STARRING : Anushka (dual role), Sonu Sood, Sayaji Shinde and others
MUSIC : Koti
DIRECTOR : Kodi Ramakrishna
RELEASE DATE : January 16th, 2009
Bollycric Rating - Really Good (Graphics and Anushka Action are Cool)
The much awaited Anushka starrer Arundhati finally hit the screens today after two false starts. The film with its rich graphics, Anushka’s powerful performance and gripping screenplay make it a worth watching movie.
Story:
The story begins with Arundathi (Anushka) coming to her native place Gadwal a few days prior to her marriage. Here she learns all about her grandmother, popularly referred to as Jejamma (Anushka).
Jejamma is the valiant younger daughter of the king of Gadwal samsthan. Her brother-in-law Pasupathy (Sonu Sood) is wicked person. He is a drunkard and a womanizer. Pasupathy rapes the dance teacher of Jejamma and brutally kills her. His harassed wife cannot take it any longer she commits suicide.
The young Jejamma is furious. She orders the villagers to batter Pasupathy to death. He is then tied to a horse and it drags him away from the village. Everyone assumes that Pasupathy is dead.
But Pasupathy is rescued by Aghoras. He stays with them and practices witchcraft and conquers the evil spirits. He then sets out to Gadwal to take revenge on Jejamma. But the courageous Jejamma manages to outwit him and he is buried in the same smasthan.
His Samadhi is plastered with sacred plates, threads and other religious symbols so that even his evil spirit can never come out.
But Pasupathy’s evil force spreads in the village from his grave and there is calamity in the village. The people die in large numbers and village turns into a ghost town.
Some tantriks then advise Jejamma to sacrifice her life so that she can be reborn and then take revenge on Pasupathy and also destroy his spirit completely.
The same Jejamma is now reborn after 80 years as Arundathi. The rest of the story is how Arundathi takes on the evil but powerful Pasupathy’s spirit and destroy it. She is assisted in this effort by the village Fakir played by Sayaji Shinde.
Performance:
The film is an Anushka show all the way. She looks good in both her roles that of the 1920’s Jejamma and the modern Arundathi. However, it is in her role of Jejamma with her feudal getup and attire that she really excels. Anushka is a treat to watch and she is sure to bag many such roles in future.
Sonu Sood plays the evil Pasupathy. He brings a special force to his character and he has done a brilliant job as a wicked man who wreaks havoc. Sonu Sood is not seen on screen for most of the time but his voice is heard all the time.
Sayaji Shinde is seen in an offbeat role, that of a village fakir. He does a good job and shows that he is a versatile actor and not just good at playing only villain.
The rest of the star cast including Kaikala Sathyanarayana, Annapoorna, Manorama, Ahuthi Prasad and others do their bit as required. Music by Koti is okay and the re-recoding is also adequate.
The graphics are impressive and add to the overall effect of the film. Kodi Ramakrishna must be commended for not resorting to too many of the routine scenes that one is used to seeing in horror films. He relies more on the screenplay and it clicks.
Arundathi is a well made film that will appeal to all sections of the audience (excluding kids). Remember, Arundathi has been cleared by the censor with an ‘A’ certificate.
Cast: Anushka, Sonu Sood, Deepak, Sayaji Shinde, Manorama, Satyanarayana, Annapurna, Ahuti Prasad, Chalapati Rao, Siva Parvati, Annapurna, and others.
Dialogues: Chintapalli Ramana
Lyrics: Dr MS Reddy, Dr C. Narayana Reddy, Veturi Sundararama Murthy, and Ananth Sriram
Music: Koti
Producer: M Shyam Prasad Reddy
Director: Kodi Ramakrishna
Banner: Mallemala Entertainments
Released on: January 16, 2009
Arundhati Movie Review
Arundhati (Anushka) is the great grand daughter of the Raja of Gadwal Mahasansthan. Arrangements are being made for her marriage
. Arundhati visits her native place before marriage. Her beau (Deepak) asks her to come to the fort of Gadwal, where she faces a horrible experience. Learning the history from an aged servant maid
Chandramma (Manorama), Arundhati comes to know that she is a look alike of her great grandmother Jejamma (Anushka).
Jejamma was an expert in painting, dancing and fighting. She had an elder sister who was married off to her father’s nephew Pasupati (Sonu Sood). Pasupati a womaniser used to rape the women he liked and kill those who objected. Jejamma’s sister commited suicide and the people of Gadwal
thrashed Pasupati severely and tied him to his horse when they got the approval from Jejamma and her father. Though Gadwal celebrated his death, he was actually saved by Aghoras, who served the devils. Pasupati mastered the tantrik arts and entered Gadwal fort to take revenge
Jejamma who had learnt a special dance, cut off his tongue and pinned his hands at one go through her dance. She spared him to prevent him from becoming a ‘pretatma’. Pasupati was buried alive in a tomb and powerful ‘yantras’ with inscriptions from Vedas and holy scriptures were put on it to prevent the ‘pretatma’ from coming out. After this revelation through flashback, a worker in a trance, unknowingly breaks the tomb and releases the ‘pretatma’. The revenge drama ensues again. Anwar (Sayaji Shinde ) who treats patients through sorcery tells her that she is none other than Jejamma and asks her to fight Pasupati. From the portrait of Jejamma, Arundhati comes to know that her great grandmother had prepared a ‘weapon’ with her own bones and had kept it with some tribals. Anwar and Arundhati proceed to acquire the weapon, but Anwar meets with an accident.
Arundhati left with no option returns to the fort to get herself raped to prevent the death of her family members. Anwar collects the weapon and gives it to Arundhati and in the climax Pasupati dies in the hands of Arundhati.
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