"SIMHA" Review

Director Boyapati Srinu's , Balakrishna starrer as Simha, produced by Paruchuri Prasad under the banner of United Movies, Starring Nayantara, Namitha and Sneha Ullal in the female lead roles, Simha is said to be a powerful story that perfectly suits Balakrishna’s image. It has Balakrishna in a completely new look with a never-seen-before performance. Music is by Chakri, cinematography is by Arther A. Willson, editing is by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao, while story, screenplay and dialogues are by the director himself. Lets us see SImha Garzana....

Banner: United Movies
Cast: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayantara, Sneha Ullal, Namitha, K R Vijaya, Saikumar (Malayalam), Hemanth, Rehman, Kota, Brahmi, Ali, Venu Madhav, Dharmavarapu, L B Sriram, Krishna Bhagawan, Jhansi and others
Music: Chakri
Cinematography: Arthur Wilson
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Story, dialogues, screenplay, direction: Boyapati Sreenu
Producer: Paruchuri Kireeti
Release date: 30/04/2010

Story:

Srimannarayana (Balakrishna) is a professor in a college. He doesn’t allow injustice before his eyes. Janaki (Sneha Ullal) joins the college. Once some goons try to abduct her but Srimannarayana saves her. She falls in love with him in no time. Incidentally, Janaki is none other than his sister-in-law and on one occasion, Srimannarayana comes to know from his granny (KR Vijaya) that he belongs to the Bobbili clan.

His father Dr Narasimha (Balakrishna) is a saviour of poor. He could perform surgery to save life and he could also hack people if they do wrong. Unfortunately, two sons of a local mafia leader Veerakesavudu (Aditya Menon) die in the hands of Dr Narasimha for their excesses and in revenge Veerakesavudu kills both Dr Narasimha and his wife Savitri (Nayanatara). Before his death, Veerakesavudu tastes the punch of Dr Narasimha and goes into comma. Will he gain his consciousness ? Will Srimannarayana goes to village? Will he marry Janaki? What happens next will form the interesting part of the movie.

Performance:

Balakrishna:Balakrishna, after a long time, has given energetic performance . He played dual roles as father and son. He excelled in both the roles. However, ageing is clearly visible during close-up shots.

Nayanatara:Nayanatara, though had a very small role in the film, is okay in her character.

Namitha:Namitha played another glamorous role in the film. But she appeared quite bulky despite showing her oomph. She is yet to realise the fact that she has to shed the fat.

Sneha Ullal:Sneha Ullal is okay for looks but she still needs to improve her acting skills. Especially, she should be more cautious on her lip sync.

Others: KR Vijaya was the perfect choice for the grandmother’s role and she lived in the character and did complete justice to her role. Aditya Menon and Malayalam artiste Saikumar showed good screen presence. Rahman is okay as Balakrishna’s brother-in-law. Comedy by Krishna Bhagawan, Ali, Venumadhav is just average and literally they failed to tickle the funny bones.

Analysis:

The first half is okay, it appeared a little stretched. However, the action scenes in the second half made the audiences ignore the stretching of scenes to some extent. Director Boyapati Sreenu, who penned the screenplay and dialogues for the film besides providing story, had perfect grip on the entire subject, though the narration appeared old fashioned.

Chakri has composed melodious tunes to all the songs, though they remind us of 80s and 90s Songs. Choreography of all the songs is okay and Balakrishna tried to prove that he could compete with Junior NTR in dances by trying some innovate steps. Action by Ram-Lakshman and Stun Siva is fine. Especially the chase scenes, the scenes that relate to hero bashing the villains and the gory killings were perfectly shot. Background score by Chinna is good and elevated the mood in many scenes. Camera by Arthur Wilson is good while art by AS Prakash is laudable. Editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao should have a little more sharp.

REMARKS:
It appears that two scenes were lifted from the blockbuster Magadheera, where the hero kills 100 soldiers single-handedly. Even in this film, the hero kills many goons as the heroine wishes that she wants to see everyone dead before her death in the flashback scene and it repeats in the climax scene as well. The film also have some punching dialogues. The film is a nice watch for those who love Balakrishna and his fans.

ROCK ON's Verdict: "SIMHA" is BACK...................................

Rating:3.5