Brahmotsavam

The first half of Brahmotsavam starts with the narration of a beautiful family filled with emotional people all over. As time passes on, the movie dips down completely as it lacks the much needed bonding and relations between them. The songs have been showcased in a hurry and most of the songs come during the first half an hour of the film. The interval episodes have been predictable and the first half ends on a OK note. The second half of Brahmotsavam doesn't have the needed content because of which the film drops down completely. The emotional episodes look faked completely and the entire second half tests the audience's patience. The climax has been decent but it will not make much impact on the audience.

and if you ask me Postives and Negatives

Positives : Mahesh Babu ,Production Values, Star Cast ,Cinematography

Negatives : Story Screenplay and Dialogues ,Direction Second Half

Final Verdict : Brahmotsavam is a movie that can be completely ignored as it fails in all the available ways.

Long long ago, when NTR and ANR enacted in multi starrers it was a feast for the eyes. When that trend bogged down, it was Srikanth Addala who revamped with his cult classic SVSC. Addala's journey so far has been a memorable one in the world of telugu cinema. The subjects he chose; the way he had woven story lines intertwined with emotions was gaily applauded. MB got the much needed kick from his last enterprise Srimanthudu. He wanted more, like the cola ad, so chose Brahmotsavam to woo the family audience again.

MB is prince charming, looks stunning and as usual gives sleepless nights to his female patrons. The concept of Brahmotsavam which springs to birth in the later half of the movie is fresh and appreciative. But the biggest disappointment was Addala's lackluster screenplay and narration. The first 45 min of the movie reminds you of Chitrahaar on Doordarshan. The family saga episodes frustrate and irritate you and it feels like you are watching a never ending telugu soap on a 70mm screen. As I was writing this review, I somehow recollected Sunil's dialogue from Khaleja - "Anni bad le kaadu good lu kuda untayi". So the "good"s - The interval bang is one of the best episodes and MB excels, delivers a stunning performance - What the audience had been craving for till then. Post interval Samantha pumps the energy level. It's like drinking Glucon-D. But the energy lasts only for few moments and onscreen tiredness seeps in. The travel episodes and the urge to find your roots, your seven generations is shown in a novel but a tedious way.

The movie snail paces towards the climax. Did the end credits roll? No wait a min, the climax is still going on, the family's getting united, Rao Ramesh is still confessing, Ppl around him are praising Mahesh, the aunts are still crying, there's already a pool of tears on the floor etc etc. Admist all this hungama, MB's act stands out. If not for him, PVP wouldn't even have recovered 10% of his total expenditure. Dialogues take a little time to understand. You need to be attentive. The screenplay bores you, but the dialogues seek your attention. That's like revenge on the audience.

Coming to the artistes, (yeah there were scores of them), Rao Ramesh bagged yet another classy role. He's filling in his dad's shoes very well. Addala always has a special role for him in his heart and in his movies. Revathi, Jayasudha and Satya raj put in a decent act. The others are just wasted. Naresh, Siyaji Shinde, Tulasi etc hardly have couple of dialogues to mouth. Vennela Kishore manages to evoke few laughs, he is shown to be in total sync with the current audience mindset. All the 3 damsels were cute.Romance between Kajal and MB got monotonous after few episodes. Chemistry between Sam and MB was more bewitching. Pranitha - oh yeah, she was there too, just there. Mickey's music was ok but BGM was much better. Too many songs spoiled the movie's broth

Mukunda, SVSC, Kotta Bangaru Lokam were a true testament of Addala's potential. He had the niche for portraying human emotions beautifully on the silver screen. Even though Mukunda bombed it was a decent watch. But Brahmotsavam ends up as a total bummer. Addala couldn't weave his band and re-create his magic, MB couldn't save the movie from sinking deep into the flop bed of telugu cinema and Audience couldn't help zandu-balming themselves.

If Aagadu was an evil twin brother of Dookudu, Brahmotsavam's an evil twin sister of SVSC !!! So chudanivallu pandaga chesukondi...Do grand festival !!!

Movie: Brahmotsavam Genre: Drama/Family Budget: 75 crore Box office: est. 63.70 crore Verdict: Disaster.

It's a blockbuster for me. If doesn't did well at box office. Because of weak storyline.

