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Home > Telugu Movie Reviews > Anukokunda Oka Roju
Cast: Jagapathi Babu, Charmi, Sashank, Pavan Malhotra, Harsha Vardhan, Narsing Yadav, Pooja Bharati, Jagga Rao, Sivannarayana, Ravi Prakash, Vasu Inturi, Sandra, Jayalakshmi, Baby Roopika and Others.
Photography: Sarvesh Murari.
Editing: Mohan - Rama Rao.
Dialogue: Gangaraju Gunnam.
Fights: Ramana.
Music: MM Keeravani.
Story, Screenplay & Direction: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti.
Producers: Gangaraju Gunnam & Venkat Dega.
Banner: Just Yellow Media.
 It is a three-cornered drama featuring two men and a girl, drifting from one situation to another without their knowledge. The girl named Sahasra is the main source for guiding the theme as it is her story that brings everyone into the field of action. A small mistake she commits of going to a discotheque compelled by her friend (Pooja Bharathi), who appears to have all the 'mod' habits, including having sex with boy friend and going for an abortion, pushes her into different problems. It runs from that point a drama like chain reaction with unending twists we find in TV serials.
Sahasra (Charmi) is drugged by a friend when she refuses to take alcohol. He drops a drug into a soft drink that makes her practically a woman drifted out of her control. She then undergoes a series of problems that she never even imagined she would undergo. She is basically a singer and a member of chorus group. She aspires to become a solo singer and the girl who took her to the discothèque is one of her friends in the group.
 She comes to know that something happened to her on that one day after she went bizarre after taking that drug mixed drink, when the gynecologist examining her friend for pregnancy, notices a scar on the back of her neck. She tells that, "somebody caught your neck and forced you to do something." From that point she gets concerned about her own situation. Then she comes across the driver (Sashank) who taxied her to her home but could not collect the fare because of her condition. And this young man, a stickler to principles, stands by her in thick and thin and eventually finds a place in her heart.
From a third angle starts a police SI Suresh Reddy (Jagapathi Babu) who is first her suitor and changes later into her savior. Suresh at that time is under suspension and hence what all he does is balancing act to stay in the fold of law. Trouble shoots for Sahasra when she identifies the person who tried to trouble her. He is put in police custody for interrogation and the situation aggravates when he reveals some more names behind the whole project of drug trafficking. Then there is a 'godman' cult that assumes menacing proportions towards the end. Both the taxi man and the SI have their own role in going to her rescue at various stages and join hands in the final drama. But to whose share she goes is presented with a touch of sensitivity.
 The narration looks a bit over ambitious. But the director succeeds in maintaining a level of suspense till the last minute. None expects that the role of that religious cult figure take the theme into his hands, towards the end. In fact climax is built around him, who is in the process of entering into samadhi alive to attain Moksha. Suresh Reddy hoodwinks him by playing a mini-drama. But these things drop the credibility of the narration. For this purpose, the director created a character of a thespian, played by Narsing Yadav.
The director once again reveals a deft hand but appears to have been greatly influenced by Hollywood style, like Ramgopal Varma, especially in its dialogue part with characters sounding casual and down to earth. However, the performance by Charmi as a drugged girl looks very artificial, as if she is, almost, inviting men on to her. She lives with her aunt, a restless woman. frowning on everything all the time.
 Charmi gets a different role from what she had been playing till now. She suits this best, as it matches her looks. Sashank, makes a sensible presence and plays up the action drama well. The director perhaps wants to terrify youth, especially girls, visiting discothèques and at the same time counters it by showing a way to another girl how to get rid of pregnancy. There is a lip-to-lip kiss scene in this part. Jagapathi Babu should feel happy to be pulled out of a truncated image he was stuck with for a long time. His fight scenes are a bit nearer to real life. He proves himself an asset to the histrionic line, as almost all the artistes cannot make their presence felt as musch as he can do. Dialogue is crisp, natural and well expressed. Music by Keeravani has greater role in building mood for the drama with background score than songs, which are far and few.
- ASLESHA
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