PARUGU

PARUGU

Cast	Allu Arjun, Sheela, Prakashraj, Poonam Bajwa, Sunil, Srinivasa Reddy, Prithvi, Chitram Sreenu, Dhanraj, Subbaraju, Jayaprakash Reddy, Raju, Jeeva, Jayasudha, Ali, Kalpana, Rajitha, Ragini, Delhi Rajes
Direction, story, dialogues and screenplay	Bhaskar
Producer	Dil Raju
Co-producers	Sireesh and Lakshman
Music	Mani Sharma
Presents	Anitha
Lyrics	Sirivennela Sitaramasastry, Chandrabose, Ananta Srireem
Dialogues	B.V.S. Ravi
Photography	Vijay K. Chakravarthy
Editing	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Art	Anand Sai

PARUGU MOVIE REVIEW

Bhaskar came up with a beautiful film, Bommarillu, about the relationship between a father and his son. Parugu is Bhaskar's second film and the 'second film' sentiment seems to have got him too, meaning this is not as good as his debut film.

The story is about a rich landlord Neelakanta (Prakashraj) and his two daughters Subbalakshmi (Poonam Bajwa) and Meena (Sheela). Subbalakshmi elopes with her lover, Babu, just a few minutes before her marriage. Neelakanta is furious and asks his helpers to round up all of Babu's friends. Sunil, Chitram Seenu, Srinivas Reddy and Krishna (Allu Arjun) are then locked up in an out house.

Neelakanta learns that Krishna is the one who has helped his daughter to run away and seek shelter. Neelakanta takes his gang in search of his daughter. Krishna loses his heart to Neelakanata's younger daughter - Meena. Meena finally succumbs to Krishna's charms. After Neelakanta catches Subblakshmi and her husband, he is shocked to learn that his daughter doesn't want to return and in fact, warns him not harm her husband.

Neelakanta returns home and plans to perform the marriage of his second daughter Meena. Again, he learns just a few hours before the marriage that she too is planning to elope with her lover, Krishna. Does Krishna take advantage of the situation and elope with Meena? Can he empathise with Neelakanta? Watch the move to find the answers.

Allu Arjun has worked on his acting prowess in enacting serious roles and his dancing skills are good. Prakashraj brings out the feelings of a father let down by his daughters with élan. Poonam Bajwa has almost no screen space and Sheela beautifies the movie effectively. Comedy by Sunil and gang is just average; the music is good and so are the production values and editing. The slow pace of narration and the predictable ending are the weak points. Paragu is entertaining, but falls short in comparison to Bommarillu.