Fidaa

I liked the first half a lot. It was really fun to watch. Sai Pallavi spreads such energy to the screen whenever she make an appearance. They ruined the movie with a really unnecessary song and a bad plot development. The ending felt rushed and it didn't make sense that the characters would do that. Watch it for Sai Pallavi's performance and one and half hours of fun and sweetness.

Bhanumathi,Hybrid Pilla, Okkate piece...Sai Pallavi wow I loved her character lot n lot.She is excellent performer,after Malar character Sai Pallavi got lifetime Memorable character Bhanumathi. Director Shekar Kammula after longtime came up with Fidaa story.Aanand,Happy days,Godavari great pictures of him and now this one Top of the list. He chose Sai Pallavi for Bhanumathi character that is biggest Asset to the film. We felt so many scenes relative to real life. Somebody said how much Savitri did her performance in Missamma and in Same way Sai Pallavi has given that much output.A beautiful story,Hats off to Everyone. Hero Varun in Kanche movie he proved himself the best actor and here he played NRI lover boy..great work has done. Varun best love story movie in his career.

Shekar sir you select new faces really it's workout great. Father,sister,actress aunt and hero brother everyone they lived in characters.Music,songs beauty melody tracks Vachinde Pilla song highlight.

Finally Sai Pallavi I'm big fan with Premam,Kali movies. Now worship her acting dancing everything.I watched 3 days continuously this movie only for Bhanumathi character and her Telangana dialogues. She told dubbing her own that too a malayali girl a telangana telugu accent wow we love more n more, Fidaa of her dialogues. My perception and opinion 2017 best actress would be Sai Pallavi in any film award. We keep smile on face while watching movie with bhanumathi character. Thanks to Shekar sir and Sai Pallavi. Sai pallavi has given life to bhanumathi character this is the reason I gave 10 rating. Still I feel new want to watch more 2-3 times bcos of Bhanumathi,Hybrid Pilla,Okkate piece really,one n only Sai Pallavi. I'm fidaa

A good entertainer worth watching Sai Pallavi dance and her superb performance

From Malar to Anjali to Bhanumathi every performance loved it. Songs, excellent timing of dialogues make the story more beautiful.

Love - Hate - Love - Story truly defined by this movie.

Must watch movie even if you don't understand the language the expression of the actress will define the whole story and dialogue. The excellent performance by all actors and excellent direction.

Just got to watch this movie lately and I am super impressed by Sai Pallavi's acting and her ability to dub her own dialogs in Telangana Telugu! I really enjoyed every single one of her dialogs in the movie written by Sekhar Kammula. Yep, this movie is a hit because of Sai Pallavi and the rural Telangana settings portrayed by awesome cinematography and those 2 songs (Vacchinde & Hey Pillagada) carried through and through by her great dance moves and subtle expressions. She is the heart and soul of this film.

Now for the story, Sekhar did an excellent job narrating the story in the first half and fell short at the intermission and the second half. He did the difficult job of portraying the love story in great detail which is where most directors typically struggle. I wish he had spent a week more thinking about how he could have created and bridged the rift between the protagonists. A missed opportunity for film to be excellent from where I rated as good today. The scenes and dialogs set in the US could have been smoother - they look broken, hurried and induced with nonsense (Suzy, Ali,dress, etc.) in between. Here is where Sekhar lost the plot. I would have liked more dialogs from Sai Pallavi (Bhanu) here. She was unusually quiet for most of the second half. Raju (Varun's brother) could have had better dialogs. Varun Tej did a good job portraying his character.

Bhanu talks about her love to her friend, her sister, types and erases that on phone, but never overtly expresses her love to Varun throughout the film! If it were not for the super guesswork of Varun (Bhanu never gave any indications post the village life) and convincing by her dad, Bhanu would have ended up marrying that other dude - per the plot. I find it kind of odd that Sekhar missed that for the strong character he is portraying for Bhanu who could have expressed herself to Varun. Again, needs more dialogs for Sai Pallavi!

After all the talk of "half-and-half" (sagam-sagam), the fact that Bhanu is fine with the second option (Varum settling in the village) in the end seems a bit compromised and sudden without setting up relevant scenes and reasons.

All in all, a good refreshing movie. Go watch for Sai Pallavi, her Telangana accent, her dance moves, cinematography, and the monsoon rains in the village!