Cast: Abhijeet, Shagun, Sudhakar Komakula, Zara Shah, Kaushik, Amala Akkineni, Anjala Zaveri, Shriya Saran,  C.V.L.Narasimha Rao, Surekha Vani and others

Music & BGM: Mickey J. Meyer

Lyrics: Vanamali, Anantha Sriram

Cinematography: Vijay C.Kumar

Art: 'Padma Sri' Thota Tharani

Editing: Marthand K.Venkatesh

Producers: Chandra Shekar Kammula and Shekar Kammula

Story, Dialogues, Screenplay, Direction:  Sekhar Kammula

Reviewed By: Kaushik Sharma

Plot: The story takes place in Sun Shine Valley, a town ship which has two colonies. Gold Phase is the place were high class people reside and the B Phase is inhabited by middle class and the lower middle class sections. Srinu (Abhijeet), Nagaraju (Sudhakar Komakula), Abhi(Kaushik), Paddhu (Shagun) and Lakshmi (Zara Shah) are close  friends and residents of the B Phase colony. Each of them has their own way of life style and they are driven by aspirations. These guys have clashes with another group in the Gold Phase. Both the groups often compete in sports, bettings and other stuff, which often lead to fights. Simultaneously, certain issues happen in the respective personal lives of the main leads and they are engaged in dealing with them. A series of incidents happen, which worsen the clashes between these two groups. Due to which Srinu, Nagaraju, Abhi, Paddhu and Lakshmi take a decision and begin working towards a goal.

How the lead actors outsmart their opponents? How they over come the confusions, distractions and get a clarity about life? How they develop a positive outlook and realize their responsibilities, by experiencing happiness, love, grief, failure and pain? Finally, the way they achieve their ambitions in this journey of Life, forms the rest of the story.

Performances: Abhijeet is very decent as a responsible elder brother, who is hard working and who takes care of his family well.  Shagun is OK as the love interest  of Abhijeet.  Sudhakar Komakula essayed a mass character and his performance is excellent as a  way ward guy.  Zara Shah is apt as an innocent girl who comes to the city and who dreams for a better life style.  Kaushik is seen as an intelligent chap, who is interested in technological research and new inventions (this character is similar to that of Tyson in Happy Days, but the former does not  behave like a nerd). All these debut-ants emoted well and performed very well.

It is very nice to see Amala Akkineni after a long time.  She is awesome in the mother's role. Her performance in the episodes involving her children, especially the pre climax and climax scenes, are heart touching. She dubbed her own voice and is the major strength of the movie.
Anjala Zaveri acted as sensuous Maya Madam, a fashion designer and a beautician. She too dubbed her own voice. Shriya is seen in a brief role. She looked odd next to Kaushik. C.V.L Narasimha Rao, Surekha Vani and the new actors who were seen as the opponents of the main leads are apt. Almost 90% of the movie takes place in the colony backdrop.

Technical Aspects: Sekhar Kammula succeeded only to an extent. He handled the emotional scenes very well. There are nearly ten scenes which are highly commendable. There are a few scenes which show- the way money divides and dominates people, leads to differences among relations, etc. Such situations are trivial in the middle class families. We observe such things regularly. The colony life shown in the movie, makes the elders feel nostalgic.

But the main conflict point of the group clashes was not covered well in the second half. The flight episode looks silly. And there are many other dragging scenes too. Dialogues written for Nagaraju's character are entertaining and others are casual.

Music by Mickey J.Meyer is soothing and the picturization of the songs is cool.  Art work is very natural and the cinematography is alright. Better editing could have helped the movie.
Overall this is a 'just above average' product from Shekar Kammula.

Positives
1)Lead Actors
2) Amala Akkineni Episodes
3) Heart Touching Scenes
4) Nice Music
5) Shekar Kammula's Taking
6) Presence of senior actresses like Amala Akkineni, Anjala Zaveri and Shriya Saran

Negatives
1) A few incomplete threads
2) Ups and downs in the screenplay
3) Slow narration
4) Deviation from the main conflict point

Bottom Line:  Go to the movie without much expectations and watch it  without  any comparisons to Sekhar Kammula's previous films. Enjoy the decent performances, pleasant music and Sekhar Kammula's mark taking.

Weekend Creations Rating: 3.25/5