‘Akhanda’ movie review: Boyapati Srinu and Nandamuri Balakrishna’s loud action entertainer is strictly for the fanbase

There are movies, and there are films by director Boyapati Srinu. Then there are movies by Boyapati Srinu starring Nandamuri Balakrishna. In the cinematic universe wherever the two collaborate, anything is much larger than lifetime. Practically nothing is refined, not even remotely. In their 3rd outing collectively immediately after
Simha and
Legend , the two decide to up the scale and the decibels. Telugu film
Akhanda stars Balakrishna in a dual function, but we’ll come to that in a bit.

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The director is mindful of the star’s enormous fanbase. Chants of ‘Jai Balayya’ are the norm when his movies arrive at the theatres. This time, the fans took it a stage even more. Sample this: ‘Edukondalavada Venkataramana… jai Balayya!’ In
Akhanda , one particular of the roles essayed by Balakrishna is akin to a demi-God, somebody who has superhuman powers. The other character played by Balakrishna is named Murali Krishna, a Great Samaritan who has been instrumental in stopping faction strife and is revered by all.

With the stage set for a larger sized-than-life canvas, Boyapati goes all out. The 167-minute film begins and ends with action sequences that are thoroughly choreographed, with sufficient gradual movement pictures designed to be dutifully lapped up amid loud cheers. Balakrishna walks in between two substantial wheels and afterwards tyres that are rolling absent, after beating people to a pulp, of class, in gradual motion.

Elsewhere, he thrusts a trishul into someone and turns it round a couple of situations, just so we know he isn’t permitting the evil ones get absent quickly. In a further scene, bullets pop off someone’s cranium. Another man overwhelmed up by Balakrishna and hurled up is nonetheless spinning in the air even though the star walks absent in s.l.o.w.m.o.t.i.o.n. This is only the idea of the iceberg there’s plenty much more action in the movie, unfolding to Thaman’s rousing rating.

The story is that of twins divided at beginning. Been there, seen that? A uranium miner exploits the land and its individuals to the hilt. Seen this kind of stories also? Boyapati gives these oft-recurring mainstream storylines an extra edge with the ‘Akhanda’ (invincible) facet, throwing in a superior measure of faith, spirituality, fantastic Vs. evil godmen.

The narrative unfolds in a common manner, depicting the hero’s excellent deeds. There is room for romance as nicely. The new district collector Saranya Bachupalli (Pragya Jaiswal) is depicted additional as a romantic curiosity and later on as wife and youthful mom than as a civil servant. She will get ample monitor time, but not plenty of scope to be taken significantly as a district collector. The age distinction involving the couple also seems obvious.

Poorna, as principal secretary Prabhavathi, probing the mining scandal, has a bit greater scope to portray a no-nonsense federal government official.

Srikanth is cast as mine proprietor Varadaraju who knows no remorse. He eats at a inadequate woman’s residence and in return, offers her with the severed head of the male of the dwelling. If that gives an concept of the depiction of evil in this film, there is additional. A collection of barbaric events sets the phase for the arrival of ‘Akhanda’ as the saviour.

The drama goes on and on, with Boyapati and crew not tiring of a number of far more action sequences. All this is laced with dialogues by M Ratnam. Some are sermons though most are punchlines — ‘
Meeku samasya vaste dandam pedataru, memu aa samasyake pindam pedatam both are not same’. Boyapati and Balakrishna seem to have completely savored building the movie.

Srikanth is introduced as a strong antagonist but eventually comes across as a common villain. Quite a few other people fill the monitor but have no scope to make an impression.

The movie will get tiresome write-up intermission and the incessantly superior voltage history rating doesn’t enable either.