The film looks at the political, media, judiciary and police system in satirical way and exposes the greedy nature of people. But adapting literary novels on to the screen is not easy and it requires great skill to hold the audience's interest.

But the director scores in presenting the film with style with ample support from his cameraman and music director. The basic problem lies in the fact that his screenplay in the second half turns out to be predictable and lacks meat. Such films should be told in more comic way (like Priyadarshan's slapstick comedies) and here Chandra Siddardh fails.

Idhee Sangati-News in Pics!

The story is about Murthy (Abbas) and his wife Swarajyam (Tabu) and their greediness. Murthy is a corrupted reporter who handles the beat of ‘crime’. One day, a train accident happens in the city and Murthy and his photographer (Sunil) reach to the cover the story. Instead of doing their job, they loot the gold ornaments and the other belongings of the dead passengers in the accident.

They reach home with a bag of ornaments and a suitcase. Later it comes to the light that a suitcase consisting of precious diamonds worth Rs 500 Crore is missing from one passenger. And the diamonds belong to Prime Minister of India who hails from Andhra Pradesh. The police are now on the hunt for the diamonds.

Meanwhile, Swarajyam sees the diamonds in the suitcase and keeps it secretly in bathroom without informing her hubby. The rest of the film is how police, thieves, lawyers, and politicians indulge in heinous acts to grab the diamonds.

Tabu the powerhouse of talent, as middleclass woman who yearns for a better living gives a memorable performance. Yet, there is a bit of artificiality in her portrayal. Her character doesn’t evoke sympathy and excessive glamour show brings 'negativeness' to the role. Although Abbas gives a convincing performance, it is hard to understand that reporter looting ornaments on a dead body.

Kota Srinivas Rao as Prime Minister, Sunil as photographer, Surya as greedy police officer and Brahmaji in the role of a lawyer have done justice to their characters. Raja makes guest appearance and his character is underdeveloped. Lilting music by newcomer George P Varki and Gummadi Jayakrishna's camerawork are praiseworthy. The pictursiation of two songs - one shot on Raja and the other on Tabu and Abbas - are eye-catching and imaginatively shot.

The plot line has potential to become an interesting expose but it is not handled well in the second half. The problem lies with its artificiality in the behavior of characters. No one can empathise or sympathise with them! And the pace of the film is too slow.

Verdict: Average