Krishna Maitreya YSM

Watched it in V.S.MAHAL, Namavaram in D3 seat at 2.30pm show on 22.6.25, with my family. I'm a common audience, not a regular reviewer. So don't expect pros, cons, music, cinematography etc. You can read about them from other reviewers. I'm only talking about the PLOT as I understood it. Kind of liked it the way it was narrated but kind of worried about the kind of climax Sekhar sir has designed. Let me tell you my take on it. Like all others telling about 2 different worlds with stark contrast and all. This is about 1. a good guy, who is innocent and thinks positively - Dhanush 2. a good guy who was betrayed by the system, turned bad to save his family, finally returns to his good side after realising what he has lost after turning bad - Nag sir 3. a bad guy, who is evil in his thoughts and deeds, who needs OWN everything at ANY COST - Jim Sarbh. Why would common audience bother to view a fight between a billionaire and a beggar? Where could he identify himself? Here comes the non spoiler plot. The plot is simple. All the three of them were thrown at an opportunity to own fortune. Why did they grab that opportunity, how did they grab that opportunity - this was narrated very intricatly in their characters. We all are represented by these characters the good, the bad and the ugly. We should appreciate Sekhar sir for dramatising this thought in an engaging and thought inducing way. Finally, the worrisome thing about the Sekhar sir's climax. Accidental death of the villain in the hands of the hero. My problem here is about being human. It takes lot of hard haeartedness to kill someone. It is not easy or ordinary as shown in the movies. When someone has death on his hands, naturally the doors to animal nature have opened in him, whether knowingly or unknowingly. It could start taking him to darker side of man. This is absolutely not expected from a person like Sekhar sir. His last outing LOVE STORY too ended in an accidental death of the villain. I think Sekhar might have satisfied by saying it's ACCIDENTAL, not intentional. Still it's NOT EXPECTED from him. How it would have ended better. 1. Though it sounded dramatic, he should have ended by showing that the villain has transformed. 2. That the politicians have turned him in because he has failed to bring in the beggar, showing that he has succumbed to his own evil deeds. I hope his team takes time to read this out. Fingers crossed. If you have read till here, I'm very thankful for your valuable time. Have a great life ahead.

Watched at VS Mahal, on 29.6.24, 6.15pm. Review in just a word: Spectacular. Disclaimers: 1. This review is ONLY for those who have already watched the movie. 2. This movie is NOT a mythological Sci-fi film. It is a FICTIONAL SCI-FI film with A FEW mythological references. I'll justify this statement below in the details. First of all, hats off to Nag Ashwin and team for their efforts. Their work is evident in each and every frame of the film. Casting is perfect. BGM elevates the scenes. Deepika steals the show with her subtle change in expressions. Now let me defend my statement Only mythological references. Aswathama - Bhairava as Karna - Kali killing foetuses like Kamsa of Mahabharata - Sum-80 like Virgin Mary, Star of Bethlehem, Shambhala, City of Kasi, depiction of Dystopian era according to Indian mythology. Mythology ends here. The story plot is completely fictional and it is good to be fictional. According to the mythology, Sambala is the place where dharmic living is persistent and will hold the seeds for the upcoming Satya Yuga. People of Sambala are devoid of violence, living a peaceful, pious life with spirituality. They perform daily rituals, fire rituals, offer alms, chants vedic hymns daily, teaching ancient martial art forms to their children daily for a peaceful living. This is the base into which Lord Kalki descends. Since the technical team is not courageous enough to portray Hindu dharmic living, they preferred the Christian base of Second coming. Karna's character is from his creative liberty. Visuals are extraordinary, never expected from an Indian movie. Layers and layers of detailing. This movie needs a repetitive watch to delve into it's depth. My only complaint is about the way they have decided to run the story. Nag Ashwin's slow paced narration suited best for Mahanati and Sita ramam but not for KALKI. Sci-fi action drama needs a bit more pace. You can say 1.25X speed to the current version.

This is THE movie. Thought I would never see a movie on par with Geetanjali and Anjali. Just saw a heart wrenching wonder that crossed Geetanjali. Kudos to the entire team, esp Nani garu. His guts in selecting this script when everybody else is after BIGGER GUNS and BADDER CHARACTERS should be appreciated. His performance brought life to the character VIRAJ. Just WOW. Congratulations to the writer, director SHOURYUV. Just perfect. Hesham Abdul Wahab's BGM gets full score esp. in the emotional scenes. They definitely took them to the deeper levels. Book your tickets, GO and WATCH.

I'm giving this review after watching it in theatre on 3rd day, 2nd show at SURYA PALACE, Rajahmundry. Movie is just awesome. The way director handled the track of love and the war between love vs destiny is just brilliant. Prabhas excelled in enacting the internal fight between his brain (that believes in the palmistry, which says he cannot live anymore) and his heart (that says he could overcome his destiny, if he wills to). Director's plot to narrate it to this point is just simple and brisk. As pointed by most reviewers, none of the characters were simply introduced and not even a single second is wasted in doing so. Scenes of popular politician, India's richest Rajput, Aspiring archer all just simply fall in place. I should here have a special mention about the extraordinary detailing done by production designer Ravinder and Camera man Manoj. Their work is terrific. It made movie larger than life. mesmerised. Only one thing to mention is the drunken look of Prabhas. He needs to focus on his looks and health. I sincerely recommend this movie all family audiences and I'll surely watch it again. Thank you...

ABSOLUTE RUBBISH. When u know the plot in scene 1 and still the entire movie is told thinking that they are thrilling the audience, it's sheer madness. There is absolutely no element in it that is said to be engaging. GOOD THEY RELEASED IN OTT.

Except Cinematography and as usual Nani, there is not much to talk about it. Maintained as much distance as possible from the thriller element. First half is atleast ok, second half fell flat on the floor. Very poor writing.