Jeyram

Chennaionline.COM: "He's been a trendsetter of sorts since his debut directorial venture in Telugu, 'Chithram'. He has been giving a new touch to the eternal story of romance and introducing new talents from Uday Kiran, Reema Sen, Nitin to Sadha. And now Teja introduces yet another fresh talent in Navdeep, and throws a life-line to Santhoshi, a familiar face to serial viewers, who's done cameos in a few Tamil films.

Ravivarman tries to create some mood with his camera, and a couple of songs of debutant composer Anup are catchy, but there's nothing much inspiring in this tale for them here. Navdeep, light-eyed and cute, oozing confidence, with a lot of sincerity in his work, does make a promising debut.

Santhoshi has the girl-next-door looks. In fact, she's too much of a girl-next-door! And if Teja's intention was to make his female protagonist look inconspicuous among the 30 odd new faces he's introduced in the film, he's succeeded!

The film, partly re-shot, partly dubbed, has Teja shifting away from familiar territory and venturing into the unknown, to give his love story a political colour. The director should have stuck to what he knows best - romancing in style!"