Movie Review - Sainikudu
If I had Mahesh Babu’s cell number with me, I would have asked him in his own inimitable style, “Okka sari nuvvu commit ayithe nee maata nuvve vinavu ani telusu. Kaani yenti? yenti ee cinema?” Phew! The tsunami had come and gone but our filmmakers haven’t given up their fetish for it in their films. My colleague reminded me how the tsunami washed away Manasupalike Mounaragam and Boss but all those scenes came inbetween or during towards the end but here the film opens not with tsunami but something synonymous called ‘floods’ and with it has drowned the film’s prospects. Manaki tsunameelu, varadalu atchi raavu baabu! All the technical matter about Sainikudu, the colour effects, the technical brilliance, the summoning of a hollywood man for helping with the graphics etc is all beyond my understanding. It might have helped those people who know the in and out of film making but for a lay man, what matters is if the film succeeded in giving his money worth of entertainment. It was sheer crap atleast the second half of the film is something one can give it a miss. An avid browser had already sent me the story and advised me not to go but I didn’t know it was this bad.
What I could gather about this director Gunashekar is he can’t think of films without grandiose sets, wonder why he can’t spend his time and concentration on the content instead. Prince Mahesh Babu became Super Star Mahesh Babu in the ‘credits’ with one Pokiri. The hero no doubt is level headed but the director atleast should not have been carried away by his rising status. So involved he got with his work that you wouldn’t know if you were watching a documentary on relief measures for flood victims or a student leader getting sucked in dirty politics. Oops here politics is ain’t dirty, it’s comic.
You have the home minister running behind his fiancee on the street with a stick and a student leader holding him to ransom. Despite Mahesh wearing the blue lens you can’t see his love for Trisha or the anger of a ‘youth’. All you are compelled to see is technical wizardry. In the initial scenes people tumble over each other for food packets and outside, there was a tokkisalaata for tickets. The mob got reduced to pulp by an enthusiastic police woman at the ticket counter. In the movie there was Telengana Shakuntala enacting the same role and for a moment I wondered if the police woman was inspired by her act.
Trisha’s costumes are plain wierd. If the costume designer thought she was bringing in a fashion statement with a lehenga and a collared blouse then she needs to really take a walk. Eeks even the blouse she wears for the wedding has a collar. The ‘geetanjali’ act didn’t even bring a smile but what can these artistes do? The real culprits are the one behind the scenes. Video conference and judgement tho cinema muginchindi ani anukunnamu. But how will it end? It’s Mahesh Babu’s turn to get beaten now. If you are thinking atleast the songs will provide an escape, you are mistaken. Except for the one song on the bike, rest…are all loud. Climax adagoddhu only a true warrior (Sainikudu) can go through the torture and I’m one. Chaavanu parichayam cheyyadam ante idhenemo!
commnet comedy ga vundi…. varadhi aa.. 
anjie | Nov 30, 2006 | Reply
@very funny!i totally agree-it was really a torture.
SR | Nov 30, 2006 | Reply
Yeah. Technically good movie. First 40 minutes is real good and turns to be horrible with introduction of trisha. content.
Siddharth(Mahesh Babu) - Medical Student having good support of Students of All unviersites of Andhra.
Pappu Yadav (Irfan Khan) - Home Minister who loves Trisha and plans to marry her and unfortunately Mahesh babu kidnaps her from Marriage mandap. Dont be surprised that Trisha also loves the bad guy seriously till the climax.
Mondi Nani(Prakash Raj) : Brother in law of Pappu yadav who always want to see him happy and ready to do every thing for him. Finally Irfan Khan tries to kill Prakash Raj and looking at this prakash raj turns against Irfan Khan and kills villan.
remo | Nov 30, 2006 | Reply
i agree for 200 percent.it was torture.u have displayed only few torture scences.more torturing than bobby,naani,nijam.mahesh is a very bad actor.he should first learn acting before doing any film.
red | Nov 30, 2006 | Reply
desamuduru will rock.so,pls give way for him.
thulasi krishna tenkayala | Nov 30, 2006 | Reply
u r an awesome critic.
u really rock . sunita.
keep it up.
Satish | Nov 30, 2006 | Reply
Genuine review.Good analysis.
Sankanakudu | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
Hey bhagawan, wht a waste of my money… dumbest movie i ever seen
mahesh | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
Do not waste time in talking about the movie
It is all STUPIDITY and lack of COMMONSENSE
Narendra | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
I hope prince mahesh won’t do films against corruption because both of his films (nijam & Sainikudu) are utter flop.Prince has exceptional talent in romantic films and way he does scenes in romance no one in india can act like that except sharuk.
finally mahesh says naa film choodundi Chaavanu parichayam cheyyadam ella ante idhenemo!
siva | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
What a Worst Movie.. ever seen earlier
phani | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
oh!what a year 2006 for me.I watched sp
movies like stalin,boss and now sainikudu.
I think sainikudu is far better than the above 2 in technical aspect.
rajeev | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
i agree with ur review..
but mahesh cant b blamed..its all that fellow gunasekar..
with a worst screen play n direction..
movie is not catchy even a moment..
guna should b blamed for all this..
sankanakudu | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
it’s an average film
rajesh | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
Sainikudu is one worst movie in telugu films
jonney and bobby is better
sainikudu water movie and annavaram super duper hit thats true
Surya Kiran | Dec 1, 2006 | Reply
Hmm.. Now im worried to see the film, I’d probably avoid it and avoid seeign chaavu.
