Film: Amaravathi
Rating 2.75/5Cast: Bhumika, Sneha, Gadde Sindhura, Tarakaratna, Allari Ravi Babu, and others
Dialogues: Nivas
Music: Sekhar Chandra
Cinematography: Sudhakar Reddy
Editing: Shankar
Art: Narayana Reddy
Fights: Kanal Kannan
Produced by: Ananda Prasad
Banner: Bhavya Creations
Story, screenplay and directed by: Ravi Babu
Release Date: Dec 03, 2009
What’s it about!
The film is set in Mutyala Revu. Amaravathi (Bhumika) and Seenu (Tarakaratna) are childhood buddies but are separated once they become adults as Amaravathi's father doesn't like his daughter becoming close with this low class guy. Seenu is completely obsessed with Amaravathi. Years later, a series of killings happen. A serial killer is on the prowl to snatch babies from womb of pregnant women. Seenu is the prime suspect and is arrested by Special Task Force police officer Venkat (Ravi Babu) and his associate Kiran (Gadde Sindhura). Even after his arrest, murders continue to happen. And it is revealed that the killer’s next target is Venkat’s pregnant wife Lata (Sneha). Who is that serial killer and what is his motive is told in eerie manner in the later sequences.
Analysis
After much-liked thriller Anasuya and critically acclaimed Nachchavule, director Allari Ravi Babu comes up with this thriller - Amaravathi. Although there are many similarities between his Anasuya and this Amaravathi, this latest thriller’s storyline and some scenes are hard to digest. A killer snatches babies from the womb from several pregnant women when they are in last stages of pregnancy. Such cruel acts are also shown by the director visually. Such extreme scenes might faint weak-hearted. Despite some good thrilling moments, some suspenseful scenes, not everyone can stomach horrific acts like babies taken away from womb. Although it starts off well, and holds attention in many parts, on the whole, the movie is too gore and puts you off.
The film is technically sound with rich visuals and good artwork. Yet, the atmosphere and police vans all look unnatural - where did you find such hi-tech task force setup, ultra dressing style for cops, posh vehicles in Andhra Pradesh?
Performances
Bhumika as Amaravathi is okay. She hardly has footage in the film but does her job perfectly. Sneha as Ravi Babu’s wife is adequate. Although there is no proper ‘lead hero’ Ravi Babu acts as such in major part of the film as upright task police officer and he carries it off well. Tarakratna, for the first time plays negative role, is decent. Gadde Sindhura as cop scores among all the actors. 
Sudhakar Reddy brings rich look to the film with his topnotch camera work. Ravi Babu seems to have inspired by several Hollywood and Korean thrillers and included them well in his screenplay. Ravi Babu keeps the suspense element till the end by his screenplay but scares the audiences with his ‘extreme’ script. Music and dialogues are okay.
Bottom-line!
Amaravathi is certainly not for the weak-hearted as it is hard to digest some ‘extreme scenes’. Although it has some interesting scenes, on the whole, it fails to impress like his earlier thriller ( Anasuya).
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