Watch 'Mahesh Khaleja' for Mahesh Babu's charisma

Mahesh Babu's 'Mahesh Khaleja', which releases after a three-year gap, hasn't really lived up to the huge expectations built around it. But Mahesh Babu has given a splendid performance and his screen presence is terrific.

Everything looks perfect when Mahesh Babu is around though the script and narration could have been much better. For those who expected another film like 'Okkudu' or 'Athadu', 'Mahesh Khaleja' is certainly a let-down.

The film, however, has its positive points apart from, of course, Mahesh Babu's performance. The cinematography is mind-blowing and the comedy has a classic touch.

Director Trivikram Sreenivas, who has always been a great script and dialogue writer, fails to excel in his core strength this time. What we see on screen is just a couple of hilarious dialogues and some funny situations, but the film lacks the punch seen in Mahesh Babu's previous film 'Athadu', which was also directed by Sreenivas.

In all his hugely successful films like 'Pokiri', 'Athadu' and 'Okkudu', Mahesh always had a few dialogues that had a lot of force and punch. But here Sreenivas has tried to experiment and has given Mahesh too many dialogues and they fail to make an impact.

The first half of the film is dull. It does pick up pace in the second half but the narration is inconsistent and tedious. The climax is little better. The audience may come back feeling that something was surely amiss somewhere.

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After taking three long years and raking lots of controversy, Mahesh Babu’s Khaleja finally hit the screen. However, the film appeared not so impressive despite Trivikram’s efforts to portray Mahesh Babu in a different manner. The storyline is very delicate and the screenplay is zigzag, which ultimately made the film a damp squib.

Story:
Raju (Mahesh Babu) is a taxi driver. Whenever he meets Subhashini aka Subbu (Anushka) suffers huge loss. After one such encounter, Raju gets hospitalised. After his return from hospital, he takes two persons in his taxi to some place and one among them is a geologist. But geologist forgets his wallet in taxi. Raju goes inside to return and gets shocked when some one shoots the geologist. His assistant in a bid to escape jumps from the window and destroys his taxi. Later cirmustance leads Raju to visit Rajasthan.

Meanwhile, Subbu’s father looks for an alliance and finalises the match with the son (Amit) of GK (Prakash Raj), who is a billionaire as they both wanted to join hands in business. After finding some condoms with him, Subbu runs away from him, when he takes Subbu to Rajasthan in a helicopter. There again, Subbu meets Raju. When they wanted to return, GK’s men attack Raju and stab him. However, some villagers, who where suffering from a typical disease due to water contamination and finds Raju as a a saviour. Some coincidences prove that he had the divine powers. How Raju cracked the mystery behind the water contamination? Why GK wanted to contaminate the water and eliminate people from the village? How Raju taught a lesson to GK forms part of the climax.

Performance:
Mahesh Babu’s performance is the sole attraction of the film. He shouldered the entire responsibility to run the movie on his own. He changed the style of dialogue delivery and maintained good comedy timing. He has given a stylish touch to the action scenes and romantic scenes. Anushka is okay as heroine and her character has no scope for performance and she has filled the glamour slot by shaking her legs with the hero. Shafi has given an good performance in the film and has all the chances to bag best supporting actor award. Prakash Raj’s role is very limited and in fact, there is no need for such a big artiste for the villain’s role as the antagonist appeared only in a few scenes in the entire film. Other artistes including Rao Ramesh, Tanikella Bharani and Subbaraju have done justice to their roles and Veda appeared in only one scene. Comedy by Suni, Ali is okay but Brahmanandam is wasted.

Technical:
Dialogues are terrific and most of them are in colloquial language. They appear as if someone is talking casually. Mahesh Babu’s character has got a comedy touch due to the different kind of dialogues. Definitely it would attract the mass audiences. Trivikram has experimented a different screenplay because the story is quite delicate. Music by Manisharma is good to listen. The music overshadowed the lyrics in some of the songs, while some are melodies which are good to listen. Choreography of songs are good in parts. The selection of costumes in some songs are of poor taste. However, the song ‘Om Namo Siva Rudraya’ picturisation is extraordinary and Shafi should be commended for giving an excellent performance in that song. As a whole, the film lost the magical touch of Trivikram.

REMARKS:
The first half an hour of the second half is little boring as the director lost grip on the screenplay. Audiences loses their patience. But, Trivikram has tried to invoke the action drama to capture the attention of mass audiences. Action scenes in the film are quite stylish. Watch the film for Mahesh Babu’s performance and the witty dialogues by Trivikram

Source : entertainment.oneindia

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Rahul by her side, Sonia rises to her feet to cheer the Indian hockey team during the match against Pakistan on Sunday. India beat Pakistan 7-4.

New Delhi, Oct. 10: The Commonwealth Games got its first big turnout today, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi leading the charge of the fan brigade to put a smile on the faces of organisers complaining about the capital refusing to see beyond cricket.

India’s 7-4 defeat of arch-rivals Pakistan in hockey may have been the story of Day 8 of the Games but it was the sight of spectators lining up to enter the various venues that made for the defining picture.

At the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, an unusually animated Sonia in salwar-kameez and son Rahul in orange kurta sat among the sell-out crowd and cheered every move by the home team.

The security was strong, as usual, but unobtrusive. Three Special Protection Group personnel and plainclothes police watched over mother and son and a couple of their guests from a distance.

Manish Dikshit, seated a few rows away along with his 16-year-old nephew Dhruv, said he was “taken aback” by the presence of Sonia and Rahul in the stands.

“Only those in the rows close to where they were seated noticed them at first. The rest did not have a clue that they were around. But once word spread, spectators around us were looking more at mother and son cheering the team loudly than following the action on the field,” Manish said.

Several spectators said Sonia seemed more excited about the Indian victory than Rahul, standing up every few minutes to cheer and clap.

For Manish, the game brought back memories of another Sunday at the same stadium 28 years ago.

“I was inconsolable that day. Pakistan had just thrashed India 7-1 (in the 1982 Asiad final) and I promised never to watch an India-Pakistan hockey match again. I am happy I did today,” he said.

With India doing well in boxing, wrestling, tennis and hockey, similar sentiments surged in the stands at the venues where these events are being held.

Apart from the hockey stadium, the Dr S.P. Mukherjee swimming complex, the Talkatora indoor boxing and Indira Gandhi wrestling arenas, and the R.K. Khanna tennis stadium attracted large crowds.

Those planning to watch the long-distance cycling event were, however, disappointed as overzealous security officials prevented them from going anywhere near the barricaded 13.7km route.

“We know that people feel deprived but we cannot compromise on security,” Rajan Bhagat, a spokesman for Delhi police, said.

Rakesh Sharma, who spent the day visiting a couple of venues along with his wife and children, said the security was proving a killjoy.

“My children wanted to watch cycling but the cops did not allow us even a glimpse. The ticketing system isn’t good either,” he said.

A Games official said that the Delhi police did not want the larger arenas like Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to be filled to capacity, apart from at the opening and closing ceremonies, because of security concerns.

“They have worked out a ratio of spectators to security personnel at each stadium. While the police can handle packed spectator stands at the smaller stadiums, they have reservations about a big arena like the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium that can seat 60,000,” he said.