Brahmam Malayalam Movie
Brahmam, the Malayalam dubbing of the Telugu hit Bhadra was released on the last day of March 2006. Bhadra, has a lot of resemblance to the Tamil flick Saravanna directed by K S Ravikumar, starring Chimbu & Jyothika, released last Deewali. Since the Kerala audience seldom gets a chance to see Telugu flicks, this would have evoked some response if it was released before Saravanna. But since most Tamil movies are released almost simultaneously in Kerala as in Tamil Nadu, people would tend to think that Bhadra is a remake of Saravanna.
Bhadra (Ravi Teja) is a happy-go lucky man with no care in the world. He sees his friend Raja's (Deepak) sister on a video and falls headlong in love with her. When the girl Anuradha (Meera Jasmine) comes from abroad after her studies, the hero's dream chase begins. Anu’s relatives meanwhile are engaged in a family feud with elder brother (Prakash Raj) heading one group. Veerayyah (Pradeep Rawat) who heads the opposite camp eliminates all the members of Anu's family except her. Our hero becomes Anu’s “protector” and his mission is to fight the baddies until she is safely back in the US! The rest of the story is anybody’s guess, filled with a considerable amount of violence and gore.
Ravi Teja has worked hard and is adequate in the fight scenes, which he does with verve. But the same verve is not seen in the rest of his acting. Meera's natural talents go unused in this miniscule role, and she is a miscast in the film. Prakash Raj does his cameo role well. Pradeep Rawat as villain offers the same performance as he did in Sye in Telugu and Thottijaya in Tamil, which is not saying much. The music of Devi Sri Prasad is a major let down. The songs have no identity at all. The only saving grace about Brahmam is the camera work done by Arthur Wilson. Boyapati Sreenu has bitten off more than he can chew, doing the direction as well as the story, screenplay and dialogue. He needs to get back to basics if he intends to get any where as a director.
