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		Home > Telugu Movie Reviews > Maharadhi Run Of The Mill APK | February 01, 2007 Rating: **.25 (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad) Cast: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sneha, Meera Jasmine, Navneet Kaur, Naresh, Jayapradha, Pradeep Rawat, Kovai Sarala, Velu, Ali, Jayaprakash Reddy, Rallapalli, Venumadhav, Thotapalli Madhu and Others. Art: Kumar. Cinematography: Sekhar V. Joseph. Editing: Suresh Urs. Music: Gurukiran. Story & Dialogues: Thotapalli Madhu. Screenplay & Direction: P. Vasu. Producer: Vakada Apparao. Presenter: Rangana Adiseshaiah. Banner: Sri Lalitha Kalanjali Productions. Release Date: 1st February, 2007. NBK's latest Maharadhi is directed by P. Vasu of Chandramukhi fame. The audience eagerly awaited another interesting storyline, but unfortunately, this is old wine in a not-so-new bottle. Plot Bala teaches music at Kalyani Music College run by Chowdary (Naresh), while Krishna teaches dance at Bhairavi Dance School run by Chamundeswari (Jayapradha). Both named their colleges after their daughters, Kalyani (Meera Jasmine) and Bhairavi (Sneha). Chowdary and Chamundeswari are arch rivals. Now as it happens, Kalyani falls in love with Krishna, much to the displeasure of her father. The flashback starts here, with a colony in Vizag and the colony's idol, Balakrishna whose love interest was Bhairavi. The mystery of Bala and Krishna and the two girls love stories meet at the climax. Story, Screenplay and Direction The story has a track that is similar to Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein, with SRK and AB's roles traded by Balakrishna and Jayapradha respectively. Then there is one track involving a rich guy-poor girl where Balakrishna comes in as a savior along with Sneha, opposing the boy's parents. The fight the boy's father and Goud (Pradeep Rawat) has with Balakrishna leads nowhere and stops abruptly leading to some other angle. The track with Kovai Sarala as Balakrishna's mother (!) and the whole Mother-Sentiment angle is overdone now. Every other movie seems to have it, and it neither moves nor humors the audience. The screenplay is well-connected, but way too predictable. The first half goes with much gusto and the pace is good. The comic element and the general energy levels in the first half makes for some average viewing. The second half, unfortunately, starts with a bang but fizzles soon enough. The effort to edit it out is evident with the editing jerks and continuity issues in the second half. But even with all the obvious effort to cut the length, the second half has a snail pace. The vigor of the first half is nowhere visible. More than anything, all the sub-plots start and end without rhyme or reason. The love story between Balakrishna and Bhairavi is not feasible, and makes little sense. NBK varied histrionics, along with humorous incidents keep up the sparkle in the first half up. The second half could have has a more precise and clear cut purpose in all those unnecessary threads. The pace goes down, and so does the interest. Music and dance colleges in Nainital, the photographs of Backstreet Boys (A Boy Band) passing off as grooms for Meera Jasmine make no sense. If that was supposed to be funny, no one really laughed. Performances With energy levels bursting forth, NBK amuses with all his histrionics-love him or hate him, one just cannot ignore him. He sings, dances, romances, laughs, cries and does everything else expected of him. He is a 'Mass' man in every sense of the word, and his performance definitely is attention-seeking. Sneha and Meera Jasmine do their bit and exit, both with hideous costumes. Naresh gives a controlled performance, and Jayapradha has a clichéd role that suits her. Ali comes in one scene, and Navneet Kaur in a few, but mostly as background. Venu Madhav and Rallapalli have little to do. Song and Dance A little aerobics, some disco, a bit of salsa made up the dance routines. The music ranged from disco to semi-classical. Overall, the picturization and the use of music and dance were integral to the plot, but are not used effectively. Last Word Too many cooks spoil the broth, and too many plots spoil the story. The writer wanted to cleverly interweave an old theme, but it did not work out too well. Average story, average music and average performances. Not 'Maha' (Great).