Watching 'Saaho' has left senior writer Paruchuri Gopalakrishna a tad disappointed. Although he is happy that the big-budget film has recovered its costs (allegedly), he is sad with some of the mistakes that it has committed.

"When it comes to confusing the audience, 'Saaho' falls in the league of Mahesh Babu's '1: Nenokkadine'. Also, much activity is seen to be done by the characters played by Sharddha Kapoor and Murli Sharma. Prabhas himself doesn't do much in some crucial places (referring to the traffic jam shoot-out scene)," says Paruchuri.

He adds, "The climax is so long that it went on and on every time I thought it would be over in 10 minutes. It's an avoidable 34-minute stretch."

"The film's revenge aspect doesn't give emotional connect, because Prabhas' motivations are revealed only in the last leg of the film," he observes.

Paruchuri says that he had expected to watch a James Bond-type movie. "But 'Saaho' is nothing but a 'Baahubali'. If you see the story properly, it's in the league of a 'Baahubali'," he says.

He reveals that 'Simhadri' was first offered to Balakrishna. "Balayya Babu didn't accept the script, as he felt that it deals with 'crime and punishment' template," he says.