Sankranthi

Halfway through Sankranti, you are thinking that this is nothing like the casserole you'd ordered. First, Venkatesh isn't making you giggle at all, and seems unrepentently content living in a bovine role that is ideal for maybe a Srihari or even better, an S V Ranga Rao. Then, the film seems to believe that it's a bullock cart with a purpose. And finally, there is no glamor (Aarti Agarwal has a 5-minute role) and no comedy, and most songs appear like complete misfits in the setting.

If from this situation the film actually manages to claw back to watchability, it is due to excel....