Adhinayakudu


Adhinayakudu is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by M. L. Padma Kumar Chowdhary on Sree Keerthi Creations banner Cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy and directed by Parachuri Murali. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Jayasudha, Lakshmi Rai, Sukanya, Saloni in the lead roles, while Pradeep Rawat, Aditya Menon, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Murali Sharma, Rahman and Brahmanandam in supporting roles and music composed by Kalyani Malik. Vijay Kumar has done the camera work. Balakrishna is playing a triple role as a grandfather, father and son for the first time on celluloid screen in this film.

Plot

Harischandra Prasad is an influential leader in Rayalaseema and he treats all his people as his children. To provide jobs to them, he decides to build a huge steel plant with the assistance of foreign collaborators. But Ramappa and his assistant oppose this. They hatch a plan to eliminate him. His son Ramakrishna thwart the villain's plans. But the story takes a cruel twist as the villains strike at the heart of the family by using Bobby. When Bobby was a small Kid the villains kidnap him and threaten Ramakrishna to leave his father and save Bobby. Although Harischandra Prasad has no love on Ramakrishna, he loved his father and for fulfilling his father's wishes he stands to protect and Bobby is said to be escaped from the house. But Ramappa and his followers make Bobby a professional killer at the age of 12 by another killer and use him to kill Harischandra Prasad. The whole family except Ramakrishna and his step-brother is unaware that Bobby killed Harischandra Prasad.
Now Bobby is an adult and is a high-profile professional killer and returns to his land with the help of his newly found friend Deepu who share mutual love interest. His mission, in short, is to protect his father from Ramappa. In this process it is revealed to the family members of Harischandra Prasad and the people that Bobby killed Harischandra Prasad and Moreover, the antagonists frame Ramakrishna as the man behind the Death of Harischandra. Frustrated and deeply hurt by this, Ramakrishna's Step Mother and wife and the people expel the both and police arrest them and take them away for a secret encounter by Ramappa. Seeing this all, Ramakrishna's stepbrother, who was paralyzed earlier in attempt to catch Bobby during the murder of Harischandra, springs back to life and reveals the whole truth to his family and the people. Meanwhile, Ramkrishna and Bobby team up and kill all the enemies together. Later Ramakrishna's stepmother apologizes for the ill-treatment by her and orders him to fulfill his dead father's wishes.

Cast

Music composed by Kalyani Malik. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Release

The film was released on 1 June 2012 worldwide after so many postponements.

Critical reception

Film was critically panned by many reviewers for its lack of fresh ideas and presentation. It was viewed as a rehash of many of Balakrishna's previous movies. The Times of India website gave an average rating of 2.5/5 for the film. The CNN-IBN website stated that "Adhinayakudu doesn't deserve any special mention due to its tried and tested old storyline". The NDTV Movies website stated that "Ironically, Adhinayakudu is a travesty of a film". The "SuperGoodMovies" website also gave an average rating of 2.5/5 for the film.