Sa-Ro-Ja

Jaganna (Jagapathy Babu played by the likeable SPB Charan) could not believe it. He stopped in shock and tried to think hard while the train pulled away. Chinni, Ganesh Kumar and Ajay yelled madly, egging him on to run towards the train. Jaganna stopped dead in his tracks and started searching furiously for his wallet. He remembered hiding in the store room when the goon was looking for them. And as he realized that he probably lost his wallet somewhere there, he cursed his luck and the fact thathe had to go back in to that abandoned building. Reluctantly, one by one, Chinni, Ajay and Ganesh Kumar got down from the moving train and ran back towards Jaganna not realizing what could be some important to stop him from running for his life.

What started out as a simple road trip of fun, to watch a cricket match in Hyderabad, had now gone sour. After they witnessed the killing of a policeman by Sampath, they had only one intention - to flee the place. After a great lot of difficulty, they managed to run to the tracks where they barely got on to the moving train. Almost. Jaganna realized that with this wallet lying around, the goons could always track him. It had pictures of his family, his driver's license and pretty much everything needed to locate him.

The four of them argued over who would go in. Jaganna pleaded with all of them to back while he went in alone to search for the wallet, but they did not agree. After a lot of deliberation, Ganesh Kumar (played fantastically by my now-favorite Prem G Amaran) is volunteered for the task. After scoping out the area as best as they could, the two of them finally reach the store room where they had been earlier, tip-toeing out! Just as Jaganna heaved a sign of relief at having spotted the wallet, he turned around and realized that Ganesh Kumar was no longer around. Yet another time in the day, Jaganna could not believe it. They had everything that they needed to get away, but were now missing a dear friend. He went back to Ajay and Chinni, who were waiting outside the building. No, Ganesh had not returned there.

In a dilapidated room, Saroja sat in the chair, against her will. Her heart was pounding and her throat was parched. She did not know where she was, she had little time to inspect her surroundings when her blindfold was removed momentarily. She barely got a glimpse of the pervert who was touching her inappropriately - one of Sampath's men, who had kidnapped her and were holding her hostage in this god-forsaken place! Thankfully, it looked like someone was coming that way, so he put back the blindfold on her and moved away. She sat in darkness knowing not what to expect next. As she heard footsteps, she cried out

"Please, don't do anything. Please let me go". What she heard next, caught her by surprise. A frail voice of Ganesh Kumar "Ille ille..naan avanga ille. " He explained briefly how they had come here by mistake, lost during their road trip. She asked a few questions and convinced herself that he was genuinely trying to help her. Just as they were preparing to leave, Ganesh Kumar turns to her and says "Seri, vaanga. Naan ungale kaapaathirein...Adhukku munnaadi, inge purse edhaavadhu vittengalaana parthhukonga. Yena..inge tirimbi vara mudiyaadhu!" (loosely translated - "Ok, I will help you. But, before we leave, please check if you have dropped your purse here. It will be very difficult to come back once we leave")

The movie has many such moments that I loved. I cant understand why there is so much hatred on the net for the music and the fact that it was copied off Judgement Night. I loved the characters in the movie who I thought acted well within their limits. I applaud Premji and Charan for doing something beyond music. And I loved Yuvan's music. With so many things to like, I could overlook the lack of a original story or "seasoned" actors.