Plot:
Krish (Sudheer Babu) lives a life with petty thefts and getting away with it. He wants to strike a jackpot and settle permanently. Master (Chandramohan) runs an orphanage and a good Samaritan. Krish always has a debate with Master about whether good or evil wins. Meanwhile, the idols of Lord Rama and Sita get vanished in a temple at Ayodhya. These idols which have great historic value change hands and finally reach Hyderabad valuing a huge ransom. Coincidentally, Krish gets the deal of getting those idols. By then, Krish is already in love with Janaki (Nandini Rai). Janaki on the other hand is a principled woman who wishes that her Mr. Right should have lot of good qualities. As fate could have it, such strong willed Janaki falls in love with totally contrasting Krish. Even the latter promises her that he would change. Despite such promise, Krish agrees for this deal involving Ayodhya idols. Will Krish manage to get his hands on those idols? How far the police as well as gangsters who are searching for these idols get successful? What is the climax for these idols?- forms the rest of the plot.
Performances:
Sudheer Babu: This is definitely not the best performance of his till date. His dialogue delivery and mannerisms are quite odd to watch. In a total of sixty scenes of the film, Sudhir Babu is seen in only half of them because there are too may sub plots. He was good in dances and fights but unfortunately didn’t get good chance to prove himself.
Nandini Rai: She looked less like a heroine material and looked quite aged. While she was fine in the acting department, there are almost zero glamor factor.
Abhimanyu Singh: There was no consistency in his performance. Despite a scary introduction scene, he turns to a comedian later. The director alone can be held responsible for this.
Chandramohan: His performance was adequate.
Jayaprakash Reddy, Duvvasi Mohan, Saptagiri: They try to generate few laughs but Saptagiri’s entry in the climax offers uncomfortable comedy.
Direction:
Though the main storyline is simple for the film, there are many sub-plots and characters involving them. These sub-plots hamper the pace of the story. Keeping that aside, there is absolutely no comparison between Mosagallaku Mosagadu and its predecessor in same genre- Swamy Ra Ra. In a film with crime comedy as a genre, crime should be given more importance than comedy. The scenes should inculcate a thrill factor. If such valuable idols are changing hands between various gangs in breathtaking manner, a thump occurs in the narration. But there are no such scenes in this film.
First Half: It doesn’t have good vigor and fun element. It only features the hero going after the heroine and some inevitable song sequences. The hero just dreams of life by sipping tea near a stall. Even the scenes which are to be elevated were paled down. The director tried to establish the good will of hero by keeping an orphanage in the storyline but even that was wasted.
Second Half: Only after the interval bang, villain gets hold of the idols. After few silly sequences, the climax arrives in a jiffy.
In short, there was no continuity in the film right from the beginning till the end. There are only bit like stories involving the hero, orphanage, villain and the police. The villain who was shown as ferocious in the first scene becomes like a buffoon in the end. The regular formula of hero managing to get a place in villain’s den has been used for crime comedy as well now.
Merits:Music:
Two songs in the film are good. However, more care should have been taken for the background score.
Others:
In the technical department, only the camerawork stands out well. There are lot of glitches in editing.
Verdict:
There is nothing wrong in getting inspired by one successful film and make a similar one of that sort. But the director needs to analyze the film more carefully and what really clicked in it. Not all crime comedies can reach the level of Swamy Ra Ra.