Buzzing Movies

Raised as an orphan at the junction Raja (Ravindranath) becomes the manager and hands over the collections to the collector of the region and seldom comes in contact with Kota, the powerful leader of the mafia. An incident triggers a meeting between the duo and Raja finds himself drawn into a dangerous game. What makes the story interesting is the conversations between Siva Prasad and Kota which are scripted keeping the current political scenario in mind.

Ravi BabuThere are references to Pavala Vaddi to Jalayagnam, Ring Road to Sridharan’s non compliance to the Metro Rail Project which is interlinked to the main story. Unlike a complete focus we saw on the assorted characters in the hindi film, Junction concentrates on a handful and just about manages to balance comedy with pathos. Brahmanandam who played a soft ware engineer and a man who had no sympathy for beggars in Pokiri has his academic certificates stolen by Ali and is compelled to beg for a living in this movie, the character here is a mere extension.

Babu Mohan recollects his once upon a time famous song demanding alms and regrets the recession hitting beggars too. Naina, has hardly any role to play and Ravindranath, the hero whose debut comes in late fits the role given to him perfectly. Bhanuchander appears for a brief while but lends credibility, there is an item number by Asha Saini rechristened Mayuri.The film has been designed to appeal only to the masses. The ending is slightly abrupt and instead of glorifying beggary in the climax, a solution to the problem by showing a better life would have done some good. It’s not a great movie but at the same time one wouldn’t get bored either. Watch it for the satire on political parties….