Kanaka

A very boring and underwhelming affair with some magical moments thrown in which are too few and far in between. Songs were great and Sai doesn’t disappoint with her electric presence. The problem is it has none of the Shekhar Kammula stuff that as the audience we have come to expect. The lead pair lacked in chemistry and a lot of scenes by Chaitanya in the end looked forcefully taken away from Sai and given to him. Because the climax was supposed to be her fight, her revenge for what and how she had to go through so much. As a director who has always made his heroine powerful, didn’t expect him to make Sai just stand around like a scared cat and do nothing. She doesn’t enter the scene until after half an hour in the beginning making the wait intolerable. Looks like Mr.Kammula succumbed to the pressures of Nepotism.