Shankaraabharanam

The film has decent technical and production values with neat cinematography (Sai Sriram) and adequate production design. Pace of the movie is not right, editor should have chopped off many scenes to tighten the screenplay in the first half. As writer, Kona has shown his spark with some witty dialogues here and his mark is visible in later portions of the movie but on the whole it lacks zest.

The last 30 minutes is hilarious and is the highlight of the film. The title Sankarabharanam is only to garner attention and has nothing to do with the story. Also, the Bihar backdrop is not suited and it's a big minus point.

The film is said to be remake of a Hindi hit, Phas Gaye Re Obama but the screenplay has been changed a lot by writer Kona Venkat and he has added his own brand of style. On paper the basic idea looks pretty good but the screenplay has gone completely haywire with the movie neither turning out to be a proper crime comedy or romantic movie.

Nothing worked in the first half in spite of desperate attempts to make us laugh. Second half largely runs on the scenes taken from 'Phas Gaya Re Obama'. There are attempts to add humor to the proceedings but nothing clicked except for a few one liners mouthed by Prithvi. Climax is slightly better than the rest of the movie but on a whole Shankarabharanam will leave you disappointed.

Finally, Shankarabharanam brought that Flop for Nikhil who is on a high. Except for Prudhvi's comedy and few scenes nothing works for the film. Try it only if you have nothing to do this weekend.

To summarize, Sankarabharam includes a pinch of comedy, a splash of craziness and a big gang to promising actors. If you thing they all have made Sankarabharanam a worth watch, then you are wrong.