Maharshi Review - Social Message with commercial elements

Movie Review: Maharshi
Director : Vamsi Paidipally
Producer : Dil Raju, C. Ashwini Dutt, Prasad V. Potluri
Banners: Sri Venkateswara Creations, Vyjayanthi Movies, PVP Cinema
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Starring: Mahesh Babu, Pooja Hegde, Allari Naresh
Released Date : 9th May 2019
​Run Time : 178 minutes
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Maharshi Movie Overview: After delivering blockbuster movie Bharat Ane Nenu, Telugu Superstar Mahesh Mahesh Babu is making his comeback with another social message oriented movie Maharshi, which has hit the theaters today on 9th May 2019 in a very grand manner. Mahesh Babu has starred in quite a few blockbusters, and this has him prove that he is an A-lister in the truest sense. Maharshi is directed by Vamsi Paidipally and is jointly bankrolled by Dil Raju, C. Ashwini Dutt, Prasad V. Potluri under the banners of Sri Venkateswara Creations, Vyjayanthi Movies, and PVP Cinema. Let’s see the storyline of Maharshi.

Story: 
Rishi Kumar (Mahesh Babu), Pooja (Pooja Hegde) and Ravi (Allari Naresh) are three college friends. Rishi is a talented young manr who has big dreams about his career, and he goes on to become a CEO of a company named ‘Origin. He attends an alumni arranged by Nidhi (Meenakshi Dixit) and gets to know a bigger problem faced by his friend Ravi(Allari Naresh) . Rishi wants to help his friend Ravi and joins his fight against an Oil corporation head Vivek Mittal (Jagapathi Babu) in a rural Godavari region. How Rishi fights against the problems faced by the villagers and Ravi, form rest of the story.

Plus points:
· Mahesh Babu
· Pre climax and Climax
· Social message
· Story
· Direction
· Screenplay
· Emotional sequences
· Cinematography

Minus Points:
· Songs
· Slow pace
· Run time

Performance: 
Vamsi Paidiaplly has studied the personality and body language of Mahesh Babu well and presented him extremely well in Maharshi. Mahesh Babu has given an outstanding performance. It’s not just his acting and expressions, his trembling dialogue delivery adds up to the emotion in various scenes. Once again Mahesh Babu has proved that there is just no replacement for him in South Indian cinema. Pooaj Hegde looks cute . Her glamour show is highlighted. Allari Naresh in the role of Ravi, did a fine job. Rao Ramesh, Prakash Raj and Jayasudha are fine. Jagapathi Babu as usually has delivered his terrific performance. Meenakshi Dixit is ok.

Technical: 
The storyline of Maharshi is interesting and impressive. Vamsi Paidipally has carefully balanced the noble storyline and commercial image of Mahesh Babu give a rightly blended and engaging movie. He handled the story and scenes very well. The music composed by Devi Sri Prasad is good. The songs are just ok and background music is impressive. Lyrics deserve applause. Dialogues are meaningful and it add impact to the scenes. The production values are superb. Cinematography are fantastic and the movie has some fantastic visuals. He captures the colorful visuals of village locals very well, which is visual treat.

Analysis: 
Vamsi Paidipally has touched the excellent subject in Maharshi and made sure that there is something for every class of audiences. Maharshi must be the most satisfying film for Mahesh Babu as an actor. It gives him a lot of scope for exploits his unlimited acting skills. If ignore the lengthy runtime Mahesh Babu will entertain the audiences to the fullest. Maharshi deals with Education system in first half, and the farmers issues in second half. The second half is slow paced.

Verdict : A usual Mixture Of Hit Films which makes us feel oh again !

Rating: 3/5
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