At the Outset i would like to mention that this is the view of a lay man. I am not an expert at analyzing the quality of Cinematography or the technical aspects. My reviews will be based on the entertainment aspect for Masala movies and Involvement aspect for Devotional Movies.


Coming to Pandurangadu my equation will be KRR+MMK+Devotion=SUCCESS. Seems to me like the actors and the actresses are only secondary. The actors and actresses are secondary. I am not degrading the artists but it is the amount of elevation and involvement that they are able to bring through their combo that makes them the pillars of these devotional movies.

I am not going to dwell too much on the story. It is about a flirt who realizes the value of parents and finally realizes GOD.


The first half is meant for the masses and is there any man better than KRR for the masses? Commodification of women is his forte and the way he shows Meghna Naidu, Tabu and other girls is simply a testimony of that.

The second half is all about KRR's other side the devotional side and boy! hasn't he done a great job? The last 40 minutes containing 4 songs just moves through extra ordinarily. I am not able to still believe that it lasted 40 mins for it seemed just like 10 mins. Brilliant grip.

Performance wise Balakrishna is simply outstanding. Be it in enacting the role of a flirt or that of a devotee he excels. However his best performance comes as Lord Krishna, he has tried to emulate his Dad(NTR) and he has done a great job at that. KUDOS to Balayya for that.

Sneha does the role of an innocent devotee to perfection. Neat job from her. Tabu was meant to make the masses drool and she succeeds at that. K Visvanath does a neat job as the dad. The rest of the cast are Ok.

Mohan Babu does a short role and as usual is very good in it.

Coming to the music, as i said at the start MMK is just brilliant. Songs or background score he is just at his best. Songs still continue to linger in my mind and i am sure that i am not alone.

Editing in my opinion is good and Cinematography seems adequate, nothing great but nothing bad as well.

Dialogues are gud at important places which is very important. About the quality at the rest of the places, well nothing much to write home about.

However there are some things which if avoided would have made this movie a great one

1. Plethora of comedy artists forced into the script and testing our patience( it was the case in the previous 2 movies as well). They were there in the previous 2 movies as well and i guess the success of those movies have made KRR to have them again in this movie as well.

2. Establishing the reason for God showering the Ranga character with so much grace. Although God showers all of us with grace with no reason, it would have been better if such a thread was there.

On the whole, an average first half( with lots of cleavage and navel show) and an extraordinary second half.

Verdict: Definitely bound to attract Common audience. Definite HIT.