Satyameva Jayathey Movie Review

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Film: Satyameva Jayathey

Cast: Maha Star Dr Rajasekhar, Neetu Chandra, Sheril Pinto, Sivaji, Sai Kiran, Siva Reddy, Minister M Satyanarayana Rao, Ahuti Prasad, Sayaji Shinde, Ali, Milind Soman etc

Cinematography: Loki B Goud

Editing: Nandamuri Hari

Stunts: Horseman Raju

Story, Screenplay, Dialogues: Dr Rajasekhar

Producers: Sivani, Sivatmika

Direction: Jeevitha Rajasekhar

Released On: 13th Feb 2009

vebtoday Rating: 1.5/5

Story:

Satya (Rajasekhar) is a sincere police officer of ACP rank. He earns the name of encounter specialist by killing 51 gangsters in various shoot outs. Once he saves the Chief Minister from assassination attempt and attacks a mafia don called Ranavir (Milind Soman). However, in the shoot out the brother of Ranvir dies. To avenge his death, Ranavir kills the entire in-laws family and Satya’s pregnant wife. Later, the terrorists blast a car bomb and several persons die in the incident. Dr Ansari (Atul Kulkarni) who conducts post-mortem finds that three among the victims were not killed in the bomb blast but were murdered earlier. He also finds from a freelance journalist that the three were his friends who freelance like him but were killed by the home minister (Sayaji Shinde). In order to prevent ruckus over the death of journalists, he took the help of mafia dumped the bodies of the victims and blasted the car. But the video recorded by them and the file prepared by them with the scams in which the home minister was involved was with him. Dr Ansari gives him the correct post-mortem report to the reporter but could not find any report in his newspaper the next day. Surprisingly he finds the reporter with his throat slit. However, he realizes that he utters some words. Learning that the reporter told the details about the file to Dr Ansari, the home minister tells Ranavir to kill Dr Ansari. Before that, the police brand Dr Ansari as a terrorist and takes him into custody in Vizag. When he was being brought to Hyderabad for investigation, all the police get killed by Ranavir gang. At the instance of Ranvir, the home minister entrusts the job of bringing Dr Ansari to Hyderabad would be given to Satya, as Ranvir plans two birds at one shot. Satya plans meticulously and tries to bring Dr Ansari to Hyderabad but Ranvir comes to know about his movements. However, Dr Ansari reveals the truth that it was the home minister behind all this and he is not a traitor but a true patriot. Satya realizes that the commissioner (Ahuti Prasad) and the home minister were hand in glove. They some how plan to take Dr Ansari but announce that they killed him in a shoot out. Everyone believe that Ansari is dead. But Satya brings to light the dirty games played by the home minister and court convicts the minister, commissioner and Ranvir. Then Satya announces that Dr Ansari is alive. In the climax, he makes Ranvir and others retaliate against the police and kills them in an encounter, proving that the truth will always prevail.

PLUS:

After a long time, Rajasekhar appeared in a police uniform and it was once again proved that he perfectly suits the role of a commando or police officer. Rajasekhar re-enacted his earlier roles with élan. He appeared a little romantic in a couple of scenes. Sanjana played a nice role as the wife of Rajasekhar. Though, he had only one duet with her, the director chose to introduce some scenes in between the song’s stanzas. She is okay in her role. Neetu Chandra appeared in a mass masala role as a subordinate police officer called Basara Papa. Sheryl Pinto appeared in an item number. Among other artistes, Sivaji tried to play a playboy role in the film. Saikiran, though had a role in the film, failed to impress anyone, while Siva Reddy appeared in a sentiment role. Milind Soman played the mafia don role and is okay as he appeared in such role for the first time for the Telugu audiences. Atul Kulkarni is okay as a patriot who was branded as terrorist. Sayaji Shinde’s performance appeared routine. The speciality of the film is that RTC chairman and senior Congress MLA M Satyanarayana Rao played the role of Chief Minister like Mallemala in Ankusam.

MINUS:

The timing of songs was improper. The director, could not judge the correct timing for the placement of songs. Though the audiences would expect that some of the characters, who took part in the operation along with the hero would die, the killing of Sivaji was in poor taste, while the Siva Reddy episode is worth watching. The film was a direct lift of ’Khakhi’, a superhit Bollywood movie. Though Rajasekhar boasts that he had provided the story, screenplay, it is all nothing but a direct lift from that movie. Choreography of action scenes is good and it would definitely attract the mass audiences. Though the film was aimed at attracting all classes of audiences, it would only get good marks from the mass audiences and might be said an above average movie.

REMARKS

Those who are interested to watch action films, this could be recommended. But those who want entertainment and good family drama with lots of emotions, it is a sure no no film. The film would definitely enthuse the front benchers and would run well in B and C centres. For A centre audiences it has nothing much to offer. It appears that the introductory scene of Rajasekhar was specially added to the film, where he indirectly criticized the Praja Rajyam party and its chief Chiranjeevi.

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