Banner: Golden Lion Films.
Producer: CR Manohar.
Screenplay & Director: Krishna Vamsi.
Producer: CR Manohar.
Screenplay & Director: Krishna Vamsi.
Cinematography: Sarath.
Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers.
Editing: Shankar.
Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers.
Editing: Shankar.
Art: Srinivasa Raju.
Lyrics: Lakshmi Bhoopal, Suddala Ashokteja & Sitarama Sastry.
Music: Vijay Anthony.
Lyrics: Lakshmi Bhoopal, Suddala Ashokteja & Sitarama Sastry.
Music: Vijay Anthony.
Cast: Srikanth, Bhavana, Ramjagan, Jayaprakash Reddy and others.
Release Date: October 09, 2009
Release Date: October 09, 2009
Mahatma is important to Srikanth because it is his 100th film and director Krishna Vamsi took up the responsibility to give him something different. The intention of the film Mahatma is to remind people about the father of the nation, the awakening of his principles from slumber and finally it ends up showing that Mahatma is a forgone conclusion. No matter what one person's effort is, the country won't change, people don't value and the system is static. It requires more than one person to bring about a change in the nation, in the society that is impossible and that had been possible by the one and only Mahatma.
Krishna Vamsi shows the change that Srikanth or the character Das undergoes from being a street rowdy to an aspiring politician. He shows him giving up non vegetarian, giving up alcohol, speaking the truth, atoning his sins but soon after all those idealistic scenes allows the hero and the heroine to dance with 50 other artistes on a long boat in Kerala. Clearly he has forgotten that the Mahatma also abstained from romance/sex..oops there are no intimate scenes.
Ram Jagan plays the role of a street dramatist, each role that is enlightening. The song 'Indiramma inti peru kaadhu ra Gandhi' is superb. Jayaprakash Reddy's work is also good.The director's Mahatma has a few similarities to Rakhee. It has a subject that deals with social awareness. It glorifies a man who struggles to become an idealist. While a daughter-in-law is burnt in Rakhee, Srikanth attempts to immolate himself and takes 'ahimsa' too far. He is like Ravi Teja in Khadgam who wants to become a film star. There is Charmme too. There is something new but not really exciting. The lectures by Ram Jagan seems like another rhetoric, probably that might be the attitude of the people like you and me in the society.
Vamsi's fetish for natural beauty doesn't work. Bhavana with no make-up or minimum make-up, sparse hair doesn't gel a bit. May be Charmme would have looked better in her place. The fiery Bhavana who inspires Srikanth to become a Gandhian is shown as being contradictory..scared as a lawyer in the first few scenes. Uttej's act as a Muslim, his get-up is realistic. Ahuti Prasad plays a subtle role of a politician, no heavy emotions this time.
The plus point of the film is that it has a few messages for all those who are willing to take it. "Don't have to respect Gandhi but don't use him for your selfish needs." There is a scene in which a baby touches a knife during a ceremony and the family gloats over it. Some dialogues are striking 'amma ni chooste amma anipinchali nee ammani kaadhu'
Whatever it is, the film ends up as a mix of message and commercial stuff, dances, fights et al. It is also an eye-opener for politicians who crave for power and want the power to pass over to their family. All in all to ask people to repose faith in Gandhi, Krishna Vamsi the director should first believe in him, his ideals. The last scene is a dampner and the film despite some fantastic work by Srikanth ends up as pseudo attempt to dust Gandhi and pull out the umpteen political flags that are entangled on his stick. An average film.
Krishna Vamsi shows the change that Srikanth or the character Das undergoes from being a street rowdy to an aspiring politician. He shows him giving up non vegetarian, giving up alcohol, speaking the truth, atoning his sins but soon after all those idealistic scenes allows the hero and the heroine to dance with 50 other artistes on a long boat in Kerala. Clearly he has forgotten that the Mahatma also abstained from romance/sex..oops there are no intimate scenes.
Ram Jagan plays the role of a street dramatist, each role that is enlightening. The song 'Indiramma inti peru kaadhu ra Gandhi' is superb. Jayaprakash Reddy's work is also good.The director's Mahatma has a few similarities to Rakhee. It has a subject that deals with social awareness. It glorifies a man who struggles to become an idealist. While a daughter-in-law is burnt in Rakhee, Srikanth attempts to immolate himself and takes 'ahimsa' too far. He is like Ravi Teja in Khadgam who wants to become a film star. There is Charmme too. There is something new but not really exciting. The lectures by Ram Jagan seems like another rhetoric, probably that might be the attitude of the people like you and me in the society.
Vamsi's fetish for natural beauty doesn't work. Bhavana with no make-up or minimum make-up, sparse hair doesn't gel a bit. May be Charmme would have looked better in her place. The fiery Bhavana who inspires Srikanth to become a Gandhian is shown as being contradictory..scared as a lawyer in the first few scenes. Uttej's act as a Muslim, his get-up is realistic. Ahuti Prasad plays a subtle role of a politician, no heavy emotions this time.
The plus point of the film is that it has a few messages for all those who are willing to take it. "Don't have to respect Gandhi but don't use him for your selfish needs." There is a scene in which a baby touches a knife during a ceremony and the family gloats over it. Some dialogues are striking 'amma ni chooste amma anipinchali nee ammani kaadhu'
Whatever it is, the film ends up as a mix of message and commercial stuff, dances, fights et al. It is also an eye-opener for politicians who crave for power and want the power to pass over to their family. All in all to ask people to repose faith in Gandhi, Krishna Vamsi the director should first believe in him, his ideals. The last scene is a dampner and the film despite some fantastic work by Srikanth ends up as pseudo attempt to dust Gandhi and pull out the umpteen political flags that are entangled on his stick. An average film.
