Banner: Global Pees CreationsProducer: Nara Jayasreedevi
Director: J K Bharavi
Music: Nag Srivatsa
Casting: Koushik Babu, Kamalini Mukharjee, Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu, Sri Hari, Nga Babu, sai Kumar, Suman, Meena, Kamna Jetmalani, Roja and others
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Story
Story starts with Chiranjeevi's voice over about the greatness of India's great saint Adi Sankara and how he united Hindus travelling across India at a tender age of 32 yrs.
Sankara (Kaushik) after taking birth in Kaladi renounces everything and becomes a saint. He then starts his journey to unearth the reality of truth. He comes across King (Srihari) who vexed with fighting between various sects in Hinduism and growing slefishness, acquires various powers. He laments even with that he couldn't solve them.
Actually Sankara was supposed to live for only 8 yrs but was given the life of ( Mohan Babu) with his consent with the help of (Tanikella Bharani).
He travels to Varanasi and when he he thinks he achieved everything and asks a Chandala (Nagarjuna) who comes in his way, he realises that he has much more to learn. On his way he enters into a discourse with a King (Sai Kumar).
When he was about to accept defeat his wife (Kamna Jethmalani) asks him questions about marriage and wife , husband relationship. He asks for time and enters into the soul of King (Bharat) a womaniser who dies. He finds out the answers and comes back to defeat (Sai Kumar). All the saints and priests of various religions hail him as the worthy apparent of Sarada Peetham.
Performance
Kaushik showed his class as Sankaracharya. He showed all kinds of expressions and emoted well. Chiranjeevi's voice over and his dance when soldiers try to burn Sankara's body is the highlight.
Nagarjuna's role is tailor made for him. Mohan Babu with his electrifying performance and Srihari,Saikumar,Suman's presence took the film to next level. All others did accordingly.
Meena, Roja, Kamalini Mukherjee, Kamna Jethmalani, Upendra, Posani Krishnamurali,Tanikella Bharani, Naga Babu all did justice to their roles.
Technical
Production values are good. Editing is quite good and cinematography is excellent. Bharavi's cinematic liberties could be excused. He must be commended for his effort.
Plus Points
Storyline and its presentation
Kaushik Babu
Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu, Srihari performances
Songs
Dialogues
Climax
Minus Points
Lack of commercial elements
Lack of comedy
Analysis
Director Bharavi must be complimented for taking up the subject and try to show Adi Sankara's teachings and its relevance in today's context. His dialogues are good and worth mentioning.
He sent message to people and even to rulers how they should be ruled get ruled. He sent message to youth that they could do anything and everything. Bharavi's direction and screenplay is good and unlike in other devotional films, he didnot try to insert forced comedy track.
Final Talk
Films like Adi Sankara should be encouraged.
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