Plot: Though India has got the freedom in 1947, many villages still faced atrocities by landlords and Razakars. Mallamma (Eney) hails from such a village Nelakondapalli in Adilabad district. She is daughter of freedom fighter Rajanna (Nagarjuna) who once inspired villagers to revolt against these landlords. When the Dorasani (Swetha menon) comes to know about the girl’s identity, she tries to kill her.
But Mallamma escapes and travels to Delhi to meet Nehru and ask his help to save her village. How she meets Nehru? And what’s the brave story of her dad? forms the crux of the movie!
Actors…
Eney, who plays mallamma, lives in the character. Her expressions excel the emotions needed in each scene. Her joy, sorrow, struggle, search and pain is made felt, hats off to her express all of them with sheer perfection at this young age. She’s gonna win loads of accolades for her role.
Nagarjuna who plays the title role enters the scene pre-interval. But his presence is felt by the name “Rajanna” as spread all over the film. He does the job with obvious maturity and ease and his presence post interval episodes fills the screen with energy and quenches the thirst caused by an hour wait till interval.
Sneha is seen as lachuvamma…Rajanna’s wife and she suits the role to the core and has enough space to make her presence felt.
Swetha Menon is good as Dorasani, Old man who played sambayya, Mallama’s guardian did good job.
Nasser played Mallamma’s teacher, Telangana Sakuntala and Tamil Actor Vijay Kumar played guest roles.
Ajay, Pradeep Rawath, Supreet and Ravi play Rajanna friends in positive roles, who fight till their end.
Hema and lot other’s in village put up commendable performances.
First half makes us wait and the Second does not wait for us!!
First half shows Dorasaani’s atrocities and Mallamma’s fight for existence and her journey to Delhi. Mallama’s journey to Delhi is depicted with great conviction. The director’s vision is seen in the lyrical content of the songs. MM Keeravani’s music plays major role in engaging the audience without actually showing the hero. And the pace of the movie takes a plunge with the entry of Rajanna in freedom fight scene.
While second half is filled with the flashback episodes, the inspiring and blood boiling scenes are very much there to pump in adrenaline. Wonderful fights (one in the village nelakondapalli in second half for the song “Vey Veyy” and other at Pre-Climax) choreographed by the maverick director Rajamouli lifts the movie to the needed level. And the climax is as predicted but leaves a delightful mark.
It’s a Family effort…”Vijayandra Prasad...Keeravani…Rajamouli”!!
Vijayendra Prasad who directed SriKrishna 2006 long back did not taste success then. But he is well prepared this time. It’s his wonderful screenplay that engages the audience with or without the hero on screen. Good performances are grabbed from every actor and the best from the girl Eney.
Keeravani deliver’s one of his best and each song has marvelous lyrical content. Every Song carries the movie forward and thus all songs play a vital role. While movie starts with a melody “Gijigaadu” and “Raa ree ro” takes you to the village on-screen. “Karuku raathi gundello” is one touching song when Mallamma leaves the village. And there are many written by Shiva Shakthi Datta (Keeravani’s father), Ananth Sreeram and Suddala Ashok Teja.
Cinematography provided by Shyam K. Naidu is awesome.
To say few words on Negatives, Movie should have been little more lavish especially in few scenes you feel the necessity. Movie itself is short as it is just 2 hours and its share of Nagarjuna is still lesser. In a word Rajanna is not a feast or full meals but delicious plate meal where you might not be full, but satisfied.
Finally…
Rajanna deliver’s what it promised. A patriotic musical journey ably supported by good technical team and wonderful performances. If you prepare for the difference, it won’t disappoint you much. It’s a good watch.
Rating
3.5
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