Film: Kalidasu
Cast: Sushanth, Tamanna, Jayasudha, Surekha Vani, Vinod Kumar, Rajan P Dev, Ajay, Tanikella Bharani etc
Music: Chakri
Lyrics: Chandrabose
Camera: Agilan
Editing: Gowtham Raju
Action: Kanal Kannan
Produced by: Chinthalapudi Srinivas Rao and A Naga Susheela
Presented by: Annapoorna Studios
Story, screenplay and directed by: G Ravicharan Reddy
Release Date: April 11, 2008
What's it about!
Kalidasu (Sushant) avenges the death of his father (Nagababu) and runs away to another town and takes shelter in Kanakadurga (Jayasudha) who lives with her son Dev. Kalidasu and Dev bond well. Kali leads life by stealing cars and selling them in the second hand market. He also earns good name in the locality. One day, he finds Archana (Tamanna) in his stolen car. Why does she tuck in his car and how Archana finds love in Kalidasu form rest of the story?
Analysis
Nagarjuna's nephew Sushanth makes debut with this film. For a debutant, it is a decent project with time-tested formula of revenge and sentiment drama. Sushanth makes confident entry. It is tailor made for him as he displays excellent histrionics with stunts and emotions.
Director Ravi Charan Reddy has played safe game by choosing a very mass masala story that gives him chance to project the hero as down to earth - a trick that has successfully been played several times in South Indian films. The newcomer seems to be more suitable for such characters too than lovestories.
The film emphasizes more on the hero and less on story. It is a regular masala drama but neatly packaged.
Performances
Sushanth is good for his debut movie. He has shown ease in dance. He has long way to go and needs to work more on expressions and diction.
Tamanna looks very glamorous. She has gone for complete makeover from her Happy Days, she indulges in skin show. Suneel's presence lifts up the first half. Jayasudha is okay. Vinod Kumar is not that effective as villain but Ajay does his role effortlessly. Kanal Kannan's fights are worth mentioning. Music by Chakri is mediocre. Cinematography is good.
Bottom-line!
Sushanth makes decent debut. He can become good actor by honing skills further. A very formulaic story but decent film for a debutant.
Rating: 3/5
