Brahmotsavam

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.

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.

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.

This is probably the worst movie in Mahesh Babu's career. Despite a huge star cast and good performances, the movie doesn't feel any special. Worst thing about the movie was screenplay.

Plot: Mahesh Babu is son of an industrialist in Vijaywada. He has no name in the film. His father Sathya Raj loves to lead life celebrating festivals with his relatives and family members together. When his brother-in- law Rao Ramesh who is hoping that Mahesh marries his daughter Pranitha sees that Mahesh kissing Kajal Agarwal, hell breaks loose. He walks out of the family and leaving Mahesh Babu's father devastated. The tragedy in his family makes Mahesh Babu to find the extended family that is living all over India.

Plus Points: 1)Performances: Only saving grace of the movie is Mahesh Babu's tremendous performance.He is looking more and more handsome and his performance is flawless in emotional scenes.Samantha is cute and gave wonderful performance.Kajal is pretty in this movie.Others did their limited roles decently.

2)Music: Music of Brahmotsavam is heartwarming with good tunes.Songs Vachindhi kadhaa,Brahmotsavam are my favorites.

3)Cinematography: Ratnavelu's work is always pitch perfect so no blame on that.

Minus Points: 1)Screenplay: Srikanth Addala's movies may not have story line but he can mesmerize with his beautiful screenplay and emotions.He is heavily succeeded in this part in his first two movies Kotha Bangaru Lokam and SVSC.But since Mukunda he seemed to lost his touch.Brahmotsavam is nothing but lagging drama in first half and boring journey in second half.Both the halves failed to impress with lackluster scenes.

2)Editing: Movie has no continuity in scenes.They are just some individual scenes which are edited to be together.There is not even emotional connection between scenes.

3)Duration: Movie is 2hr 32min long and one can really get tired of watching this for that duration.

So, Brahmotsavam is a boring misfired attempt form SVSC combo.

My rating 5.75/10