Well, it has been a while since a good story came along for Mahesh Babu as his last two movies have been disasters at the box office. I had liked Koratala Siva and Mahesh’s combination a few years back Srimanthudu though which had its inspiration from SRK’s Swades, It was a nice feel good block buster and the last blockbuster to Mahesh as well.

So, the expectations were too high when the director Koratala Siva and Mahesh Babu came together one more time for this movie. Mahesh Babu as Bharath in this movie plays the youngest Chief Minister of united Andhra Pradesh. One can’t ignore comparisons with‎ Sekhar Kammula’s now classic movie “Leader” which has a similar theme. I don’t mean to say that the story lines of these two movies are similar, but the theme is same.

Mahesh Babu excels in the role of Bharat. Thanks to ‎Koratla Siva for weaving another blockbuster story keeping superstar Mahesh in his mind and he succeeds to a major extent in doing so. The writer-director has picked some key/relevant issues and addressed them in this movie which becomes a plus point in this movie. Also the movies gives the viewer a lot to root for. Everything goes well, unless a weak climax brings down the movie a bit. Maybe, this was the only possible way to conclude it or maybe, it could have been better, you’ll never know? Devi Sri Prasad’s music and back ground score elevates the movie and takes it to the next level, including Mahesh’s performance.

Though I liked this movie, Leader still remains my personal best political movie to date.