Maha Samudram has an intriguing star cast. Sharwanand, Siddharth, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Anu Emmanuel play lead roles in the film. Here’s our review of the Ajay Bhupathi directorial.
Story: Arjun(Sharwanand) and Vijay (Siddharth) are good friends. The latter is in a relationship with Maha(Aditi Rao). Following a series of fateful incidents, Vijay flees the town and no one known about his whereabouts. What happens after Vijay returns after around about 4 year? What’s the story with Maha?
What about on-screen performances?
Sharwanand and Siddharth run the show with their splendid performances. They have bagged meaty roles and they make full use of it. Aditi Rao gets an author backed role too and she delivers an impressive act. Anu Emmanuel makes a brief appearance. Rao Ramesh and Jagapathi Babu are class acts and they breathe life into their role. The casting is bang on point.
What about off-screen talents?
The director Ajay Bhupathi picks an intense subject and narrates his story through the central characters. He excels as far as characterisations go. The first half is comparatively good and it ends on a high, thanks to a brilliantly executed action-oriented interval bang. But Ajay loses grip in the second half and that takes a toll on the overall movie watching experience.
The background score is of very good quality but there is nothing brilliant about the songs. In fact, the songs turn out to be speed bumps in the latter half. Cinematography is top class. Editing could have been better as there is a fair bit of lag in the second half.
What’s Hot?
- Strong characterisations
- Background score and cinematography
What’s Not?
- Stretched out and lacklustre second half
- Uneven screenplay
- Conflict point not strong enough
Verdict: Maha Samudram really is a tale of two halves. While the opening half is comparatively more appealing with a few engaging sequences and a well-shot interval block, the latter half loses the steam and progresses along on a predictable note. The film can be termed an average watch.
Telugubulletin.com Rating: 2.75/5
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Maha Samudram is an upcoming romantic action drama film written and directed by Ajay Bhupathi. It is produced by Ramabrahmam Sunkara under AK Entertainments. It stars Sharwanand, Siddharth, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Anu Emmanuel. The music is composed by Chaitan Bharadwaj.
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11.15 PM EST: Vijay kidnaps chunchu mama. He understands that Guni Babji”s conspiracy from chunchu mama. Movie slows down big time in second half.
11.00 PM EST: Second half slowed a bit. Guni Babji brings back Vijay. Once friends turns enemies. Conflict between them is Maha.
10.45 PM EST: Hey Ramba song is good. Arjun and Maha meets with an accident.
10.30 PM EST: Chunchu mama drags Arjun into drug dealing. He convinces him that it is the only way to deal with Guni Babji
First Half Report: Director Ajay Bhupathi quickly established all the important characters in the first 15 mins. Movie has good story. Interval fight is the best action sequence for Sharwa. It will make a good movie if the tempo Continues in the second half
10.20 PM EST: Maha ( Aditi) faces trouble at home, she is disturbed since . Interesting twist raises the suspense bar. Dhanunjay ( RamaChandra Raju) finds out that Maha is Vijay’s girlfriend. Arjun’s protects Maha, high octane action scene with Dhanunjay
10.00 PM EST: Siddarth gets into a fight with Dhanunjay (Rama Chandra Raju).Chunchu mama suggests that Vijay (Siddarth) leaves the city. Vijay leaves the city and also leaves Maha behind, he doesn’t want to take her with him.
09.45 PM EST: Siddarth and jagapathi Babu have a history and they don’t like each other.
9:30 PM EST: Siddarth and Sarwa are friends..Siddarth doesn’t want to get any fights until he gets selected for SI. Sharwa is aggressive in nature and gets into fight easily.. Jagapathi babu intro as Chunchu mama..
9:00 PM EST : Showtime – Movie opens up with Sharwa meeting with an accident and then the flash back starts..