Frustrated Sekhar Tweets about Pawan Kalyan

Leader director frustrated with Pawan

When actor Pawan Kalyan made the so-called historic political speech, everyone including the fans and many from the film fraternity wanted to extend their support to the actor’s Jana Sena. But the minute he said he was not contesting for the upcoming elections and showed inclinations of joining Narendra Modi and desiring him to become the PM of India, took everyone by surprise.

One person from industry has dared to speak out against Pawan’s move and that is filmmaker Sekhar Kammula. The director has stated on Twitter, “Disappointed, confused.. aa aavesam etu poyyindi…oka anyaanni edurokodaniki maro arrachakaanni aruvu techhukovadam poratam anipinchukodu… Oka vyakthini gelipinchandi ani cheppadaniki intha avesam akkaraledu… Kulam matham prantham peruna vidvashalu repi elections lo gelavali ani choose ye vyakti ki gani party ki gani manalni paripalinche arhata ledu… (sic)”.

Obviously such accusations have not gone too well Pawan’s fans and they have hurled abusive language towards Sekhar Kammula.

Sekhar has also stated, “I’m very serious that Pawan Kalyan will show us a new direction at the time when politics are travelling into dark. But he has simply endorsed someone who credentials are doubtful. After starting a political party you should not tell them to endorse someone’.

Come to think of it many must have shared have similar thoughts as Sekhar Kammula about Pawan’s indecisiveness over contesting in the elections but probably refrained themselves from showing their anguish publicly but the filmmaker has dared toquestion the power star’s current political stand.

Ranjikanth about his technical knowledge

Super star Rajnikanth’s forthcoming film Kochadaiiyaan is packed with special effects and is all set to have a grand release worldwide on the 1st of May 2014. The film is a 3D animated period film directed by Thalaiva’s daughter Soundarya R. Ashwin.

While sharing his thoughts about the film Rajinikanth revealed, “It’s an emotional moment and I don’t technological. But I am only an actor and I don’t know anything about technology and God has made me do this film…. it is all God’s play.”

While talking of his daughter the proud father said, “I am amazed… Soundarya, in her childhood, had this obsession. She liked to read books with pictures and my wife identified her talent and encouraged have words. It’s so nice to see you all after a long time. Last time I was here for my film ‘Robot’ and the film was one its kind… now I am here for ‘Kochadaiiyaan’ which is highly her. I am proud of her with all the legendspraising my daughter. I hope people like the film.”

Apart from Rajinikanth, the film features Deepika Padukone, Sarath Kumar, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Jackie Shroff and Naasar. The film’s music is composed by A. R. Rahman.

The major portion of Kochadaiiyaan is shot in animation technique while few portions are shot using motion capture in 3D.

Tamanna to do item song?

Producer Bellamkonda Suresh’s son Sai Srinivas is all set to make his debut in Tollywood under the direction of V V Vinayak. Samantha will be seen opposite Sai Srinivas and the shooting of the film is in progress in full-swing.

The latest buzz we hear is that actress Tamanna is roped in to dance on an itemnumber in the film and it seems she has been paid an exuberant amount to do danceto this item song. However, there is no official confirmation of the same. It is also being told the shooting of this particular song will kick-start by the end of April or latest in the beginning of May.

Currently, Tammana is busy shooting for Baahubali, Aagadu and Bollywood flick Humshakals.

The tentative title of the film is Alludu Seenu and the music for the film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

We wonder if Samantha is feeling insecure of Tamanna’s item song in the film?!

Top directer to direct Cherry

Cherry in Boyapati Srinu’s next

Boyapati Srinu is riding high on the stupendous success of his recent flick Legend starring Balakrishna. The director has been receiving rave reviews for Legend and looks like the director does not want to waste any time dwelling in the present glory and desires to move towards creating greater ventures.

Boyapati Srinu met Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan to narrate a story and it seems thetwo mega stars are happy with the director’s narration and in fact Charan has agreed to act in the film.

Confirming this news Boyapati Srinu has stated, “Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan heard the story. They liked it and this film would take four or five months”.

This particular project will be produced by K.L Narayana. Ram Charan is currently busy shooting for Krishna Vamsi’s family entertainer Govindudu Andari Vaadele and Kajal Aggarwal is playing the female lead in the film. The film is likely to release some time during Dasara.

