Teluguone Rating : 4.25/5

Banner : Durga Arts

Presented by : S.Gopla Reddy

Producer : Dr.K.L.Narayana

Screenplay, Direction : Krishna Vamshi

Music : Devi Sri Prasad

Story : Radha Krishna

Camera : S.Gopal Reddy

Lyrics : Sirivennela Seetarama Shastry, Suddhala Ashok Teja, Chandra Bose.

Editing : Shankar, Naveen

Choreography : Raju Sundaram, Kalyan
Action : Stun Shiva
Date of release : 22-12-2006

Cast : NTR, Ileana, Charmee, Suhasini, Chandra Mohan, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Tanikella Bharani, Dr.Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subrahmaniam, Brahmaji, Uttej, Sameer, Nalla Rajesh, Shayaji Shinde, Manjusha, Rajya Lakshmi and Hema.Shinde, Manjusha, Rajya Lakshmi and Hema...



SYNOPSIS
Rama Krishna (Rakhi) fights against the taboos including dowry system and ill treatment of womanhood.Rama Krishna (NTR) and Gayatri (Manjusha) are the main characters of story who are younger son and daughter of a Railway station master (Chandra Mohan) and Brahmaji is his elder son.Rakhi loves his sister very much and considers her as his responsibility.Tripura (Ileana) and her mother (Rajya Lakshmi) are neighbors of Rakhi's family.Kota Sreenivas Rao is Chandra Mohan's father and a retired employee of Railways.Rajya Lakshmi and Chandra Mohan confirm the wedding of young buddies, Rama Krishna and Tripura.Rakhi's aunt Saranya, his father's sister comes to Hyderabad with her daughter Charmee when her husband abandons the family.

Brahmaji betrays his father which leads to a breach in the engagement of Gayatri and an NRI groom.Rakhi's aunt arranges that amount for dowry and asks Chandra Mohan to fix his daughter's wedding with Rakhi for the same muhurt.After weddingGayatri's in-laws harass her for dowry and kill her when they are offered with One Crore, by another match, which is ten times more than they get from Rakhi's family.Even before Gayatri's kin recouped from that shock, police and court make them fools by releasing the culprits as innocent.Then Rakhi turns as serial killer who takes vengeance on offenders harass female.Meenakshi Ayyar (Suhasini) takes charge to collar Rakhi.Do the police succeed in presenting him to the court? Does Gauri marry Rakhi is the remaining story.

ANALYSIS

How many of us know the meaning of the phrases like "Yatra Naryantu Poojyante" and "Kalakanthi kanta kannerolikina" etc? How many of us are giving respect to every other woman as our mother or sister? Krishna Vamshi should be appreciated for taking up such a good subject which is being ignored in this so-called modern society.Kudos to KL for his brave step to invest in a semi commercial subject which, not only rakes money but evokes a thought also on ‘burning' issue, molest behavior towards girls.

NTR appears as a brother next door! Unlike his characters in previous works he is presented as a simple boy with an attitude of thinking about his family.He is exceptionally good in performing the shades of humor and sad equally.He is still maintaining the same speed and spontaneity in dances and action scenes though he is obese; he should have shed his weight.Ileana tried to prove herself as a good artist.Charmee is appealing as an innocent girl and she tried her best to render voice to the character she played.Chandra Mohan and Kota are impressive.Important character that has to be mentioned here is Meenakshi Ayar.Suhasini would win ‘Nandi' for her performance as an ardent cop.Shayaji Shinde as villain and Manjusha as Rakhi's sister justified their roles.

Mr.Gopal Reddy's cinematography is mellowed with experience and in sync with changing trends.

Devi Sri's music is a plus.Rakhi-music is being heard everywhere.Rerecording is situational.Stun Shiva's action scenes are close to neutrality.Rakhi is worth watching with family and the motif is ‘highly adaptable'.



- D.M.K