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On The Sets Stills Opening Function Stills Stills Trailers Wallpapers Working Stills		Home > Telugu Movie Reviews > Chinnodu Clichéd and Predictable APK | October 27, 2006 Rating: ** (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad) Cast: Sumanth, Charmme, Rahul Dev, Chandramohan, Rajeev Kanakala, Brahmanandam, Ali, Venumadhav, MS Narayana, Suman Shetty, Dharmavarapu, Sivajiraja, Raghubabu and Others. Action: Kanal Kannan. Art: B. Venkateswara Rao. Cinematography: Jaswant. Dialogues: Yalamanchili Sridhar. Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. Music: Ramana Gogula. Story, Screenplay & Direction: Kanmani. Producer(s): Katragadda Lokesh & CV Srikanth. Presenter: Sri Balaji Arts. Banner: Polygon Motion Pictures (P) Ltd. Release Date: 27th October, 2006. Sunita Chowdhary's Blog: Morning Show Muchatlu After the super success of Godavari, classy and suave Sumanth got hungry for some 'mass' appeal. So in 'Chinnodu', he gets to flex his muscles, dance to some pseudo-mass beats, sacrifice for his adoptive family and get loads of sympathy. There is one tiny little flaw though-there is absolutely no effect. With such little publicity, done-to-death story and mediocre music, this 'Chinnodu' is definitely a small-timer at the box-office. Plot A female prisoner dies leaving her baby alone, and an inspector (Chandramohan) adopts the child not heeding the protests of his father and brother, who feel the child will have criminal blood in him. They catch Chinna red-handed having killed his uncle and send him to a juvenile prison, and is transferred to the Central Jail later, as he always gets into fights. The reason he gets into fights is because he can't stand injustice and is actually the savior of the weak, but people misunderstand him, especially his family, and don't allow him home after his release. He keeps helping them and all the others in that locality, and there develops an enmity between Chinna and some big time goons (Ramaraju and Rahul Dev). It's a fight till the end, and he again chooses to sacrifice for his family, who finally accept him knowing the truth. Oh, and there's his girl friend Anjali (Charmme), who wants his family to accept him and his bunch of friends who constantly support him. Related Links On The Sets Stills Opening Function Stills Stills Trailers Wallpapers Working Stills Story, screenplay and direction The story is very predictable-we all know what is going to happen next. This just happens to be old wine in a new bottle. There are too many jerks in the editing, and the continuity is bad, especially in the first half. There is some comedy and humor with the entry of Charmme, and the pairing clicks like it did before in 'Gowri'. But sadly, there is very little for them as a pair to do, and it's mostly sympathy-gaining that the director focuses on, for Sumanth that is. The few good scenes are between Sumanth and Charmme when she mistakes him to be a coward, the climax where the entire truth comes out (but by this time all of us have guessed anyways), the scenes with Ali are quite corny but generate a few laughs. The action sequences are nothing we didn't see before. Performances Sumanth. Now that the world realized he has more than one expression in his kitty, and can actually emote provided he has a sensible director, there were a few expectations from him. The movie doesn't impress, and Sumanth is one of those actors who need a solid script and character to back him. The good news is he looks fit, and not an ounce of cellulite is seen, and he tries his best. The bad news is it is not good enough for now. Charmme has lost oodles of weight, and is fresh and charming, but she has little to do in the movie. Ali, Venu Madhav, Suman Shetty, Raghubabu and MS Narayana have tailor-made roles for them. Rahul Dev as the baddie (yawn!) does justice to his role. Prithvi with that hideous wig looks uncomfortable. Song and dance Ramana Gogula and mass music? Is there a bigger contradiction? The music is passable, and the picturizations are okay. Two of the songs are lifted from old English songs, and sound silly. And the verdict is.. Not happening. It's an old tale, with new names. The direction, screenplay and songs are average and the performances aren't earth-shaking either. There is a little comedy, and at least there is a story. But is that enough-because at the end of the three hours, instead of feeling sorry for Chinnodu, we might just end up feeling sorry for ourselves.