Synopsis: Addala garu, we get it... the world has a lot of good people. But why are all of them in your film?

Movie Review: With Brahmotsavam, Srikanth Addala has tried to deliver a Sooraj Barjatya experience to the Telugu cinema goer. Think very large, very happy families, living in palatial homes, doling out lengthy dialogues on family values. If that's not syrupy enough, there's ample use of pretty people smiling all the time; their prettiness further amplified with all those glossy filters. You saw glimpses of it in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. And Brahmotsavam takes this indulgence to the next level - it's about values, values, values and oh, more values. So much so, you can't help but root for the hero's first love, Kasi (Kajal) who dumps him, unable to cope with his saccharine sweet forever-happy family. So much so, it makes us want to ask, Addala garu, we get it. The world has a lot of good people. But why are all of them in your film?

The film starts off by introducing all the "manchi" people in this huge, and "manchi", family. But till the end, there's no explanation why they're all so good. So far, so good. But there's a problem. The director doesn't know what he wants to really convey with all these good people.

One moment, we are thinking the hero (Mahesh Babu), distraught after his father's untimely death, will take on the mantle and keep the family together. The next moment, he's on a whirlwind tour of India, girlfriend (Samantha) in tow, in search of his roots. But wait, she's not even his girlfriend, yet. But that's the least of our problems.

The hero goes around meeting extended family (we never know why), and keeps hopping from Nagpur to Solapur to Haridwar to Kasi and finally, Bangalore. And then he comes back home. Just like that. Nothing really happens, except that somewhere along the way, hero realises he loves heroine. And they kiss.

Mahesh Babu's performance in the pre-interval sequence is the best part of the film. That one shot where he paces up and down, with pain, confusion and despair on his face, all at once, gives you a peek into what Mahesh can do as an actor. Sadly, you don't get to see enough of that. For much of the film, he is just hanging around, smiling and looking pretty. Honestly, we've seen so much of this fawning over Mahesh's fabled good looks that it's boring now, especially when you go as far as to make a little kid ask him if he'll marry her. Rao Ramesh, as usual, gives a stellar act, but what's the use? Everyone else does what's expected.

Moral of the colourful story: A montage of beautiful visuals (Rathnavelu's brilliance), lots of happy people, and frequent song and dance routines may be the perfect ingredients for a 'brahmotsavam', but the end result needn't necessarily be a good film.

In-depth Analysis

Our overall critic's rating is not an average of the sub scores below.

Direction: 2.5/5 Screenplay: 3.0/5 Visual appeal: 4.0/5 Fear Factor: 0.0.

A terrible film for people like me who are anti-melodrama and anti Telugu serials. Perhaps, it's an excellent film for those who are overtly in family dramas and emotional stuff.

Mahesh Babu's thinking behind sharing the production of the movie makes me seriously question his rationale for choice and his decision making. I am just not OK that an actor of his caliber misused. Also, a comedian of great potential like Vennela Kishore was also not used rightly. Perhaps, he is the only actor in the whole film who brought a smile sporadically. Rao Ramesh emoted well, although purposelessly. Indeed, Rao Ramesh character is the only one I empathized.

Technically, I liked only the song "Nayudolla Inti Kaada" all the rest just did their job for the sake of doing.

I am not wasting any more words or time in this film that's so horrible for me. It's 0/5

average 1st half,below average 2nd half. congrats #Brahmotsavam Few of the scenes were copied from Venkatesh movies. Untiming songs, Interval with heavy dose of sentiment, Less commercial elements, Poor comedy,No high Point in the story.#brahmotsavam Kajal, Pranitha and now Samantha wooing Mahesh Unbalanced emotions in 2nd half 90's kind of Venkatesh films. Svsc mark first half.. but this time it revolves around a rich family background. father character is big change. Interval 10 Min's...Climax 15 Min's performances excluding these scenes rest all are Addala's worst comparison. Slow placed and too many songs. Interval is awesome and very emotional."Brahmotsavam" has a tried-and-tested story that has been seen in Telugu films several times, but Srikanth Addala's treatment of the subject has made it a perfect family entertainer. Some romantic, comedy and sentimental scenes keep the viewers entertained throughout the movie, but the slow and dragging narration plays spoilsports.