DASARA: A tale in which storytelling dominates the story

Starring: Nani, Keerthy Suresh, Sai Kumar, Samuthrakhani, Deekshit shetty, Shine Tom Chacko

Production : Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Cinemas (Sudhakar Cherukuri)

Music: Santhosh Narayanan

Director : Srikanth Odela

Plot : Dharani, Soori, and Vennela are friends from childhood and live in Veerlapalli a village nearby Singereni colony. Dharani and Soori love Vennela. Dharani after knowing that his friend is in love with Vennela, sacrifices his love for him. After they grew up Dharani and Soori steals coal for their survival. Soori’s love proposal was objected by vennela’s mother, to solve this issue Dharani promises to win the cricket match to get a cashier job in the famous Silkbar which was being organized in the village headed by local politicians Shivanna and his son.

Did Dharani win the match?

Did Soori marry Vennela?

What happened to Dharani? All these questions are answered in the film.

Review: After many boy-next-door characters actor Nani came up with “DASARA” challenging himself to play the character of Dharani, in which he excelled by delivering stellar performances in action and emotional scenes. After Mahanati, Keerthy Suresh who is in much need of a hit bagged a performance-oriented role in the movie where the audience carries the character of Vennela to their home. Shine Tom Chacko as Chinna Nambi and Deekshith Shetty as Soori also performed well in their roles. Music by Santhosh Narayan is maverick and he elevated the action blocks with his background score. Coming to the debut director “Srikanth Odela”, delivered a raw intense love story successfully with his exceptional taking although the movie has some flavors of Rangasthalam directed by Sukumar. Srikanth showcased his technical brilliance with different shot divisions and camera angles but the story is like an Old wine in new bottles and the VFX portions in the climax could have been better.