The person who got Same credit as Balakrishna

Legend is running to packed houses all over. It had a tremendous first weekend in AP as well as US. Legend is all set to clock Rs. 25 crore share in the first week as per trade estimates. Balakrishna is undoubtedly the main reason for stupendous response that this film has been receiving.

However there is also one more person that gets fair amount of credit for the success of this film. That is Jagapathi Babu who played the antagonist in Legend. Jagapathi's performance and his menacing looks have made this a battle of equals and both of them have taken this mediocre script to another level.

Jagapathi Babu is reportedly being flooded with new offers after Legend. The actor is in no hurry to cash in on this new found image. Jagapathi was struggling prior to Legend with no offers on hand. His decision to take up the negative role has changed his fate. Bollywood heroes play baddies in other heroes films. But our heroes are mostly egoistic and couldn't imagine being kicked by other hero. Jagapathi Babu has put all those inhibitions aside and he is reaping the fruits of it. Take a bow Jaggu Bhai! 

Rakul high hopes on flop hero

Rakul Preet Singh, who tasted success with Venkatadri Express, is all set to romance Gopichand in his next film directed by Srivaas. Rakul was earlier roped in for Nitin's film, but that film was scrapped due to creative differences between the hero and director.

Rakul was on cloud nine to bag a film opposite in form Nitin. Sadly that film was called off and she was left with empty hands. Rakul immediately accepted an offer to romance Gopichand, who is also a popular hero. However, Gopichand's recent form is not so impressive. He has been running through rough phase as an actor.

Gopichand's film with B. Gopal has run into financial troubles and the shoot was stalled. He is moving onto Srivaas's film expecting another Lakshyam. Rakul has brought luck to struggling young actor Sundeep Kishan. Can the lady luck shine upon Gopichand this time? 

Twitter comments effecting her Career

Undoubtedly,  tinsel town is a place where one needs to be more flexible than rigid with their policies. If at all they are not willing to give up some for the sake of something else, maybe aiming for a long run will not be possible.

Take the case of Samantha who is considered as a Golden girl in Telugu industry. Though she lost that extra golden touch these days, producers are still ready to sign her up provided with her decent performances and ready to go glamorous kind of attitude. But this is not going smooth now. Ever since Samantha made certain 'regressive' kind of comments on twitter, producers are worried about her presence. Because she might throw satire on the film she worked on if else her demands are not met properly. This is forcing them to think options.

Samantha's projects are all now moving to the likes of Shruti Haasan and Hansika now. Except two big Tamil flicks in her kitty, there are nothing much happening due to her 'twitter' attitude. That's the story. 

R-Factor Raises Aagadu's Expectations Bar

Superstar Mahesh's upcoming flick Aagadu is a paradise of some stunning elements that give goose bumps. If you guessed that Rayalaseema lingo factor is what we are talking about, then yes you're there, stepping on the wrong button.

Dookudu is one of the powerful and blockbuster hits in Mahesh's career that if made the actor join hands with director Sreenu Vytla again. This combo is coming up with 'Aagadu', which happens to be in the lines of their previous hit. As we reported umpteen times earlier, multi talented senior hero Rajendra Prasad is playing the role of Mahesh Babu's father in Aagadu, and this is the R-Factor we are talking about. After impressing people with his antics in 'Julayi' surely Rajendrudu cemented his position as key character artist in Tollywood. Also his ability to utter complex dialogues with ease and terrific expressions even for subtle reactions is what people love to watch.

Imagine the kind of comedy that erupts between two perfectionists of quick wit, Mahesh and Rajendra Prasad, and that too under influence of a perfect show host like Sreenu Vytla. Is your expectation bar raised? Yes, it will.

Boyapati srinu revealed a interesting story about Dil Raju

Dil Raju’s true colors revealed by Boyapati Srinu

In fact this story(real story) revealed the dark sides of so many greedy producers in Film Industry. In the recent TV interview director Boyapati Srinu has revealed this interesting story that he encountered when he made his debut movie with Dil Raju.

Boyapati’s first movie Badra was made under Dil Raju’s production house and he was offered a remuneration of 5 lakhs. But in the agreement it is mentioned that the original writes of the story still remains to the writer i.e Boyapati.  Which means, if Dil Raju wants to sell the dubbing rights or remake rights, he needs Boyapati’s signature and must give 50% of the amount to him. But apparently Dil Raju sold with out his knowledge.

