While the plot gets thinner by now, director makes it little dramatic and interesting with the kind of logic less twists he applies. The whole of second half shifts to Nellore, where villain Kesava Reddy and gang entertains us. By the time interval arrives, we'll come to know there are couple of new stories to be added to the already finished movie. In the first narrative, hero-heroine romance and Saptagiri's comedy stand highlight. Once his narrative gets over, then another story is added to this story like a sub-plot. As he keeps narrating, various characters like Prabhas Seenu and Saptagiri joins us. And then hero Sharwanand keeps us informing what has happened some days back. Except for the fact that director has chosen "Vantage Point" based screenplay, where he narrates a known incident from different angles, rest of the 'remix' jig is a regular crime comedy kind only.įirst half takes off interestingly with the kidnap of a dog. Recently Bhale Manchi Roju scored a hit and Express Raja now treads in same pattern. It's always safe to make some road-side chase comedies, as there is scope to introduced as many characters as possible and create so much fun. With UV Productions at the helm, production values are once again stunning. Other departments like art and stunts have done.
Their hook line is used as BGM intelligently. Praveen Lakkaraju's background score is not that intelligent, but couple of songs like Colorful Chilaka and Hulala are interesting. Though there is some drag and over crowdedness, he played it well, as all of his cards are somehow attention pullers. His dialogues clicked all the time, while comedy is another winner from them. Brahmaji, Posani, Supreet, Harish Uttamana and others have done their best.ĭirector Merlapaka Gandhi played a real safe game by choosing a safe script, a wild-goose-chase kind of drama with comedy laced all over. Urvashi is kick ass in the negative shaded role. Saptagiri and Prabhas Seenu in the first half, while Shakala Shankar in second half acted as major pillars for comedy and they excelled. Surabhi looks beautiful, but not much of an acting material if we have to go by this film. He's good in action and romance too, while his comic timing improved very much.
Sharwanand is flawless, but his characterisation and dialogue delivery reminds us of Run Raja Run movie in every frame. How all these incidents are interconnected and how they converge into the climax is the rest of story. A goon (Supreet) gets upset with missing dog, a wannabe MLA Kesav Reddy (Harish Uttaman) and his mother (Urvasi) gets hurt, a dance troupe owner (Shakalaka Shankar) loses his vehicle and else.
As that has upset Raja, he finally finds bag dog but only to kick start a chain of reactions due to his actions. On the day of proposal, accidentally Raja hand overs Ammu's dog to municipal dog catchers. Flattered for Amulya (Surabhi) on first encounter itself, Raja and his friend, Mama (Prabhas Seenu), makes all plans to woo her. After finding out that he is the most laziest in Vizag city, CI (Posani) sends him to Hyderabad for a job.
Raja (Sharwanand) is a jolly living jobless guy whose father (Nagineedu) is unhappy with his behaviour. This combination is now coming up with "Express Raja". At the same time director Merlapaka Gandhi's debut film "Venkatadri Express" became a hit. Sharwanand is on the high after "Run Raja Run" and "Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju".