| What is bad:
The screenplay of the movie is disappointing. Inspite of a clever start it falls into its trap as writer-director Dasari employs clichéd tactics. The entire first half goes by as a collection of few scenes, and the story hardly moves forward. Unnecessary songs halt the progress of the movie in the second half, even as the flashback story of Major Jay Simha goes on and on. Dasari’s women always had strong roles, but it seems the roles of the three women in this movie have been written in a hurry. Ameesha Patel looks old, and it seems she hardly is the actor she once was. Sheela’s character is confusing and Neha Dhupia was there for some skin show and a fight! The roles of Krishna Bhagawan, Raghu Babu, L.B. Sriram, Venu are too minor and unnecessary. Senior actors like Jayasudha, Vijay Kumar, Murali Mohan and Vijay Chandar, even though they have good roles, look out of place in loud roles.
Infact, while it is expected that almost all Balakrishna’s movies are loud and extravagant, the movie is way too over the top!
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What’s it about:
Chakradhar (Balakrishna) is a famous movie actor, though his mother (Jayasudha) doesn’t approve of his celebrity status. Instead she yearns to see her son as a Major in the Army, true to the promise she has given to Bobbili Puli (NTR – Yes the real NTR!). As Chakradhar dons various roles, an army Colonel Jeetendra (Murali Mohan) tells him that he has a story in which he wants Chakradhar to act. The Colonel narrates him a story of an army major – Major Jay Simha (Balakrishna). However, there is a catch. Major Jay Simha is not a fictional character, but a real time army man who looks ditto like Chakradhar, and valiantly arrested a dreaded terrorist – Abdul Ghani. Tragedy is Jay Simha is now in a vegetable state (on ventilation), thanks to a conspiracy plotted by politicians, few army men and terrorists themselves. Colonel Jeetendra asks Chakradhar to act like Major to ensure that the nation’s security plans are not compromised. How Chakradhar attacks the terrorists and how he brings back the honor of the Major forms the rest of the story.