Dammu - Same old story, with new stars.

Junior NTR's same old mass entertainer, directed by Boyapati Srinu, who gave the mass hit Simha. The movie ensemble a good star cast with NTR as hero, two heroines, Trisha and Karthika. Suman and Banumathi play the role of father and mother respectively. Furthermore, this film almost has a lot villains like Nasser, Sonu Sood, Sumanth and Kishore. M.M. Keeravani is the music director of the film and Cinematography by  Arthur A. Wilson. Movie is rated "A" for high action sequences so be careful if you are planning to take your children to the movie.


Story:
The story begins with dispute between Suman's family and Nasser family to extend their sovereignty in the village. They have this special practice during Sankranti, where no police will interfere between their fights. During the battle, Suman will lose and will pledge that his new-born son; NTR will come back after 25 years to fight them all. Now NTR will grow all alone in Hyderabad; he will fall in love at first sight with Trisha, while Karthika will try to woo NTR in the palace. Nasser will who will rule the village for 25 years will test the calmness of NTR by numerous killings. Finally, how NTR tries to explain about the importance of human life to Nasser; what's his counter reaction? How he ascends to the power and how he rejoins the family is the rest.


What works?
Junior NTR had a tremendous screen presence; he tickles our comic bones at the right time; he makes us feel in the sentimental scenes, also he demolishes the baddie with huge power, and as usual; he has rocked with his dance movements. All through the film he was portrayed as a powerful superhero, and he carried the film in his shoulders. Karthika looks dashing; Trisha looks old, and they along with Ali and Brahmanandham provides some decent comic relief at times. Songs have been shot well with excellent dance movements except for the ruler song. Venu and Abhinaya's portrayal as supporting characters was good.


Negatives:
It is the same old formulaic story mixed with romance, action, sentiment scenes. Fights are unrealistic. He can throw more than five people with a single hand. What's more frustrating is that, whenever he hits someone to the ground, they bounce back like a ball and fall again, was it meant to show the power? However, that was very unrealistic at times it gets funny too. A father who is living in a closed room for more than twenty long years was unbelievable. Story is very predictable and Boyapati tried to convey the message of how important is a human life, but has taken a movie with full of bloodshed. 


What to do? 
Give it a miss, you have watched it a zillion times in the past.


Rating: 2/5

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