Cast: Balakrishna, Nayanatara, Sneha Ullal, Namitha, KR Vijaya,
Saikumar, Hemanth, Shravan, GV, Kinnera, Kota Srinivasa Rao,
Brahmanandam, Ali, Krishna Bhagawan, Venu Madhav, LB Sriram,
Anandabharati and others.
Action: Ram-Laxman, Stun Shiva.
Art: AS Prakash.
Banner: United Movies.
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao.
Music: Chakri.
Producer: Paruchuri Kireeti.
Story, Screenplay, Dialogues & Director: Boyapati Sreenu.
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Boyapati Sreenu triumphs once again. He gives starving fans a reasonably good movie 'Simha' starring Balakrishna in dual role. Though Simha cannot be termed as an extraordinary film what makes it a decent watch is that the director enagages the audience with his content and reels them without any suspension of disbelief. He had simply learnt from the mistakes from the previous directors, cut out the bombastic and over the top dialogues and gave a simplistic, linear story that a normal moviegoer could understand. In other words he made an ordinary formula film keeping all elements in control. He had not concentrated on spending heavily on songs, settings, multiple characters but relied more on keeping the action quotient high while retaining the human element of the story.
The screenplay is taut but the film is not without flaws. The film moves slowly initially and again the latter half, during the homam scenes stretches quite a bit. The romance between the ladies Namitha, Sneha Ullal, Nayanatara hasn't been handled well and Balakrishna's awkwardness was visible. Despite some tasteless comedy the film blends action and drama well and the best part of the film is that there is nothing loud from either the villain or the hero which is quite unexpected.
Namitha is obscenely obese and you could see layers of fat jutting out from every part of her body, her clothes made her look worse. It's baffling to see fifty plus heroes romancing girls half their age but if this is what people want to see then no complaints. About Balakrishna, he performs admirably, does a competent job, he stands out in the dying scene with Nayanatara. The lady who played Balakrishna's grandma looks out of place, a clear misfit. A local talent could have worked better.
Nayanatara looks outlandish in her costumes, has little to do nd gives silent support to her onscreen husband. Sneha Ullal looks bloated but chips in what is required of her. A few numbers are good to listen but a few are wrongly placed in the film. Brahmanandam, Jhansi are a sheer waste. Venu Madhav is okay, feels good to see him after a long time. He is a professor in the college and is angling for Namitha, his dialogues bring in mild laughs.
And the story, it is about a college professor Srimannarayana (Balakrishna) whose student, lady love Sneha Ulall is having a difficult time letting go off her past. Her brother's killer is her groom and he's stalking her after she flees from home on the wedding day. A series of events unfold and in a flashback episode it is revealed that the killer and his father's enemity is not just with Sneha Ullal but Balakrishna too.
Simha is not an enriching, soul stirring, emotionally resonant film but it is definitely a good offering, a jumbo mix of action and little drama for holiday movie going crowd.
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