Cast: Vikram, Shriya, Krishna, Ashish Vidyarthi and others Director:Susi Ganesh Producer:Kalaipuli S Thanu Music:Devi Sri Prasad Cinematography:Ekambaram Banner:V. Creations Released Date:August 21st, 2009
'Mallanna' is Directed by Susi Ganesan.The director has come up with a normal storyline and both the
presentation and the narrative was pathetic.
Story:
Mallanna (Vikram) is a CBI officer. He is moved by the plight of millions of poor, homeless and the less
fortunate in the state. He along with a group of his childhood friends plans to help the poor. Mallanna is a
CBI officer and he along with his friends conducts raids on the corrupt and filthy rich in the state and
distributes the unaccounted money to the poor. Mallanna learns about the plight of the poor through the
letters that they write to Lord Mallanna of Sri Sailam. He collects the letters that are tied to a tree outside
the temple with the help of the temple priest and then helps them with cash that they need for education,
medical treatment, marriage etc. Malllanna conducts raids a rich businessman PPP Punyakoti (Ashish
Vidyarthi) and unearths crores of unaccounted money. PPP then acts as if he has suffered a paralytic
stroke in a bid to escape the arm of the law. PPP’s daughter Subbalakshmi (Shreya) wants to take
revenge on Mallanna for the suffering he has inflicted on her father.
She acts as if she is in love with Malllanna. Will Mallanna fall for the charms of Shreya? No, he is a very
smart and intelligent officer and he sees through her game very easily. Prabhu, an intelligence officer is
assigned the task of finding out the identity of Mallanna. Mallanna manages to do all the good work with
the help of his boss Krishna Rao (Krishna). The rest of the film is a cat and mouse game between
Mallanna, PPP, Rajamohan a rich industrialist who is a baddie and Prabhu who is out to remove the mask
from Mallanna’s face. The film finally ends with Mallanna managing to complete the task he has set out.
He also wins the hand of Shreya.
Music:
Devi Sree Prasad’s music is good and the background scores are also good. Vikram has sung four
songs in the film and the best song is "Excuse me Mr. Mallanna…"
Performance:
Vikram is superb as the masked man Mallanna. Vikram also does a great job as the CBI officer. Vikram
looks good in a lady get up and dances to some remix Hindi songs. In all Vikram appears in five different
roles and his roles as Mallanna and CBI officer are very powerful and impressive. Shreya Saran looks
good and she has exposed her new lean and fit figure to get the maximum impact and exposure. Shreya
does justice to her role as an arrogant daughter of a rich man and a passionate lover. Krishna appears in
a brief role as a CBI officer and boss of Vikram. Ashish Vidyarthi is okay and Prabhu does a good job as
an intelligence chief. There is a hot item song by Mumaith Khan in a moving bus and it has the desired
impact on the audience. the others didn't do much to save the movie.
