Pretty much a scene-by-scene remake of the original. I only preferred Harshavardhan's portrayal of the doctor to the Hindi version. Nithin was nowhere close to Ayushman, Tamanna was good and Nabha Natesh was barely okay. There was also an unnecessary amount of lavishness in the frame - the restaurant did not look like it was going out of business, at all! Nor did it look like a place where independent artists perform! This is of course, typical Tollywood cliche. One thing that really struck me was when Mangli, who plays a supporting character (she is the lottery ticket seller, in case you watched movie already) asked the hero, "Girlfriend? Boyfriend?" In a movie that did not even have the on-screen kiss of the original, this progressiveness made me chuckle. While I love the inclusion, it really didn't feel like something a roadside seller would be open-minded about anyway. If this movie released on the big screen, the scene where the song "Om Mahaprana Deepam" played, would have left the audience in splits! Amazing timing!
