Major Ajay Krishna (Mahesh Babu) who is stationed in Kashmir army base leaves for Kurnool to inform professor Bharati (Vijayashanti) that her son Ajay (Satyadev) is battling for life after getting severely injured in an operation.
During his train journey, he meets a girl Sankruthi (Rashmika). Once he lands in Kurnool, he comes to know that Bharati lost her job and is hiding in a faraway place when a politician threatened her.
How Ajay Krishna takes up her battle as his and what is the issues she is facing is the rest of the drama.
Twenty minutes into the film, one thing that comes to our mind that director Anil Ravipud is playing a safe game. A very safe game He has not unleashed an unabashed fun quotient as he did in his previous F2, nor has he presented something new.
He wanted to present Mahesh Babu in a mass avatar, as the star has been staying away from such attempts of late. To elevate Mahesh Babus heroism and mass angle, he has added sequence by sequence, some of them have worked quite well, some dont.
But mostly, he has taken enough care that Mahesh Babus core audiences get entertained.
Sarileru Neekevvaru gets a shaky start. After establishing the characters of Vijayashanthi and Mahesh Babu, the Kashmir army sequences continue for 15 minutes with no effectiveness and then the film cuts to a prolonged train journey episode which lasts about nearly 30 minutes.
While one or two scenes in this lengthy portion have generated laughter but it is stretched beyond a point. Even the so called catchphrases like Never Before Ever After and Meeku Artham Avuthonda have failed to make any impact.
The introduction of Bandla Ganesh has further aggravated the boredom. But thankfully, the film comes into the groove soon after this comedy portion ends.
Mahesh Babus first meeting Vijayashanthi at Kurnool buruju and the subsequent action episode have elevated the movie. The films interval bang is another major highlight.
The director has succeeded further in the sequences of Vijayashanthi and Mahesh Babu post interval. The scene where Mahesh Babu trying to inform the bad news to her and she responding emotionally is captured so brilliantly.
The emotional core has yielded an effective result.
The second half also has Mind Block song that will appeal to Mahesh Babus fans. But Anil Ravipudi has lost the grip thereafter.
The conclusion that the director has given to Prakash Rajs character the director was in a hurry to wrap it up. He should have worked more on the writing table. Mahesh Babus speeches, in the end, are cringeworthy.
Despite the familiarity and the routine screenplay, the film gets Mahesh Babus mass avatar right, it also provides some engaging and entertaining episodes and provides a feast to the fans.
Overall, Sarileru Neekevvaru is a mixed bag, where Mahesh Babu excels in his mass appeal but the rest is quite old fashioned and routine.
