Parugu Movie Review

Elder daughter of Neelakanta's escape on her nuptial day. Her lover's friends are beaten and locked up to reveal the couple's whereabouts by Neelakanta's men. Now the story twist starts, our hero Krishna is one among them, who was dragged into the matter where he has no clue. When they get a chance to escape, but Krishna doesn't because he sees a girl in the mist and falls in love with her.

Krishna starts searching for the girl and unknowningly asks help of this girl(Meena) to get his mysterious girl. Interestingly this girl(Meena) happens to be Neelakanta's younger daughter. She is the one who communicates with the guys without seeing them. While the search for one eloped pair is on, Krishna makes Meena fall in love with him, and run-off with her while Neelakanta is in turmoil state

Screenplay and Direction:
The subject mainly deals on eloping. Parugu lives up to it's name, and runs throughout it's length. Leaving indirect expressions aside, the movie itself is entertaining, has enough doses to enjoy and appreciate. Bhaskar seems to be understanding father-son, father-daughter relationship, and deals the subject smoothly. He chooses a different storyline, there are some glitches, but minor ones will not interrupt the story in any way. It is one of those movies that come into the category of family entertainment, and that itself is highly appreciated, as there seem to be a dearth of such movies now-a-days
Performance:
Allu Arjun does a good job, and plays the character of Krishna. A good improvement about his acting from movie to movie. Shiela is an unexpected choice for this movie choosed by director-producer, not being quite established or glam, but the movie required someone like this so it makes sense.
Prakashraj has the key role, which he does with elan, especially in the second half where a crucial sequence shows the soft interior in the tough and angry exterior of his character. There are striking similarities with his character in Bommarillu though. Subbaraju as his brother is good. Srinivasa Reddy, Suneel, Chitram Sreenu as Krishna's friends add to the humor element. Jayasudha in a brief cameo and Poonam Bajwa as Subbalaxmi make their presence felt.

Dance in the songs are no great shakes compare to Arjun's previous movies Aarya and Desamuduru, but the music used in the background is well in the movie
On the whole, it is a good narration and a strong subject, with some humor and music added in good measure. It may not be up to Bommarillu's standards because of lack of freshness in the subject.