DEEPAK | Dec 2, 2006 | Reply
ye cinema chusthey dimmadirigi mind block avuddo ade ………….
MK | Dec 2, 2006 | Reply
Sainikudu rating 0.5/5 by all chennai mahesh (chennaichoudarys.com) WORST ever movie… We never thought mahesh is going to do such movie.. all his pokiri fame is down now…
Stupid producer…
Yuva ratna | Dec 2, 2006 | Reply
Pokiri hit aite emo mottam Mahesh credita? Sinikudu UTTER FLOP (DISASTER) aite matram director gurthochada???!??!?!?
Mahesh cant tell lengthy dialogues.. better if he acts in short dialogue roles.. Dont call him number 1 or something.. Stalin divide talk vachina 4 weeks lo 32 crores collect chesindi.. Bangaram 11 crores collect chesindi first week..
Stalin first day collections > sainikudu full run collections in vijaywada…
Idi stamina na??
POWER STAR ROCKS
ANNAVARAM Ready to break ALL RECORDS…
POWER and STAMINA of powerstar
SR | Dec 2, 2006 | Reply
Next movie also UTTER FLOP
name : Atidi
Dual role
Gender: comedy
Director:Surender reddy (ASHOK… what apain!)
So malli mahesh ki PRE POKIRI days vachayi..
plz dont comapre Sainikudu with johny, bobby, naani, vamsi, andhrawala….
They are 1000 times better… their budget is not as huge as this.. also the starcast is also not this biggg….
shankar | Dec 3, 2006 | Reply
dont blame mahesh for the disaster of sainikudu. and one thing to tell u all with the success of pokiri puri jagannadh got more name and fame than mahesh babu. an example now our megastar’s son will be featuring in the film directed by puri jagannadh .
and now coming to sainikudu, the movie is dull especially the second half. but we cannot blame mahi for this as he gave his 100% for this movie. i think aswini dutt is responsible for the failure because, actually guna and mahi wanted the movie to be released in jan or feb but it is aswini dutt who forced them to release the movie in november and everyone of usknow the result of the movie.
one thing more to say mahesh movie has become a flop mahesh will never become a flop. i think everyone agrees with me
lets hope the best for athidi
i am proud to be a fan of megastar and prince
bhaskar | Dec 3, 2006 | Reply
i totally agree with ur review…we waited like anything 4 the print of SAINIKUDU .. & finally it disappointed us very much……Bobby,johnny & Andhrawala are far better…..some of our friends( MAHESH veerabhimanulu) left the hall without watching last 30 minutes..they really cant digest it..Mahesh nijanga CHAVUNI PARICHAYAM CHESADU..
kumar | Dec 3, 2006 | Reply
MAHESH IS GREAT WHY BECAUSE.
HE GIVEN ONE HIT AND ALSO ONE MIND BLOWING FLOP TO HIS FANS.
HIT KODITHEY MAHESH BABU DHI CREDIT U FLOP AAYITHEY DIRECTOR,PRODUCER DHI MISTAKE AAA SUPER COMEDY MAHESH GADII FAN AANI PINCHUKUNARU.
AASALUU AA STORY OOPUKUNII ACT CHEYSINAA MAHESH BABU DHI BIG MISTAKE.
YAVADII CINEMAKII VEYITHEY DHIMAA THIRIGII MIND BLOCK AAYIDHOO VADEYY YII SAINIKUDU….
rajesh | Dec 3, 2006 | Reply
konni cinemalu gurthuku techhukunte bagutundi…
konni gurtudakapothe baguntundi…
ade “SAINIKUDU”
Abhiram | Dec 4, 2006 | Reply
vammo ademi cinemara babu…. 3rd degree torture ante emito thelisindhi ninna…..aina home minister roadla meedha parigdathadu anta…..veedi kosam.. veedu home minister ni road meedha kaliki podichi paripothadu.. janalu picholaithe emanan chuopistahru…… aa mahesh same old dialogues…….”entha mandhenti”.. “vellaka poyava”
don | Dec 5, 2006 | Reply
CHETTA MOVIE………JOHNNY ,NANI,BOBBY,ANDHRAVALA are 1000000000 times better than SAINIKUDU…..MAHESH….has no chance 2 over ride POWERSTAR
RAJ | Dec 5, 2006 | Reply
CHEEEEEEEEEEEECHEEEEEEEEEEEE WHAT ASTUPID MOVIEEEEEEEE.
don | Dec 5, 2006 | Reply
utterflop
naveen | Dec 23, 2006 | Reply
Utter Flop …………………..
sandhya | Jan 29, 2007 | Reply
Sainikudu was a really bad movie but u can’t blame Mahesh for it. He gave 100% for it. It’s all gunashekar and aswini dutt’s fault!!! they got over confidence.
sathi | Jun 27, 2007 | Reply
for those who are saying people are blaming everyone other than Mahesh. Did you ever notice every flop movie of Chiranjeevi, the director or heroine or someone’s career is completely ruined but he comes out without a single critic.