Bunny Holds Julayi Together

Film: Julayi (Telugu)
Director: Trivikram Srinivas
Cast: Allu Arjun, Ileana D’Cruz, Rajendra Prasad, Sonu Sood
Rating: **1/2

After you’ve watched the film, all you’re left wondering is why no budget was allotted for a good script. Forget a great script, Julayi surprises you with the far-too-apparent lack of anything new!

There are no twists, there’s nothing wonderfully exhilarating or surprising and when Ileana D’Cruz disappears half way through the film, you’ll be left as confused as us when she doesn’t return — we’re serious.

Call it a case of an unconcerned disappearance, but Madhu’s (Ileana’s) disappearance seems to worry no one. Maybe that’s what happens in Hyderabad?

That said… if you are an Allu Arjun fan, then watch this movie to indulge in a better-looking, well-groomed and super-addictive Allu Arjun. He spouts more dialogues, breaks into more ‘sexy’ moves and makes you sigh with adoration more than he has, in any of his previous offerings.

Thankfully, he’s just a hero in this one and not some roadside rowdy or some equally misbehaved youngster who earns your love, adoration and strangely enough, pity. The marriage must be working, we decipher.

The story, if you really care, is simple. A bank owner wants to rob his own bank and gets Ravindra (Allu), Bittu (Sonu Sood) and a whole lot of cops involved. Everyone dies at the end, except the hero (surprise!), his family and his strangely-absent heroine. With concepts lifted from The Dark Knight and a stale and annoyingly predictable story line, Julayi fails to impress, but is a random watch all the same.

Two really hot men (Allu and Sonu), who look sizzling on-screen are wasted and that’s a shame! Watch out for the ‘item’ song as the credits roll, featuring Devi Sri Prasad and a cameo by Raju Sundaram, somewhere in the film — we forget where.