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Credits

Reviewer: Gudipoodi Srihari
Genre: Love
Cast: Upendra, Priyanka, Giri Babu, Anant, Tirupati Prakash & Siva Parvati
Music: Guru Charan
Story: Sai Ram Art Movies
Screenplay: Upendra
Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
Editing: Nandamuri Hari
Direction: KS Nageswara Rao
Producer: Srinivas J

Theatrical Release Date: 1st November 2001

Gudipoodi Srihari Review

The title in Telugu means an invitation asking people to come follow. But, the film can be described as 'raw', for its crude subject and treatment. Upendra plays an eccentric and indecent role, and the film duly earns 'A' certificate from censors. Though directed by K.S. Nageswara Rao, known for family and sentimental themes, the film runs like Upendra's earlier films, because he has written the film's screenplay.

The story is a two-hour grueling exercise, depicting the ugly ways Sridhar (Upendra) adopts to destroy all the girls in his college, in retaliation to the wrongs meted out to him and to his elder brother Surya by the women they loved. Unable to bear the shock of rejection by his beloved, Surya commits suicide. Now, bitter with his personal experiences, Sridhar, addressed as Sri, practically turns sadist and sets out to wreak vengeance on young women.

The film, after this brief prologue, opens with shocking scenes, depicting how Sri entices good-looking college girls and abandons them later. All the girls, except Santi (Priyanka), become victims of his deeds. But, she resists his advances right from the day she steps into the college. Suddenly, Sri reveals, as if to convince the audience, that he is only working up their emotions and then abandoning them, sans any involvement.

Santi's entry into the college changes the whole complex of the narration. She proves to be different. Sri adopts the same technique to trap her, but fails miserably. To corner Santi, he even forces her socialite mother, Kalpana Devi (Siva Parvati), to convince her daughter to love him.

After a couple of reels expended to display Sri's antics, a stage arrives when Santi starts taking him seriously. She thinks he is a changed man. But, she has other plans to set things right. First, she wants to prove to him that he was never cheated by his lover, believing which he resorted to vengeful activities. Then, she adopts a plan to reunite him with his lover. How these objectives are met form the concluding part.

The film also incorporates a lengthy debate in the end between Sri and Santi, each blaming the opposite sex for all the ills in the world. The script does not spare even the Epics. Censors should bave taken notice of this.

Upendra's physical and mental get-up has not changed at all. The film, however, introduces a talented composer, Gurukiran, who composed good music for at least two songs - Manasu gelichindi prema and Pelladatha Raave. Photography by Poorna K. is another technical asset.

Only Upendra and Priyanka dominate the drama. The rest simply fade away in this flimsy drama.

courtesy: The Hindu

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