Film: Sahasam
Starring: Gopichand, Tapsee, Shakti Kapoor
Director: Chandra Shekar Yeleti
Producer: B V N S prasad
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
Music: Sri
Goutham (Gopichand), who works as a
security guard aims on fast money buying lottery tickets. As luck would
have it, Goutham gets to know his grandfather Varma (Suman) has left
valuable diamonds for his successors in Peshawar before the partition
and now, the area falls in Pak and they are linked to Hinglaj Devi
temple. Goutham decides to head to Pakistan and he takes the help of
Srinidhi (Taapsee), an advocate of Hindu religion. Goutham later comes
to know that Pakistani terrorists are eyeing on the same property. Will
Goutham earn the property forms the rest of the story.
Performances
Gopichand is brilliant
and delivers remarkable performance understanding his character, which
he hasn’t done earlier. He shows power-packed performance in the action
sequences and speaks with his body language.
Tapsee immerses herself
into the role and enacts her part with gusto. Shakti Kapoor is
magnificent setting the screen ablaze with his terrific performance.
Narayana Murthy, Suman gives net performances and Ali entertains.
Technical Analysis
Cinematography by Shamdutt is rich and
so is the art direction. Sri Chakravarthy’s background score is
exhilarating. Director Ramakrishna’s art work needs special mention.
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao’s editing is appropriate. Chandrasekhar
Yeleti’s direction is okay. Production values of Sri Venkateswara Cine
Chitra Creations are lavish.
Analysis
Three years after delivering a
commendable film Prayanam, Chandrasekhar Yeleti comes up with yet
another novel attempt Sahasam based on treasure hunt. The director takes
us to the 70’s and 80’s to set the plot.
Yeleti has earlier proved that he is a
commendable storyteller and with Sahasam he is almost at it but the
dragged screenplay tests the patience in the second half. His research
on Hinglaj temple in Pakistan proves his efforts. The visuals are grand
and the scenes shot in Ladakh recreating Pakistani ambience are
wonderful. The special effects leave a thrilling effect on-screen.
The film finds the humor element in
situation scenes to the plot like lottery scenes, ATM robbery. The humor
is interlaced in the screenplay and the plot doesn’t go out off the
track striving for commercial ingredients. The songs at times act as
hindrance to the proceedings although they sound good and creatively
shot.
Sahasam rests on Gopichand and he does
the job well working really hard on brilliantly shot action sequences.
While the filmmaker handles few portions brilliantly, the screenplay
should've been exhilarating and engaging towards the climax rather than
dragging and lengthy. The main treasure hunt episode scenes lacked the
much needed-strong impact.