What surprised me, however, is the level of all these attributes. Of course, we signed up knowing the film will be loud, crass, violent, and more importantly, senseless. While Boyapati succeeds in what he sets out to do, the ultimate loser is of course. But what can you do if that’s the film the filmmaker wanted to make.
It’s almost impossible to objectively analyse a film like Akhanda, considering how mind-numbingly dumb it is. So why even estrange them? Again, why am I questioning logic in a Boyapati film? But here both of them are equally violent with innovative methods to decimate their opponents. Usually, this means one of the twins is timid while the other is the wild type. On the same day, Jagapathi Babu, who plays a sadhu, warns the father to let go of one of the kids because one of the infants would be destruction personified, while the other is the personification of nature. The same day a couple in Rayalaseema are blessed with twins. One fine day an extremist named Gajendra Sahu kills a faithful guru and takes his spot as a godman to conjure the world.
In between the bloody, gravity-defying stunts, there is a semblance of a story. But, why am I questioning the decibel levels in a Boyapati film? I mean, LOUD score is the trishulam to our ears. If the callousness towards the audience’s intellect and the recklessness towards storytelling wasn’t outrageous enough, Thaman’s loud. That’s what I call taking the audience for granted. Yet they miserably fail and how! That’s what I call conviction.
Picture this: hundreds of goons equipped with all the weaponry from Telugu masala films godown - from machine guns to axes and even chilli powder - have to kill Balakrishna’s Akhanda Sikandar Rudra Aghora (that’s his name), who is in the middle of a prayer devoting his undivided attention. His conviction to execute the most insane of his ideas is a lesson for future filmmakers. There’s no stopping an uncaged Boyapati Sreenu in Akhanda. In Akhanda, though, all the sequences of sadism play out in a span of 10 minutes. Legend, for instance, had a scene where four dozen fishermen are stabbed and diced an equal number of background artists are killed in Sarrainodu, Simha, Vinaya Vidheya Rama, so on and so forth. There have been several gory sequences involving mass murders in the director’s filmography. With Akhanda, Boyapati has reached a new high in savagery: A hospital where sick children are being treated explodes, a truck runs over dozens of poor men, some more men are set on fire, an entire community of labourers is gunned down. What has changed, though, is the way his barbaric villains mercilessly murder dozens of junior artists. Ever since his debut with Bhadra, Boyapati has refused to evolve as a storyteller. This is neither a criticism nor an appreciation I’m merely stating a fact.
This film marks Balakrishna’s first time collaboration with Ravi Kumar, who has been planning a film with the former for a long time.A khanda is a true-blue Boyapati Sreenu film. While he was seen in a full-length mass-appealing avatar in his last outing Paisa Vasool, his role in this film has been kept a mystery. The project happens to be Balakrishna’s 102nd film and it reunites him with Nayanthara for the third time after blockbusters such as Simhaa and Sri Rama Rajyam. However, the makers have clarified that they have zeroed in on the title Jai Simha. Probably it came out when we registered a few titles, but it is not the final title for our film.” He added that the name of the film, Jai Simha will be officially announced soon after it is discussed with Balakrishna.” The film, briefly, was also rumoured to be titled Jai Balayya. Talking to Deccan Chronicle, Ravi Kumar said: “We never chose or thought about the title Karna. In fact, one of his last blockbusters, directed by Boyapati Srinu, was titled Simhaa. Interestingly, the film joins the long list Simha-centric film titles in Balakrishna’s career. Putting all speculations to rest, it has been confirmed that the film, which is gearing up for Sankranti 2018 release, has been titled Jai Simha. Actor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s next film with director KS Ravi Kumar was rumoured to be titled Karna for a long time.
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