BRUNDAVANAM REVIEW

Rating: 3.75/5

Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Starring: Jr.NTR, Kajal Agarwal, Samantha, Srihari, Prakash Raj
Cinematography: Chota K. Naidu
Fights: Ram-Laxman
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Music: S.S.Thaman
Produced: Dil Raju
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Vamsi Paidipally

Jr. NTR’s Brindavanam is one of the most awaited Telugu movies in a long time. It is clear that no other
Telugu movie could give Endhiran - Robo a run for at the box-office. Added to this is the fact that
Komaram Puli and Mahesh Kaleja have not lived up much to the expectations of the people. Therefore, Jr.
NTR’s Brindavanam review and the verdict are the most talked movie of the town.

Story:

The story of the movie goes like this:

Rivals Srihari and Prakash Raj are step-brothers and Kota Srinivasa Rao is their father. Indu (Samantha)
is Prakash Raj’s nephew while Bhoomi (Kajal Agarwal) is Srihari’s niece. Krish( NTR) is the son of
Surendra (Mukesh Rishi) who is a rich industrialist from Hyderabad. He loves Indu (Samanta) and
introduces her to his family and gets green signal for the marriage.

Indu’s best friend is Bhumi ( Kajal) who wants to pursue higher studies in USA, but her father Bhanu
Prasad (Prakash Raj) fixes her marriage with Ajay, who is a spoiled brat in the village and also her brother-
in-law. Bhumi who is disinterested in marriage lies to her father that she already had a boy friend in
Hyderabad. Bhanu Prasad asks Bhumi to get her boyfriend to their village so that they can induce hatred
in Bhumi against her boyfriend.

Bhoomi then approaches Indu and requests Krish to act like her boyfriend. Indu convinces NTR to act like
Bhoomi’s boyfriend and save her from the marriage. As part of the plan Krish reaches Laksmi Puram

along with Bhumi. When NTR goes to the village to set things right for Bhoomi, he comes to know about
the rivalry between the two villages, Lakshmi Puram and Venkata Puram. NTR also discovers that Indu
and Bhoomi come from same family.

The movie encapsulates how Krish unites Srihari and Prakash Raj and whom he finally gets married to in
the end.

Analysis:

Brindavanam is tipped to be a romantic family entertainer and Director Vamsi Paidipally attempts to
showcase NTR as a class hero with mass instincts and hook the families. And we have to say he has just
managed to pull things off - only just. Brindavanam is one such effort from Vamsi Paidipally trying to
enhance NTR image amongst the class and families with melo drama and humor.

NTR Brindavanam comes with comedy, humor, sentiment and too much melodrama. NTR Jr. will be seen
in an out and out family entertainer this time and if it's not for NTR, Brindavanam could have bitten the
dust without any second thoughts.

NTR, DIL Raju were targeting family audiences may be for the first time. As such, Vamsi Paidipally dealt
NTR characterization with utmost care whilst ensuring that his mass image is not being hampered.
Perhaps not the best of scripts NTR has zeroed in, but Brindavanam crosses the rope though NTR
depiction and performance.

Dil Raju clearly accentuates on NTR targeting family audiences. As such, you could glimpses of
Bommarillu and Parugu. The first half of Brindavanam runs crisply with few super action sequences, the
second suffers from loads of sentiment and family drama. And the climax is rather peculiar - may be
something that NTR, DIL Raju and Vamsi Paidipally collectively agreed on.

Performances:

NTR steals the show and his performance is truly commendable. While Adhurs gave NTR a tinge of
comedy disposition, Brindavanam fosters and strengths his roots amongst families as well. He did
extremely well in action sequences, which were brilliant. But the steps for the dance were not as expected
and his costumes are very poor.

Samantha is totally a misfit for the role of Indu. Looks like she's unable to take on mass or medium
characters. But these are the roles she needs to don down the role. Kajal Agarwal is adequate.

Prakash Raj and Srihari were apt as step brothers and their body language suited the characters.
Brahmanandam and Venu Madhav also did their part.

Technicalities:

Music by SS Thaman is pretty good, but re-recording is only good in parts. May be he could have done a
better job. Camera work by Chota k Naidu is commendable and the locations were also appealing. The
camerawork by Chota k Naidu was great during the action episodes. The CG and graphic works were
reasonably good, but surely Marthand K Venkatesh, the editor might have had a tough time. Surely the
second half needs more editing.