Beeruva Review

Beeruva is a good marketing gimmick.  The unabashed trailers gave us an impression that there is something surreal in store.  Far from it.

Sundeep Kishan is Sanju, the playfully mischievous son of a businessman (played by Naresh).  The funnily serious father has been trying to convince his son of the need to do something productive, but all his whining falls on the deaf ears of the sarcastically light-veined son.  Naresh loses Rs. 40 cr. when a criminal hoodwinks him and upon Sanju's advice, he approaches Vijayawada's dreaded strongman Adi Kesavulu (played by Mukesh Rishi) for help.

Sanju's foolhardy behaviour in Mukesh Rishi's house makes Naresh jittery.  Naresh much later learns to his shock that Sanju advised him to seek Mukesh Rishi's help with a hidden agenda.

This one is a corny storyline.  The film entertains towards the last 30 minutes.  The hero's competitor is a dumb villain (played by Ajay), a jester lives in a fool's paradise and unconsciously plays into the hero's hands, a lengthy but substantive comedy of errors and confusion in a marriage hall.  Finally, there is the anti-hero who is too foolish to a fault and who finally realizes his parental folly, thankfully, without boring us with his sentimentalism.

Sapthagiri gets to play a good role in a long time.  He has a unique style of his own, he is a Venu Madhav without necessarily resorting to the customary dose of feminine slapstick.

The story sequence is interesting and it deserves a mention.  The film begins with Sanju ending up in Deepika's flat via a 'beeruva'.  He narrates his roller-coaster story of how he ended up being in the thing.  Since his childhood, it has been his all-weather friends, literally hiding him from being 'exposed'.  As his surreal fate would have it, it becomes the leitmotif that can help him accomplish the Mission Impossible.

As with many hero-versus-anti-hero comedies these days, this one plays out like a one-sided match.  The mother thinks she is on a tour while the fact is she has been abducted.  It's because the supposedly wealthy, ruthless anti-hero gives a kind of guest treatment.  Even after knowing how gory the villain can be, the father is still in funny mode.  The devil himself lets the guy pose a challenge to him at the marriage hall if he has the courage to molest his honour.

Sundeep Kishan is playing routine roles for sure.  He held promise in 'Venkatadri Express', but of late, he is complacent with playing banal stuff.  Surabhi of 'Raghuvaran B.Tech' fame looks gorgeous but hers is not a performance-oriented role.  Mukesh Rishi is getting to serenade with apt stuff in a period of deficit of reel factionalism.  As for Naresh, he tries hard to elicit laughter.  Ashwini, the small-screen star of yesteryear, as Sundeep's mother is convincing.

The dialogues work here and there.  The cinematography and music pass muster.

The screenplay is not without its good moments.  What is lacking is novelty in the story.

Verdict: Beeruva falls flat because of its routine storyline and format.  Sundeep is less-than-noteworthy.

Rating: 2.25/5

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