Veera Simha Reddy Movie Review: Narasimha Nandamuri Balakrishna brought a new light to Telugu cinema with ‘Akhanda’. After that, no film starring Balakrishna was released last year. As Balayya’s fans were eagerly waiting for his film, the film ‘Veera Simha Reddy’ was released as a Sankranthi gift. 

In ‘Veera Simha Reddy’ which was released on Thursday, Balakrishna has a good mix of factional drama and family sentiment! Moreover, if the word ‘Sinha’ appears in the titles of Balakrishna’s films, it is believed that it will be a super hit, so there are huge expectations for this film. Let’s see if the movie goes according to that.

When it comes to the story of ‘Veera Simha Reddy’ – it is a story of a feud between two sisters. Both Veera Simha Reddy and Bhanumathi are children of the same father. But mothers are different. However, Veera Simha Reddy is very fond of his younger sister. But, that younger sister will always hate this elder brother. 

The reason is that Bhanumathi believes that Veera Simha Reddy killed the one she loved. In this background, to take revenge on Anna, Bhanumati marries a man named Pratap Reddy who is his enemy. However, Veera Simha Reddy keeps sending sarees and sarees to his younger sister every year during festivals. 

Later due to some reasons, Veera Simha Reddy goes abroad. Bhanumathi feels that it will be difficult to defeat Veera Simha Reddy, who is considered a god by everyone in Rayalaseema, and thinks that her task will be easier if she is abroad. 

According to a plan, Veera Simha Reddy will be stabbed while he is abroad. Bhanumati also stabs him and rejoices that she has redeemed her side. Is Bhanumati angry with all that? Did the younger sister  recognize Veera Simha Reddy’s affections? What happened after that? The rest of the story goes on with those elements.

Undoubtedly, Balakrishna is the greatest actor. Acting and entertaining in stories based on factionalism is his forte. Similarly, Balakrishna as Veera Simha Reddy and his son impressed with his dual role. Varalakshmi Sarathkumar gave her own voice in the role of Banumathi, Veera Simha Reddy’s younger sister. 

Shruti Haasan entertains with her performance in appropriate places along with glamour. Honey Rose’s performance is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Director Malineni Gopichand tried to make use of the opportunity he got. Burra Saimadhav’s dialogues for Gopichand’s story are also impressive. 

The heads of Mythri Movies, who are producing films with Tollywood top stars and young heroes respectively, Naveen Yerneni and Y. Ravi Shankar have spent less on the story. The song “Jai Balayya…” composed by Thaman Bani will entertain the fans. 

Among the rest, the songs “Sugunasundari…”, “Ma Bava Mano Bhavalu…”, “Mas Mogudu…” also impress the masses. With a single card, Ramajogaiah Shastri impressed by using phrases in his own way. It can be said that Rishi Punjabi’s cinematography also goes well with the story.

Plus Points:

– Being a Balakrishna faction movie

– Music by Thaman

– Making Values

– Directed by Gopichand Malineni

Minus Points:

– Lack of novelty in the story

– Some scenes feel old

Rating: 2.75/5

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