham becomes a skilled conman for greedy women. What is that link? How are the women associated with it? All this forms the rest of the story.
Presentation: The director has come out with a beautiful plot and he has kept enough fuel through his slick presentation and gripping narration. The dialogues were meaningful, the script was tight to the spot, the screenplay was brilliantly executed. Music was grand and the cinematography was equally a treat that one could relish. Editing was perfect and the pace of the movie gets going at every point. Upendra has come out with a flamboyant performance and has shown why he is loved by the masses. All the girls - Pooja, Suman, Brinda, Nathanya, Saloni did their bits with ease and each song that they had, they came out with their glamour. Lakshmi was dignified, Sridhar was apt choice. The others did their bit with required standards.
Conclusion: The film has come out with some really thoughtful message to the women audience and the scenes at the courtroom are really well done. The entire length of the film goes around the schedule of how the greed is brought to its knees through an intelligent man and the inclusion of songs and other sequences provided delight for the mass audience. Upendra has a strong mass appeal and though the film has got the Kannada flavor in it, this might get accepted by the B and C centres in a big way. |
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