After knowing this news, When Boyapati called Dil Raju and asked about this, he simply asked one question in return. “When you first approached me to produce your debut movie and if I had asked 5 lakhs remuneration includes original rights of the movie then what would have been your answer? ”

Boyapati simply said, yes sir! I would have agreed.. !!

The man behind Pawan Kalyan

Pawan Kalyan's political entry has been the talk of town in political circles of late. With Pawan's Hyderabad and Vizag speech scored big with masses mostly in Seemandhra and partly in Telangana, his detractors too shying away to confront Pawan on issue-based criticism. And yes, few Senior Congress leaders are still launching personal attack on the star hero. There is also an argument that one need not take Pawan and his party seriously. Here is the big news that quashes all the critiques and why contemporary political parties need to take Pawan seriously. Going by our sources, Pawan Kalyan is really serious about politics and about his Jana Sena. Like he said, he does have long-term plans to establish his party by 2019 and come before people.

Many are believing that Pawan Kalyan is "alone" in Jana Sena. But that's not true. We hear a strong unknown force is driving Pawan Kalyan from behind. CBI ex-chief JD Lakshminarayana, who acted firmly and fairly in Y.S Jaganmohan Reddy's Disproportionate Assets case, is reportedly behind Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena. Highly reliable sources say that popular bureaucrat has given key inputs to Pawan and Jana Sena before it took off. Also, it is learnt that there is a team of experts and bureaucrats who are guiding Pawan on condition of anonymity for time being. Pawan's close aide-director Trivikram Srinivas too coordinated with activists and like-minded people and thus roped them into Jana Sena to work in the background.

Buzz is JD Lakshminarayana and Pawan Kalyan had met couple of times in personal and held deliberations in closed-door meetings. That's not all. JD Lakshminarayana, who has been stating that he is averse to join politics, may contemplate to join politics by 2019. Reportedly, JD Lakshminarayana may join Jana Sena Party after retiring from his service. Although JD Lakshminarayan has offers from BJP President Rajnath Singh and Aam Admi Party president Arvind Kejriwal, apparently JD is quite impressed with Pawan's ideology and his sincerity to serve nation without running after power, posts.

Pawan's Vizag speech too hint that he has great bonding with JD Lakshminarayana although the former shies away from mentioning his name directly. This is certainly big news to all Pawan's fans as Pawan has very big plans to establish Jana Sena with roots. Let's wait and watch.

Cherry's dilemma

Ram Charan has already gotten into the skin of foreign returned youth for 'Govindudu Andarivadele', directed by Krishna Vamsi. First look stills of the movie that surprised tinsel town a couple of days back proved that. So what is Charan going to do after wrapping this movie? Here comes two directors and two writers for him.

As we said earlier, ace writers Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan have narrated a wonderful script to Ram Charan, for which our hero has given immediate consent. But the big question is all about the director of this project as Charan wants someone other than these writers to handle him. Though these two writers are trying for direction chances, they are yet to showcase their potential in handling a whole flick single handed. Matter is that Kona-Gopi are contemplating to pull Sreenu Vytla on board at all cost by blurring the differences that stirred up between them. What if Vytla says no?

Even if Sreenu Vytla says a big no to joining hands with Kona and Gopi, this writers duo is trying to bring director Dasarath on board. Recently the writers duo met Charan on sets of Govindudu.. and narrated him the finalized subject before making discussions about the director. But Ram Charan is said to be in dilemma over how this project takes off. Charan is reportedly not keen on Dasarath whose last film Greeku Veerudu disappointed. Let's wait and see.

Bunny got one month break!

'Race Gurram' is getting its final finishing touches by music director Thaman as director Surender Reddy is simply extracting juices to score a terrific background score. And one wonders what is that next flick in pipeline for our Stylish Hero once this movie hits screens on April 11th.

Rubbishing all the rumours in tinsel town, director Trivikram shared with close sources that there is no stopping for his next flick with Allu Arjun. Already Trivikram has written 80% of the movie, all scenes and screenplay, and he will be finishing the remaining part in a week or so. They say that Bunny requested for a month break unlike their actual plan of starting the shoot in April. As our hero's loving wife Sneha is to deliver a baby in April, the first schedule of this flick will be started in May first week. So, Bunny's new movie under Trivikram's direction had just one month break before it races into sets.

The whole of 'Julayi' team will be repeated for this second joint venture of Bunny and Trivikram, except for the heroine. Julayi is one of the biggest ever blockbusters in Bunny's illustrious career and the combo are expected to break their own record.

