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 Movie Review: Raju Maharaju
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Rating: 2.75/5.0
Banner: Sri Kumaraswamy Productions
Producer(s): Kumaraswamy Pathikonda
Director: Durga Shankaranath
Music: Chakri
Casting: Dr Mohanbabu, Ramyakrishna, Sarvanand, Survin Chawla and Tashu Kaushik, Jayasudha Dr Brahmanandam, Sunil etc
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Story

Raju Maharaju is an over dosed sentimental film of 80s with high production values and big star cast. It is very rare to see this kind of film where every moviegoer is looking for entertainment over sentiment.

Vijay Kumar (Vijay Kumar) is a rich contractor known for his kind heart and helping nature. He brings an orphan to home and gives him the status of second son. While the elder one Chakravarthy (Mohan Babu) grows up as a good contractor like his father, Kalyan (Sharwanand) becomes a rich spoilt brat who only enjoys his life with friends.

Kalyan fell in love with Sneha (Survin Chawla) tries to woo her. Sneha who knows about Kalyan character rejects his love sending Kalyan into depression. Ramya (Ramya Krishna- wife of Mohan Babu) intervene and requests Sneha to befriendly with Kalyan so that he will come out of the depression and change his nature.

Sneha starts liking Kalyan after moving close with him. In a horrifying incident, Kalyan runs into Nazar (Sneha father) resulting in later death. Sneha shocked to see Kalyan’s ill treating behavior after the accident and hates him more than ever. Police arrest Kalyan and only way he can be bailed out is if Sneha withdraws the complaint. Sneha agrees to withdraw the complaint only if Chakravarthy gives up all his property for her.

Rest of the story is whether Chakravarthy sacrificed the whole property to save his brotheror not, Will Kalyan comes out of jail and become a changed person and lot more ……

Performance

Sharwanand gets good character in the movie to portray his acting skills. He gave balanced performance in positive and negative shades. Mohan Babu at his usual best and gave stellar performance. Ramya Krishna did justice to her role and still looks hot.

Heroine Survin Chawla is neat and need to work on her body language. Second heroine Tashu Kaushik added glamour and it is a visual treat to watch her in songs.

Sunil looked trim and comedy by Brahmanandam, MS Narayana and others failed to generate laugh. While Jaya Sudha made a brief appearance, Jaya Prakash Reddy role is routine.

Technical

The director should have deal the story in little lighter way. While the first half of the film is to introduce the characters and their chrecterisation, second half is filled with drama and over sentiment. His handling the comedy is poor and audience feel the second half bit dragged because of the over sentiment. It would have been a better had the director concentrated on a balanced script.

Chakri music failed to give good songs but the background score is OK. Cinematography was neat in the songs and few intense scenes. Editing was alright and costumes, art department was also playing a significant role.

Production values are high and producer should be commended for choosing a family drama with sentiment in these days.

Analysis

With hero Sharwanand having no following, it is Mohan Babu and Ramya Krishna pulls the initial crowds to the theaters. The movie might be appealed to woman audiences and who likes sentimental films over entertainment films.Tashu kaushik glamour is for mass audiences.

On the whole, it is a family drama which could be watched by the entire family by sitting together. The film could have been a lot better if it was dealt in proper way by adding some lighter moments and crisp script. While there is no story in the first half, the second half is over dosed with sentiment.


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