Film: Bhukailash
Cast: Venumadhav, Suhasini, Mumaith Khan, Gowri Munjal, Tanikella, Ali, LB Sriram, Raghu Babu, Geetanjali and others
Music: M M Keeravani, Rohith Raj
Producer: Gurunatha Reddy
Story, screenplay and directed by: Shivanageshwara Rao
Release Date: May 25, 2007
CBFC Rating: U
What’s it about!
It tells about how real estate boom brings changes in the lives of farmers and how sudden riches spoil them. Kailasham (Venumadhav) is poor farmer on the outskirts of Hyderabad. His family owns two acres of land. Many of his villagers become superrich overnight with real estate boom. Kailasham too sells off his two acres much to the opposition of his parents (LB Sriram and Geetanjali) for a whopping Rs 100 Crores. After a tiff at family, he left for city where he is lured by film world. Manikyam (Tanikella Bharani), a film middleman, promises him to make a star with the help of a dubious writer (Ali). Later, they and a politician dupe him. The rest of the film what happens then.
Analysis
Give a good idea to director Shiva Nageshwararao, he sure does know how to butcher it. He had done it in his previous films. Remember his last film, Photo, that made audiences feel sorry for themselves watching it? He does it again with Bhukailash. The idea of making a comedy film on the real estate boom really seems interesting. But Shivanageshwar Rao kills off the idea at very beginning of the film. His presentation is akin to what he has been doing all these years. Nothing has changed. Perhaps, his comic sense has further deteriorated. Brahmanandam’s characterization is alone proves how much his comic ideas have became so stale.
With a talented comedian like Venumadhav as hero and a good story idea one expects, a neat entertainer but you end up watching it very seriously expecting some comic lines to grin. Except for a part of Venumadhav’s and Al’s story discussion, nothing evokes laughter in the film.
The director is still languished in his Money/Money-Money days.
