Review: When he falls for tone-deaf wannabe singer Isha (Shruti Haasan) and wants to marry her, he finds out more about his father Veera Simha Reddy (Balakrishna). He also finds out about Pratap Reddy (Duniya Vijay) and Bhanumathi (Varalaxmi Sarathkumar) who want his father dead. What follows next is not hard to predict.

Review: Gopichand Malineni’s Veera Simha Reddy is purely for Balakrishna’s fans alone. The way the titular character is written, you just know how it'll all play out. All his fights are going to defy gravity, he’s going to bring on a mini earthquake whenever he enters a room and most importantly, he’s going to ooze swag even in a simple shirt-lungi while smoking a rolled cigar. And when the film is focused on Balakrishna playing him, you truly do not care about how everything playing out on-screen is something you’ve seen a million times before. Veera really keeps you hooked.

Where the film falters is whenever it shifts focus from him onto Jai and Isha or even Meenakshi. The songs are weaved into the narrative with no rhyme or rhythm and you’re just waiting for the film to progress while a duet or a special number is playing out on-screen. The dialogues get repetitive as the film progresses, giving you information you already have and testing your patience. However, it still works when the focus is brought back on Pratap or Bhanumathi. Logic (or physics) is not something to be expected from a masala-starrer like this but the way Veera approaches factionism is a head-scratcher.

Veera Simha Reddy is Balakrishna’s film through-and-through. However, where he triumphs as Veera, he fails as Jai. Whenever the man comes on-screen donned is black is when you feel like paying attention, his cakey makeup and lukewarm performance while playing the other character takes away from it. Varalaxmi really comes a close second holding her own against him, proving to be a formidable foe and actor both, someone who can face him with ease. Duniya and Honey also pull off their roles well. After Krack one can’t help but feel like Gopichand did Shruti dirty. She gets a character that exists only to shake a leg, admittedly she does look stunning while doing it.

Given that the film is right on time for Sankranthi, some of the dialogues might not exactly make it a family-friendly watch. But the film is exclsively for Balakrishna fans!

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