Story of the movie is about how a righteous guy tries to be morally correct while wiping out the evil forces in the society by adhering the rules and regulations of the system.
Nara Rohit delivers what is needed for the character. His voice is an asset. He looks pretty good in close up shots. He has got adequate screen presence.
The background music given by Mani Sharma for Baanam is the best in his career. It infused life into the movie. Cinematography Anil Bhandari is excellent. It is nice to see Vyjayanthi banner that is known for commercial films is trying to enter the futuristic arena by producing realistic films. Chaitanya Dantuluri should be commended for making a honest movie without falling prey to the so-called commercial elements.
Conclusion of Jeevi's review from idlebrain.com: Rated 3.25/5, same rating given by Jeevi for most of the block busters in Telugu:
I can't divide this movie into first half and second half to tell how it is. The entire movie is realistic and honest. It is a well handled movie with technical work complementing the content. The plus points are honest direction, brilliant music and nice camera work. After Gamyam movie, I have seen another honest and path breaking movie. Let's hope that the audience will also like it and make it a hit. Success of films like these will infuse novelty and honesty in Telugu filmmaking standards. Otherwise, we end up watching the same formulaic films dished out mercilessly week after the week.
Director has shown enough flair in showing symbolisms. Some mentionable scenes those depict the caliber of director: (From Sirasri's review on greatandhra.com)
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Showing the photos of Bhagat Singh and Che Guevara parallel to father and son respectively, to denote their ideologies
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Jasmines in the plait of heroine losing color to denote that she sat at the same place whole day in Railway Station
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Showing Sri Sri’s ‘Mahaprasthanam’ in hero’s hands when he revolts on anti social elements for the first time
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Showing Rs 2/- currency note in the hand of Sayaji Shinde to demonstrate the atmosphere of 1989
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Geetanjali movie running in a theatre, again to depict that was 1989
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Showing the ship named ‘Shikari’ when the villain shoots a character and kills
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Hero holding ‘sutthi and kodavali’ in climax fight to portray his ideology (as the villain holds ‘trisoolam’ in his hand, it can be understood as fight between theism and atheism)!
Cast: Nara Rohit, Ranadhir, Sayaji Shinde, AVS, Ragini, Rajiv Kanakala, Bhanu Chandar
DVD Features: Anamorphic Widescreen, DTS®, Dolby Digital ® 5.1 Surround, English Subtitles, NTSC All Regions
Banner: Three Angels Studio
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: Anil Bhandari
Dialogues: Nagaraju Gandham
Stunts: Vijay, Ram - Lakshman
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Art: Bhupesh R Bhupati
Story – screenplay – direction: Chaitanya Dantuluri
Producer: Seshu Priyanka Chalasani
The story of the movie happens in the year of 1989. Bhagat Panigrahi (Nara Rohit) is a son of ex-maoist Chandra Sekhar Panigrahi (Sayaji Shinde). He is a man of principles and he always thinks about solutions within the system. His goal is to become an IPS officer. Sakthi Sahu (Ranadhir) is a dreadful mafia guy in the same area. They cross each other's path in an incident. It becomes a personal issue for Sakthi. But Bhagat treats it as a failure of system. The rest of the story is about how he corrects the issue while becoming the IPS officer.
Sound Track:
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Kadhile Paadham…
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Naalo nenena…
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Padhara padhara…
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Mogindi jai ganta…
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Baanam theme music…
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Where is the party…