Nandamuri Hero to do a film with Mahesh babu's writer

The powerful pen that worked for Superstar Mahesh Babu belongs to one talented writer named Anil Ravipudi. Right now this young chap is in the team of 'Aagadu' writers headed by director Sreenu Vytla. Here is an exclusive report about the young man's next big step.

Apparently Anil has narrated an extraordinary commercial drama to Nandamuri hero Kalyan Ram. Impressed by the narrative, and depth in plot, our hero is gearing up to produce the movie in which he is going to act as the hero. From a long time, Kalyan Ram is producing his flicks on his own NTR Arts banner. But with recent debacle of Om 3D he lost huge chunks of money and has to take his next cautiously. However, Mahesh Babu's writer gave him a confidence to produce a stunning script under pretty low budget. We have to see how this goes.

Also Kalyan Ram is heading to produce another big budget venture with director Surender Reddy and hero Ravi Teja. It is none other than the sequel to much awaited comedy entertainer Kick.

Amount spent on Janasena party till now by Pawan Kalyan

We heard gossips about PVP Cinemas Potluri Vara Prasad funding Pawan's Janasena party. As per grapevine, PVP expected MP ticket with the help of Pawan Kalyan. But power star decided not to field anyone in this elections. He is aiming for next elections and is currently focused on building the party.

But it is true that PVP has funded Janasena until now. He was the one who spent money for conducting two meetings of Jana Sena so far. As per sources Pawan Kalyan will be paying back the money to Potluri by doing a film in his production very soon. So Pawan Kalyan may not get much in return for doing the movie as PVP has spent so many crores already.

Pawan Kalyan has sold few assets for founding Jana Sena and is using every penny from his pocket. He is not taking funds from anyone and has rejected many offers too. He 'lost' more than Rs. 30 crores till now says the buzz. But Pawan believes that he is investing this money for a better cause. Well, if all this was true, we have to salute to the dedication of Power Star! 

Boyapati Srinu's 's Legend movie success secret

Leading director Boyapati Srinu defied many logiical points (even die-hard Nandamuri fans couldn't ignore) but has won overwhelming apperciation at the box office for his action adventure 'Legend', so it raises the moot question- what is the barometer for success-box office collections or logic-driven and novel script. 

With new-age audience becoming demanding and patronising films that have novelty and logic, directors are breaking their heads to come up with new themes, but Boyapti rubbishes this myth and delivers a routine revenge drama with overdose of action riding on the larger-than-life image of Balakrkishna. 

Director just rehashes Simha and just changes father-son story into brothers in his latest and shows Jagapathi Babu as ruthless evil, who have few children, who die in the hands of Balakrishna and above all, even his weapon is inspired from Simha and if Balayya rides in bullet in Simha, here he rides a swanky bike, so where is novelty factor. 

'For a commercial movie with a big star, collections are yardstick for its success and novelty, logic are secondary. Director Boyapati, has invented a formulaic script for Balayya and minting money, that's it' says a producer. What you say guys? 

Lahari Bagged audio rights of Aagadu movie

Lahari Music Company seems to be in love with Mahesh Babu’s films and they are not leaving any opportunity whatsoever to be associated with the actor in some way. The Lahari music Company had also bought the music rights of Mahesh Babu’s previousventure One Nenokkadine and the music director was Devi Sri Prasad. And now the company has grabbed the music rights for the actor’s upcoming project Aagadu.

The music for Aagadu is composed by SS Thaman and the music company has also recently purchased the music rights of Balayya’s Legend.

Aagadu is directed by Srinu Vaitla and Tamanna will be playing the female lead in the film. Mahesh and Tamanna will be seen playing the role of super-cops and the film is touted as a mass-entertainer. Aagadu’s first look is slated to release on Mahesh’s dad Krishna’s birthday, which is on the 31st of May.

Comedy movie on Rajnikanth?

It is simply impossible to write about the greatness and super-stardom that Thalaiva aka super star Rajnikanth commands in the film industry. The actor has carved this larger-than-life persona not only because of his stupendous on-screen image but because of his humility in real-life.

We all know that Rajnikanth has had a humble beginning and his life-story is very close to what we watch in films; the actor worked as a bus conductor before working in his debut film Apoorva Raagangal directed by K Balachander, which changed his life and then there was no looking back for Thalaiva.

