Banner: Geetha Arts
Cast: Allu Arjun, Tamannah, Prakash Raj, Kelly Dorjee, Bramhanandam, M S Narayana,
Krishna Bhagawan, Raghubabu and others
Direction: VV Vinayak
Producer: Allu Aravind
Music: MM Keeravani
Direction: VV Vinayak
Producer: Allu Aravind
Music: MM Keeravani
Released on: 10th June, 2011
Allu Aravind who made blockbuster films like Magadheera spending crores of rupees on his nephew Ramcharan, set out to produce an equally big budget movie with his own son Allu Arjun as the hero. With V V Vinayak as the director and Tamannah as the heroine, expectations were sky high on 'Badrinath'. Set with the temple town as the backdrop, the movie was a love and action thriller. We watched this movie on the first day and this is what we think of the film.....
Story
Bheeshma Narayana(Prakash Raj) is a martial arts and spiritual guru in Takshasila who is commissioned by Sadhus to train a few kids in martial arts. They want those kids to grow up and become 'Kshetra Palakas'(those who safeguard the temple). Bheeshma trains a group of kids but his favourite amongst them all is Badri(Allu Arjun). He excels in martial arts and on mastering his training, he gets to become the temple guard of Badrinath Maha Vishnu temple. Meanwhile, Alakananda(Tamannah) comes to Badrinath with her grandfather. She doesn't believe in god. Badri challenges that he will make her a devotee of Lord in a week's time. He also helps her in offering 'Pinda Pradanam' to her parents and moved by his act, she falls in love with him. She however doesn't convey the same to him. Her grandfather reveals her past to Badri. Her aunt married a goon called Sarkar(Kelly Dorjee) and that once Alakananda had humiliated her aunt. Her aunt now wants Alakananda as her daughter in law. Badri promises Alakananda's grandpa that he will save her. Meanwhile, Bheeshma wants to make Badri as the head of Takshasila after him. But for that, he has to remain a bachelor all his life. The rest of the story is on how Sarkar targets Alakananda and whether Badri fulfills the promise he made to his Guru Bheeshma.
Performances
Allu Arjun was in his usual form with nothing great to mention about. More than his acting skills, his dance was impressive. He left the audience wondering how he managed to pull off a few tricky moves on the dance floor. His body is flexible and he is seen dancing with ease. However, he needs to better his Telugu diction and dialogue modulation. He opens his mouth a bit too much while rendering his dialogues which looks awkard.
Tamannah did a decent job though there was limited scope for her to perform. Her expressions were apt and timely. However, in this movie, she gave importance to flaunt her body than her acting skills.
Prakash Raj puts up a decent act in the role of Allu Arjun's Guru. Raghubabu steals the show with his punch dialogues despite a super short screen time.
Bramhanandam, M S Narayana and Krishna Bhagawan as so silly in their comic acts that you would seriously consider walking out of the theatre. They repeated their 'Tenali' act from Indra in this movie and it was super annoying. Child comedian Bharath was a waste of time. Kelly Dorjee was cliched and boring. But most of the fight scnes have been censored and there is a white patch on the screen where cuts have been reccomended. This distracts the audience.
Story
Bheeshma Narayana(Prakash Raj) is a martial arts and spiritual guru in Takshasila who is commissioned by Sadhus to train a few kids in martial arts. They want those kids to grow up and become 'Kshetra Palakas'(those who safeguard the temple). Bheeshma trains a group of kids but his favourite amongst them all is Badri(Allu Arjun). He excels in martial arts and on mastering his training, he gets to become the temple guard of Badrinath Maha Vishnu temple. Meanwhile, Alakananda(Tamannah) comes to Badrinath with her grandfather. She doesn't believe in god. Badri challenges that he will make her a devotee of Lord in a week's time. He also helps her in offering 'Pinda Pradanam' to her parents and moved by his act, she falls in love with him. She however doesn't convey the same to him. Her grandfather reveals her past to Badri. Her aunt married a goon called Sarkar(Kelly Dorjee) and that once Alakananda had humiliated her aunt. Her aunt now wants Alakananda as her daughter in law. Badri promises Alakananda's grandpa that he will save her. Meanwhile, Bheeshma wants to make Badri as the head of Takshasila after him. But for that, he has to remain a bachelor all his life. The rest of the story is on how Sarkar targets Alakananda and whether Badri fulfills the promise he made to his Guru Bheeshma.
Performances
Allu Arjun was in his usual form with nothing great to mention about. More than his acting skills, his dance was impressive. He left the audience wondering how he managed to pull off a few tricky moves on the dance floor. His body is flexible and he is seen dancing with ease. However, he needs to better his Telugu diction and dialogue modulation. He opens his mouth a bit too much while rendering his dialogues which looks awkard.
Tamannah did a decent job though there was limited scope for her to perform. Her expressions were apt and timely. However, in this movie, she gave importance to flaunt her body than her acting skills.
Prakash Raj puts up a decent act in the role of Allu Arjun's Guru. Raghubabu steals the show with his punch dialogues despite a super short screen time.
Bramhanandam, M S Narayana and Krishna Bhagawan as so silly in their comic acts that you would seriously consider walking out of the theatre. They repeated their 'Tenali' act from Indra in this movie and it was super annoying. Child comedian Bharath was a waste of time. Kelly Dorjee was cliched and boring. But most of the fight scnes have been censored and there is a white patch on the screen where cuts have been reccomended. This distracts the audience.
