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Cast: Srikanth, Bhavana, Jayaprakash Reddy, Uttej, Ram Jagan, Parachuri Venkateshwara Rao, Sekhar, Jyothy, Ahuti Prasad, Brahmanandam and others
Dialogues: Parachuri Brothers
Music: Vijay Anthony
Lyrics: Sirivennala, Suddala Ashok Teja, Lakshmi Bhupal
Cinematography: Sharat
Editing: Shankar

Art: Srinivasa Raju
Fights: Vijay
Banner: Golden Lion Films
Produced by: C R Manohar
Story, screenplay and directed by: Krishnavamsi
CBFC Rating: U/A
Release date: October 9, 2009

What’s it about?
Dasu (Srikanth) is a rowdy in a basti in Hyderabad. He makes a living out of ‘settlement of petty issues’. A young lawyer Krishnaveni (Bhavana) gets him bail in a petty case and their acquaintance soon develop into romance after a series of events. On other hand, a politician cum business woman (Jyothy) plans to set up SEZ in that basti that move is protested by dwellers headed by a genuine leader (Sekhar). Meanwhile, a local politician cum rowdy leader Dada (Jayaprakash Reddy) also protests against businesswoman and seeks Rs 200 Crores from if she wants to set up SEZ there. Dasu initially believes Dada as good politician and works for him. When Dada tries to take advantage of Dasu, he realizes his fault and plans to contest against him on a newly floated Mahatma party. How Krishnavani and local theatre artiste bring change in Dasu and make him realize the importance of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology is core point of the movie.

Analysis

This is Srikanth’s 100thmovie. Naturally, he wanted it to be memorable and handed over the project to the director Krishnavamsi who gave him new lease of life with Khadgam. Like Khadgam, Mahatma deals with social issue – the importance of Mahatma ideologies in current politics. Although the theme and intention is noble, the execution is not that absorbing. With a promising start, the film moves into different routes and falters in the end. Scenes prior to interval, and some portions of the second half are interesting and show touch of Krishnavamsi but on the whole the film is pretty ordinary. In fact, second half, especially, the climax sequences are predictable. Sirivennela’s meaningful lyrics in the title song (Kontamandi Inti peru Kadura Gandhi), Jayaprakash Reddy’s performance and pre-interval sequences stand out in the movie.

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