Jaya Janaki Nayaka

Boyapati Srinu has directed six movies before Jaya Janaki Nayaka, and each of them has had emotions, violence and a flashback. Most directors have styles that work for them, and the way the mood reaches a crescendo and culminates in an action sequence is Boyapati's - and it has worked more often than not.

Jaya Janaki Nayaka deviates from Boyapati's oeuvre and starts off looking like a romantic movie - the conspicuous similarity of Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas' entrance to that of SRK's in DDLJ plays a good part in your thinking like that. The very next scene makes you fall with a th....