Mahesh KHALEJA: Logics of Faith

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Trivikram Srinivas is perhaps the only director after jandhyala in Telugu Film Industry whose dialogues are often discussed and interpreted to enjoy the wittiness. Trivikram who has a impressive background in Nuclear Physics comes with a semi-supernal film 'Mahesh KHALEJA' and it gives an end to Mahesh Babu's 3 year hiatus on Silver Screen.


Trivikram uses GOD as a backdrop and tries to convert the intangible comprehension of the meaning of GOD by mutilating it in a structural format. This huge budget film which was under ustulation by time has been at the receiving end of mixed views. The trademark dialogues of Trivikram are very much visible in the film, he refers 'Barista' as గుమాస్తా and makes a sarcastic dig at the coffee served. Looks like Trivikram is also a bit uncomfortable with the so called independent modern women, the protagonist asks whether the heroine has forgotten to wear a pant when she appears in a miniskirt to meet him and he also points out that these days the urban youth are tattooing their bodies without the difference of gender.

The focal point in the script is about the village named Paali where the people are dying with an unidentified disease, the people of the village are in fear and they look for benediction.  Due to unusual circumstances the hero has to go to Rajasthan, faces some adventures and eventually he comes to the village Paali with the heroine. The villagers see him as GOD who has come to save them from the current Cataclysm. The villagers are convinced that he is the GOD but our hero refuses to believe so, symbolism's like flowers falling from a tree, water flowing on the ground etc...he is not convinced with explanations given by the villagers and categorizes them as mad people but the protagonist is sent into a Imbroglio when he gets back the life of a dead girl. All the above mentioned instances and scenes may or may not be on the brighter side of the film but trivikram gives us a very convincing moment when the hero realizes that he is GOD, some might have been disappointed with the same but i don't find any better way to show the realization of god in a human being and i don't think there are any directors in Telugu Film Industry who has a better way to capture it on the screen.

Its a fact that the Telugu Film Industry is facing the threat of bankruptcy of artists who have the intellectuality and who can cogitate over our indigenous  culture,  literature and epics.  Trivikram Srinivas gives a brilliant explanation on his  theologoumenon of GOD in 'Mahesh KHALEJA' with apropos to Lord Rama of Ramayana and Lord Krishna of Bhagvadgita. Watch the video embedded here to comprehend the concept of GOD which he infused in the film. His explanaton starts at 6 min 15 sec.



I am happy to find the typical punches and humor which we expect from a trivikram film. Indirectly Mahesh Babu refers to his fans and says 'Expectations tattukolekapotunnau' and ...

" Kota: ఫొను చెయొఛ్చు కదా ?
Mahesh Babu:  అక్కడ సిగ్నల్ లేదు ?
Kota:  ఉత్తరం రయోచ్చు కదా? ఏ పెన్ లొ ఇంక్ లేదా? "

and the best one.....

" అధ్భుతం జరిగేటప్పుడు ఎవరు గుర్థించలేరు,  అధ్భుతం జరిగిన తరువాత ఎవరు గుర్తించాలసిన అవసరము లెదు... "
I have many issues with 'Mahesh KHALEJA' and there are gray areas in the film, there are few scenes in the film which weren't cogent enough for me. Mahesh Babu is good and his expressions are tangential with his Godavari slang. The first fight of the film looks insipid, heroine refuses to give her Armani Scarf but how come a taxi driver wears such stylish clothes? if Anushka was acting with an other hero who is not as thin as Mahesh Babu then i wouldn't have any complaints on her body which carries some extra calories but trivikram tries to cover it by referring to calf of her legs and the biggest disappointment for me is that the climacteric of the film is ruined, if G.K (played by Prakash Raj) is equal to billion dollars, 10 Corporate companies, 100 M.P and ministers then why would he go and kill a single man instead of choosing other simple ways? . For me 'Mahesh KHALEJA' falls short of what i expect from a Trivikram film.


Originally published on Passionforcinema.com

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