Sankham movie review

My rating : 2.75/5

Story:
The story is about Chandu (Gopichand) who is brought up by his uncle (Chandra Mohan) in Australia. Mahalakshmi (Trisha) stays in Australia along with her uncle. Chandu is fond of martial arts and he never gets a chance to exhibit them in real situations. Mahalakshmi is another martial arts freak. After a few misunderstandings they fall in love. Mahalakshmi is forced to come back to her home town in Kadapa (Rayalaseema ). Chandu comes in search of her. Meanwhile Sivaiah (Satyaraj) and his opponent Pasupathi (Kota Srinivasa Rao) belong to two neighboring villages. They have longtime enemity. The central part of the movie is how Chandu and Mahalakshmi are related to Sivaiah and Pasupathi.

Artists Performance:
Gopichand excelled as Chandu. He portrayed the required histrionics for his role. You have not seen him as full time comic role ( in the first half ). He is simply good at that. In the second half you can see trademark of Gopichand with his fights and all. But he needs to change doing such roles and do roles appealing to family audience. Well, coming to Trisha, its a normal role for her. Proper justification is not given why she suddenly falls in love with Gopichand. Nothing special about her character. The on screen chemistry between them is good. Tamil actor Sathyaraj is adequate. But I don't know why he was taken. Prakash Raj might have excelled in that role. But he is okay. Kota has done such roles before and he is good. Rest all contributed well.

Screenplay-Direction:

The director ('Souryam' Siva ) seemed to have inspired from many movies while writing this story. Direction is strictly ok. Its good in parts. Its a straight story without any twists. Should
have been better. Screenplay is not that gripping. There is vulgarity in some scenes in first half. Double meaning dialogues also find enough space. This may not appeal for family audience. It appeals only for masses.

Other departments:

Music scored by Thaman ('Kick' fame) is average. BGM is not that good but ok. It could have been far better. Manisharma could have been a better choice but he too is losing his magical touch these days. Songs are actually leg brakes for the movie. The could have been avoided. But u know..no songs..no Indian movie(general opinion). Cinematography is fine. Editing should have been better. Action sequences are good though much of it is thread work.

Analysis:

First half is comical. Ali's comedy is saving grace. His episode with Gopi is hilarious. Vulgarity and double meaning dialogues find enough space in the first half. The actual story is in the second half with typical Gopi style with full pack action sequences and blood shed. Venumadhav is wasted except for a couple of laughs. Climax is routine. No justification is given for the title 'Sankham'. Plus points are Gopi and action sequences. Negetive points are confused narration and lack of sensibility. It might appeal for B and C centers. You can give it a watch to kill your time.