The film starts off with the introduction of Vishwa (Allari Naresh) who enjoys conning the cons. In short, he identifies people who cheat others and makes it his agenda to con them. One fine day, Jhanvi (Eesha) comes to him and puts forth an irresistible offer to him. Together, they decide to make the lives of three people miserable. One is Martanda Rao (Tanikella Bharani), Seshagiri (Rao Ramesh) and the other is Bhale Babu (Posani Krishna Murali). Vishwa ropes in Tella Babu (Sampoornesh Babu) as the third member and they go about their mission. The rest of the plot shows why Jhanvi and Vishwa are after the three men and how they con them and shame them
Analysis:
Think Allari Naresh and you imagine laughing your guts out for two and half hours. Think EVV banner film and you expect an out and out entertainer. Bandipotu which Allari Naresh claims is a tribute to NTR, was promoted as a class film from the word go. Though the audiences associated Allari Naresh with comedy genre, he seems to have made a conscious effort to break that image and present himself as a hero instead of a comedy hero. Hence, he has chosen a story that is more of a revenge saga with a decent sprinkling of comedy. Of course, the film has its moments thanks to the director Mohan Krishna Indraganti, but it surely does not fall into the comedy genre. Indraganti spends the first half establishing the story and introduces various characters that are associated with the main plot in some way or the other. There are a couple of songs and the film moves forward smoothly. Then in typical commercial film style, Indraganti tries to make space for an interval bang. But it ios only when the second half begins that the audiences slowly begin to lose patience as the story rambles along on predictable lines. Since the plot is clear by now, the revenge saga kind of falls flat and loses steam. The episode of Bhale Babu is especially tedious and you wait anxiously for some big bang in the climax. However, Mohan Krishna Indraganti disappoints completely and one is left feeling unfulfilled by the time end credits roll. Surprisingly, the film is neither a comic caper like Indraganti is earlier hit film Ashta Chemma nor is it a amusing thriller on the lines of Akshay Kumars Special Chabbis. While Bandipotu does succeed in projecting a new Allari Naresh, it totally lacks on entertainment quotient. Of course, Indraganti is brilliant when it comes to characterization, but he seems to have totally discarded the beautiful humour that showcased his core talent in Ashta Chemma. All in all, Bandipotu is not your typical Allari Naresh film or EVV Cinema for that matter. It is up to the audiences to decide if they like this new experiment of Allari Naresh or not.
-Greatandhra