Rajinkanth’s real life story is rather an inspiration and as a tribute the star Faisal Saif is making a comedy film titled Main Hoon Rajinikanth, which is produced by Mrs. Saroj.

South Indian actor Adithya will be making his debut with Main Hoon Rajinikanth. Hopefully this one will be a treat for all you Rajini fans!

Rajamouli's comments on Legend movie

Legend review by Rajamouli

This is will top as the best compliments for Balakrishna; ace-filmmaker S S Rajamouli has hailed the actor’s performance in Legend that released yesterday. Fans and industry biggies are sending in rave reviews of Legend, which definitely must be overwhelming for Balayya.

Rajamouli has stated, “Congratulations to Saigaru +14 reels and Boyapati Sreenu garu for the LEGENDary success!!! …Felt that Dialogues by Rathnam garu & Radhika Aptes Characterization & Acting are the heart and soul of the film. And for Balayya this is his BEST performance till date. THE LION IS TRULY BACK!”

Rajamouli reportedly watched the premier show of Legend at Bramarambha Theatre along with his wife Rama Rajamouli and music composer MM Keeravani.

The director’s review will likely motivate audience who are not great fans of Balayya and in fact Rajamouli’s comments are like a grade certificate in itself that might also serve as word of mouth and draw larger crowds over the weekend.

Will Legend create First day record?

Going by big openigns for Legend across the state, trade circles claim that Balakrishna could upset Pawan Kalyan by clocking the first day record. 

The action saga which is even doing well even in Nizam region (adda of Chiru family and Mahesh Babu), is expected to collect more than 11 crores,( Andhra 4 crores, Ceded 3 crores and Nizam 2 and other centres 1 crore) to comfortable surpass Rs. 10.48. crore record established by Atharintiki Dharedi.... If it turns true, then its not Mahesh or Ram Charan, it is 50-year-old Balakrishna who is going giving power star, few sleepless nights.

Smart question to NaMo from Pooja Hegde!

Pooja Hegde, the sexy Miss India finalist who is debuting into Tollywood with Naga Chaitanya's 'Oka Laila Kosam' has shot some straight questions on the political system. From a new heroine, who looks quite innocent on face, these questions have simply bowled out her fans.

Pointing out that the presence of Narendra Modi in BJP is forcing people to vote for BJP even though the MP candidates in one's own segments are bad, Pooja Hegde has shot the question straight to Narendra Modi's twitter handle. 'I have to vote for BJP so that NaMo wins, but what if the candidate from my area is no good? (sic)', she asked, questioning the voting system in India. 'The candidate from my area is Poonam Mahajan. Who is she besides her surname? Anyone know if she's good? So much confusion Mr Modi', quipped Pooja, who votes at Mumbai North Central Loksabha segment.

Main youths are of the same feeling that though Narendra Modi is good, the people who are in BJP and the ones who are using NaMo card at root level are not as good as him. We have to see if someone from BJP answers Pooja's questions.

Charan is now in the IBN’s top 10 plastic surgery disasters

Cherry in the top 10 plastic surgery disaster?

When we talk of Tollywood celebs that have gone under the knife, the first name that instantaneously comes to our mind is of course Ram Charan. The poor guy has had many surgeries done so far but many believe that it has not had a miraculous effect rather it has not enhanced his looks to a greater level.

Ram Charan underwent many surgeries to improve his looks especially for his second film Magadheera. However, his tedious efforts to fit in Bollywood with his multiple makeovers did not grant him success and there were talks that Charan is surviving in Tollywood because of the sustaining craze his father Chiranjeevi commands in the industry and otherwise.

Ram Charan is now in the IBN’s top 10 plastic surgery disasters. Well, that must have come as a shocker to the actor and to his fans. But he is not alone, there are plenty ofactors and actresses who go out of the way to get the perfect 10 looks; some succeed and some fail miserably.

Nag, where is it?

Our hero promised that he will give the best 'pickle' this Ugadi for Telugu audiences. And when the audiences are expressing doubts about his pickle, he always condemned them, saying that they should get ready to taste the sweet, bitter, sour and spicy taste of his latest flick that day.

We are talking about Akkineni family's 'Manam' that is missing from the action, which was earlier promised by actor-producer Nagarjuna for this Ugadi on March 31st. With just two days to go for the festival there is not even trailer release of the movie and there is no scope for anyone to believe that they will watch movie on Ugadi day. After stressing quite hard about March 31st release, why did Nag went back?

