Stalin Telugu Movie

Sep 22, 2006 By Kishore

Chiranjeevi is awesome; Stalin is a good movie and the megastar rules. The affable and humble megastar deserves a standing ovation for defying age and for having the ability to stand at the top of the Telugu filmdom for such a long period: unchallenged and unbeatable.

The sheer energy that Chiranjeevi puts in to his films is clearly visible in the dance sequences, fights and dialog delivery. As you watch the movie Stalin, all doubts about age and on-screen chemistry evaporate soon. And you get sucked in to the story. The flawless acting of the megastar under the brilliant direction of Murugadoss keeps you engrossed with a story that has great social relevance.

Murugadoss is not a fluke. He justifies his belief that a strong story and imaginative direction will result in a hit. He has the acumen to come up with a story that seems to be tailor made for the megastar in conformity with his real life persona. The movie Stalin is like a sandwich prepared with a slice of real life Chiranjeevi, the character Stalin being the other slice, and the characters like Trisha, Khusboo and the rest form the stuff in between.

Stalin is a Major General who fights in the Kargil war gallantly. He quits the army as his boss sends him to the administrative department. Stalin thinks he is cut out for fighting for his country and not pushing pen. He returns home where his mother (Sarada) is ever eager to find a match for him. But Stalin remains busy helping people in need. An incident makes him dig deeper in to his conscience and start the concept of helping others. He doesn’t take a thank you in return for the favor done, rather asks the person helped to extend a helping hand to 3 more people. Thus Stalin envisages a human chain of help that would touch everybody in someway.

What goes around comes around. Though slowly at first, the help chain spreads and touches many people’s lives. ‘Help others ever and hurt never’ is the message of the movie to a society that erroneously believes that ‘self help is the best help’. Somewhere in the eagerness to help others Stalin gets involved in a brawl. That escalates in to a major enmity with the home minister (Prakash Raj). The chief minister steps in to mediate the issue. But the chief minister’s life is put in to danger. It is the help chain that saves the life of the chief minister and Stalin as well as puts an end to the rule of the devious home minister.

Khusboo is the elder sister of Stalin who marries a Punjabi against her mother’s wishes. Trisha is the neighbor of Khusboo and loves teasing khusboo’s son. This brings Stalin and Trisha together.

Trisha is at her expressive best as ever. Anushka scintillates in a dance scene. Prakash Raj looks every inch an eighty-year-old devious politician. Mani Sharma scores good music with which the do-gooder Chiranjeevi keeps pace along with a willing Trisha.

Murugadoss’s imaginative screenplay and direction reverberates with the Paruchuri brothers’ punch packed dialogs. There is a festival going on and looks like it will continue for the next hundred days. Be a part of it. If possible spread the good idea of helping three people. It would come back to you someday.