Boyapati Srinu and Nandamuri Balakrishna’s loud action entertainer is strictly for the fanbase -

There are motion pictures, and there are motion pictures by director Boyapati Srinu. Then there are motion pictures by Boyapati Srinu starring Nandamuri Balakrishna. Inside the cinematic universe the place the two collaborate, all of the issues is larger than life. Nothing is refined, not even remotely. Of their third outing collectively after Simha and Legend, the two decide to up the dimensions and the decibels. Telugu film Akhanda stars Balakrishna in a twin operate, nevertheless we’ll come to that in a bit.

The director is aware of the star’s massive fanbase. Chants of ‘Jai Balayya’ are the norm when his motion pictures arrive on the theatres. This time, the followers took it a step extra. Sample this: ‘Edukondalavada Venkataramana… jai Balayya!’ In Akhanda, one in every of many roles essayed by Balakrishna is akin to a demi-God, any person who has superhuman powers. The other character carried out by Balakrishna is named Murali Krishna, a Good Samaritan who has been instrumental in stopping faction strife and is revered by all.

With the stage set for a larger-than-life canvas, Boyapati goes all out. The 167-minute film begins and ends with movement sequences that are rigorously choreographed, with ample gradual motion footage designed to be dutifully lapped up amid loud cheers. Balakrishna walks between two large wheels and later tyres that are rolling away, after beating people to a pulp, in any case, in gradual motion.

Elsewhere, he thrusts a trishul into any person and turns it spherical just a few situations, in order that everyone knows he isn’t letting the evil ones get away merely. In a single different scene, bullets pop off any person’s cranium. One different man overwhelmed up by Balakrishna and hurled up continues to be spinning inside the air whereas the star walks away in s.l.o.w.m.o.t.i.o.n. That's solely the tip of the iceberg; there’s masses additional movement inside the film, unfolding to Thaman’s rousing score.

The story is that of twins separated at begin. Been there, seen that? A uranium miner exploits the land and its people to the hilt. Seen such tales too? Boyapati supplies these oft-repeated mainstream storylines an added edge with the ‘Akhanda’ (invincible) side, throwing in an awesome measure of religion, spirituality, good Vs. evil godmen.

The narrative unfolds in a well-recognized model, depicting the hero’s good deeds. There’s room for love as successfully. The model new district collector Saranya Bachupalli (Pragya Jaiswal) is depicted additional as a romantic curiosity and later as partner and youthful mother than as a civil servant. She's going to get ample show time, nevertheless not ample scope to be taken severely as a district collector. The age distinction between the couple moreover appears obtrusive.

Poorna, as principal secretary Prabhavathi, probing the mining scandal, has barely increased scope to portray a no-nonsense authorities official.

Srikanth is stable as mine proprietor Varadaraju who's conscious of no remorse. He eats at a poor girl’s residence and in return, presents her with the severed head of the particular person of the house. If that gives an considered the depiction of evil on this film, there’s additional. A group of barbaric events items the stage for the arrival of ‘Akhanda’ as a result of the saviour.

The drama goes on and on, with Boyapati and workforce not tiring of quite a lot of additional movement sequences. All that's laced with dialogues by M Ratnam. Some are sermons whereas most are punchlines — ‘Meeku samasya vaste dandam pedataru, memu aa samasyake pindam pedatam; every shouldn't an identical’. Boyapati and Balakrishna seem to have fully cherished making the film.

Srikanth is launched as a sturdy antagonist nevertheless lastly comes all through as an on a regular basis villain. Fairly just a few completely different characters fill the show nevertheless don’t have any scope to make an affect.

The film will get tiresome publish intermission and the incessantly extreme voltage background score doesn’t help each.