Run Raja Run(2014)
Sujeeth's debut movie was quite a good entertainer, with some great comedy, and smart writing. I think he just got too ambitious with Sahoo, trying to create a complex storyline, that ended up nowhere.
Plot is straightforward, Sharwa a happy go lucky youngster, gets caught up in a series of kidnappings taking place all over the city. His life takes a turn when he falls for Priya(Seerat Kapoor) daughter of the police Comissioner Dileep( Sampath Raj), who gets him to kidnap one of the big shots, but he instead ends up kidnapping Priya.
As an entertainer, the movie works well, with enough twists and turns in the narrative. The comedy bits are quite good, Sharwa and Sampath Raj bonding over Michael Jackson, reference to that Idiot dialog about Comissioner daughters not getting married. One favorite scene is when Sharwa fools the villian gang, using masks of different actors, performances of Prabhas Sreenu and Kota were superb in it.
Also the movie is more a game of wits between the hero and the villian, making it that more engaging, than the standard one hero thrashing a dozen baddies stuff.
Sharwanand was quite good at comic roles, this and Express Raja would always be two of my anytime watch favorites. Miss him in these kinda roles, hope he comes back with one such again. Adivi Sesh does a good support act, as Naeem. Seerat Kapoor is like any other Mumbai import, nothing special.
The supporting cast is the strength here, Sampath Raj as the commissioner, Jayaprakash as the hero's father who has his own backstory, Kota as a wily politician, Vennela Kishore as his dim witted son.