Movie : Kedi
Producer: D. Sivaprasad Reddy
Director: Kiran Kumar
Music: Sandeep Chowta
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Banner: Kamakshi Kala Movies

Story:


To begin with, the story revolves around three characters - Ramesh (Nagarjuna), a vigorous kedi on the run, Shekar Rameshsetty (Sayaji Shinde), the Assistance Commisioner of Police and Chandra (Ankur Vikal), a gangster of sorts in Goa. The film begins with Shekar catching hold of Rummy, as Nag calls himself, when the top cop begins grilling him forcing him to confess the misdeeds he has committed all along. Nag begins his story, which began in Guntur, way back when he was in his early teens, reached Goa and is now settled in Hyderabad.

He first gets our sympathies when he tells he was harassed by his father (Tanikella Bharani, in just one scene) for spending money to buy a cricket bat. He becomes a romantic in our eyes when he, even in his early teens, sweeps Janaki off her feet in the town and the twosome serenade to Rela Re.. Rela Re. When Janaki's father discovers their affair, there ensues a violent fight between the two families. The guy, who has come a long way from those days and has now become a big-time thief, narrates the death of his beloved sister in the skirmish, with a sense of outrageous detachment.

He moves on to narrate that he has always earned a living by hoodwinking others. Be it making fool of a police inspector or robbing a BMW, he is a massive success. In Goa, he joins hands with the menacing Chandu, who has no sense of scruples. Rummy is assigned the task of collecting the delivery of RDX from the port, when he is caught by the police.

Why is Rummy trying hard to get back the 25 kilos of RDX he has sold off for a crore? Will he ever meet Janaki? Will he become the human being he has never been? The answers to these questions are answered in the second half.

In years, Nagajuna has never been seen in a badly-written film as this one. Though the characters are a bit intelligently written, the screenplay falters. The audience cry for help when Rummy keeps on robbing through the film, with the story never taking a start, but for once when the true identity of his pseudo-wife (Mamatha) is revealed.

Dialogue just scuttle the narrative. In a film like this, they should have carried it forward. In a long time, there hasn't been a chasing scene s
o ridiculously pictured as this one. Episodes like that of Rummy freeing a foreign tourist from the clutches of a drug mafia are poor. The film seems unbearably lengthy, though there is no justification for such a length.