Some say that our hero wants to hit screens during a clean time after these elections and IPL are over. Few sources indicated that movie's post production is yet to be wrapped up, and Nag is right now editing and re-editing certain parts of flick where he felt little unsatisfied. Whatever the reason maybe, for now no one knows where Manam is. Nag, where is it?

Legend movie review

Movie name: Legend
Producers: 14 Reels entertainment, Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta, Anil Sunkara
Diector: Boyapati Srinu
Cast: Balakrishna, Sonali Chowhan, Radhika Apte,
Music director: Devi Sri Prasad
Release date: Mar-28-2014

Legend is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated film of this year for various reasons. Boyapati, Balakrishna combination coming second time after successful Simha, Prestegious banner of Tollywood 14 reels entertainment is producing the film, Devi Sri is first time composing music for Balayya, Jagapati babu is enacting a villain role for the first time and above all it is releasing just before state elections. Let us see if this movie stands up to its expectations or not?

Story:

Krishna (Balakrishna) lives far away from his family in Dubai. His grandmother wants him to stay away from violence and lead a peaceful life. Krishna falls in love with Sneha (Sonal Chauhan) and on his return to India he confronts with Jitender's (Jagapathi Babu) son and beats him to death. Jitender is the reason for the death of Krishna's parents. What follows next is an adrenaline pumping action drama with loads of powerful dialogues and heroism elevation scenes.

Performances:

This is Balayya’s one of the best performances in his career. This kind of roles is a cakewalk for Balayya and he proved once again that no one can replace him in such powerful roles where a hero is not less than a lion. His action episodes, dialogue delivery and costumes are simply superb and cherish his fans to the core.

Jagapati babu is the right choice as a villain and he is best suited for the character and the makeup given to him is never before kind. I get a feeling that Jagapati babu will get so many offers after this film He looks dashing and very handsome with those white beard and stylish costumes. His baritone voice adds extra strength to his performance.

Sonali Chowhan is apt and Radhika apte is good. There is nothing more to tell about them.

Brahmanandam is ok. I feel bad to say that Boyapati could not utilize Brahmi’s stamina as required. His comedy scenes are not well crafted and we can not blame Brahmi as he is already proven comedian. So, it is Boyapati who could have worked more on Brahmi’s scenes.

Technical aspects:

Production values of this film is top notch. The entire movie is very lavish and producers once again proved that they don’t ind to shell out money for the best quality.Devi Sri Prasad back ground score is out standing. The title song is simply superb though other songs are not so appealing. Editing is good but it could have been better in first half to cut few dragging scenes. Camera work is good.

Direction of Boyapati Srinu is marvelous. He is proved once again that he is the top director in Tollywood after Rajamouli in portraying high octane action oriented movies. And for Balakrishna he is the best as he knows how to present Balayya to please his fans.  He seem to be recovered few of his small mistakes from his last film Dammu, but again the excess violence might keep some audience away from this film.

Plus points:

Bala Krishna’s top notch performance

Boyapati Srinu’s direction

Jagapati babu’s performance

Production values

Background score

Political related dialogues

2nd half of the movie

Minus points:

Brahmi’s comedy.

Few unwanted sentiment scenes
Excessive violence

Slow 1st half.

Analysis:
            
Legend is a complete commercial package with all the ingredients neatly packed in. The film starts off with a bang with Jagapathi Babu setting right expectations on the film. The graph dips a bit after Balakrishna's character was introduced. Director tried to add comedy flavor to the film by giving maximum footage to Brahmanandam for a while.
           
They have made desperate attempt to make it work, but the theme of this film doesn't accommodate comedy. Interval gives the real punch and from there on there is no stopping Legend. The film goes from strength to strength with each scene. Balakrishna just carried the film on his able shoulders without letting the graph go down.
            
Balakrishna fans will watch this film numerous times as it is undoubtedly the best from Nata Simha post 'Simha'. Boyapati Srinu lived up to the expectations and delivered a full on masala film that will work wonders at the box office especially in mass dominated areas. There is good sentimental touch to the film which will appeal to classes and families. Excessive violence is the weak point of this film and it may restrict the reach. Saying that all the biggest hits from Balakrishna had excessive violence and therefore it shouldn't be a big problem for Legend.

Verdict: The Lion Roars Again!