Khaleja

Someone we know tells us that unless you have nerves of steel, euphoria is a tricky target. Because when you miss it, things look disproportionately gloomy. So when Telugu cinema's resident chocolate boy - surfacing after what seems like a decade - is caught in a film lesser than the sum of its parts, it feels like even more of a letdown.

This, despite the fact that Mahesh Khaleja is a masterfully crafted film by many standards. It's a Trivikram product, and contains some classy comedy, visual finesse, and laboriously conceptualized scenes. Plus, needless to say, being the come-back....