Baladoor

Ravi Teja is Chandramohan's son. Chandramohan along with Ravi Teja lives with his brother Krishna after his wife's death. Ravi Teja is shown as an aimless irresponsible guy who picks up fights with goons, do nothing and is considered black sheep in the family . However Krishna loves Ravi Teja more than his sons and same way Ravi Teja also loves Krishna more than his own father.There is a villain in Pradeep Rawat who is not only the business rival of Krishna but also wants to seek revenge from Krishna for his humiliation.To add glamour there is Anushka Shetty-daughter of Krishna's friend, who is in love with Ravi Teja. How Ravi Teja upholds the honor of his family even when he is thrown out of the house due to some misunderstanding forms the rest of the movie.

First half sets up the family relation and rest of the characters, romance and has some good comedy along with action sequences. Second half emotions, drama and action becomes more dominant.

Ravi Teja is perfect fit for such roles and performed really well. Anushka Shetty is really looking beautiful but doesn't have much to do. Krishna is also very good in his role of doting patriarch and good Samaritan. Chandramohan and Pradeep Rawat were usual.

The movie has everything that a good masala movie needs- emotion, action, romance and comedy but then they need to be blended properly and this is where the director has failed. Narration is also old style. Songs were not great and with few songs trimmed it would have surely helped the movie. Brahmanandam performs well but he has not been utilized properly. Second half is little sluggish and narrated in obsolete way.Editing would have also helped movie become fast paced.Action as with most south movies was badly choreographed.

Overall a treat for Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty fans only else a below par masala movie which can be easily skipped.

So what kind of audience was this movie made for? Unless you are a gung-ho fan of the starcast, there is absolutely no necessity to watch this movie, even on video. Heck, I couldn't manage to watch the film even while fast forwarding half the scenes, that's how bad this was. Absolutely zero storyline and a waste of talent from all the notables that were cast. The comedy scenes were pathetic and the entire movie was so predictable that even a five year old could have told you what happened next. And the villain, less said the better. Maybe you can watch the film to see how hopeless it is. Ravi Teja needs to select his roles more properly or else he will be a baladoor for his entire life. 4/10.