Gautami Putra Satakarni Movie Review -

Movie Name  :  Gautami Putra Satakarni

Rating            :  3.00 / 5
Starring         :  Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shriya, Hema Malini, Kabir Bedi, Milind Gunaji, Farah Karimi, Tanikella Bharani, Subhalekha Sudhakar and Others.
Story             :  Krish Jagarlamudi

Music             :  Chirantan Bhatt

Cinematography : Gnanasekhar
Dialogues     :  Sai madhav Burra 
Producer         :  Y Rajiv Reddy, Jagarlamudi Saibabu
Screen play & Direction :   Krish Jagarlamudi
Date of Release  :  12th January, 2017


One of the awaited  movies in recent times is the 100th film of Nandamuri Balakrishna - Gautamiputra Satakarni.  This is a major mile stone in his film career.  This movie is about a great Telugu emperor Satakarni who ruled a major part of India from Amaravathi ( currently in Andhra Pradesh ).  This movie has generated a lot of curiosity among the audience.

We all know that Director Krish made some memorable movies like "Gamyam" and "Kanche".  He created huge expectations on the movie after releasing the trailer.  Let us see whether this movie has lived upto the expectations of the audience?

Story  

Satakarni is a Telugu emperor ruled most parts of India in the 2nd century.  The story begins with Satakarni winning yet another battle and bringing another province under his control.   He wants and aims to bring many states or Rajyas under one rule and unite them as one country.  His wife Vasista Devi does not like his war-spree but his mother Balasri supports him.  

After winning a major battle with Western King Nahapana, he prepares to fight against external forces such as Greek King Demetrius.  But this fight is not going to be on a small scale.  Let us see whether Satakarni wins this battle?

Performance of the artists  

Balakrishna is one of the popular actor for playing such historical roles and kings.  He is best suited for this kind of characters.  Balakrishna gives his best performance as the Emperor Satakarni.  This may be his best performance in his career.  His command over Grandhika Telugu language is an asset in his role.  Even though he looked little old for his role, he managed to cover it up with his good acting.  

Shriya as his wife has provided her best acting.  As a mother of two sons, she hates wars but she has to perform her dharma.  Hemamalini does not have a substantial role but she is perfect in her role as mother of Satakarni.  Kabir Bedi is wasted in this film.. There are many other actors in the movie but they hardly make an impact.  The actor who has played the role of Greek dancer gets noticed.

Technical aspects of the movie  

There is no doubt the movie has extra ordinary camera work, production values, art work, production design and graphics.  The movie was completed in just seven months.  Within such a short time, Krish has extracted best output from his technicians.  Excellent cinematography by Gnanasekhar is excellent and is a major highlight for the movie.  He has filmed the war sequences very nicely.   The movie has excellent art work and graphical output.  The visual effects in war sequences are terrific.   The songs are a huge drawback to the movie.  Burra Sai Madhav shines as his dialogues were the main pillar to the movie.

The main highlights of the movie are -  Excellent visuals, Cinematography, Dialogues and Balakrishna Charisma.

The main drawbacks of the movie are -  Lack of gripping screen play and story, Shivaraj kumar's Burra Katha and Climax

And finally this movie is about our Telugu people's rich heritage and history, we should applaud Krish for attempting to tell this story.   He could have concentrated more on story, dramtic moments and make up of Balakrishna.  This is a good movie to watch with rich visuals.