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I have given a rating of 9, as nothing can be 100% perfect (I might have rated a movie 10/10 in the past but experience, maturity n wisdom takes over eventually...esp after watching movies such as these). I believe people have already said a lot about what I had to say. Some breath taking scenes, perfect depiction of the principles of the great man on the celluloid, and a great performance from the cast n crew of the film. And each time, I seem to find something which I somehow seemed to miss in my earlier viewing. Amazing!

Now, let me answer some of the comments some people have made.

1. Gandhi never hated anyone, not even the Britishers. Remember he wanted to say "goodbye" to them "as friends" whenever they would leave, and not to take advantage of their WWII predicament. He admired the fairness in their judgment, except that he wanted to bring some changes in their law (as he says during his struggle in South Africa). 2. Gandhi an arrogant man: You should be a kinder-garden kid or you need strong doses of history :) Gandhi was quite the opposite. 3. He was not an opportunist. He was quite the opposite. He did not aspire for any political power, neither his kids benefit from him/his stature. Today, we don't even know where his descendants are. We all know where the Nehrus are (the current Gandhis, as you know, is a misnomer). 4. India being a land of violence: That's what he was fighting against. 5. Indians migrating to nations founded on British rule (i.e. US, UK, Canada, NZ, and Australia): That's not this movie about. Nevertheless, here's the answer. Migration is part of mankind, otherwise those counties listed above would never have been yours. At least, Indians did not conquer any countries, massacre the natives and take over their lands :) 6. This movie is feel good n boring movie: Yes, its almost impossible to find flaws in the great character. Boring? Well, you have not exactly graduated from James Bond movies to movies such as this.

If one thought 'Shiva' brought in a refreshing change to Telugu Film Industry - a trend setter, and a cult film - well this one betters that, and has RGV class written all over it.

The way the story starts with 'unimportant' characters, waits for a while until he introduces his main characters, doing away with long boring routine dialogues, and instead introducing the regular jargon that we use in a day-to-day life (which we notice in all RGV films), the funny conversation between Chandu (Venkatesh) and Satya (Sridevi)......everything about this movie is just perfect.

This movie is very special to me because, I being a big-time fan of RGV, Sridevi and Venkatesh (more because I was tired of Chiru and Balakrishna) and was fresh out of school and experiencing my new found 'freedom', I watched this movie a zillion times. Only other Telugu movie that I have watched on more occasions is 'Sagara Sangamam'.

Watch out for Paresh Rawal!! He sizzles through his role. Everything about him is funny - his funny moustache (there is a gap between each side of his moustache which makes him like a modern day caricature of Chengiz Khan), his Telugu accent, the way he sings a song and asks one of his cronies to guess what song it was, and how he despite being a ring-leader depends on his cronies for 'help' for small things - like he is afraid to cross an old bridge in the jungle and asks one of his cronies to lead him across the river, or how he keeps pestering them with questions when we think that he being the ring-leader should be one step above them!! Sridevi as an innocent lady but with some attitude, Venkatesh as a petty thief, do awesome job.

Bramhanandam's cameo and great music by Keeravani add value to this movie. In fact all numbers in this movie are catchy and have been super-hits. Must watch film if you haven't!!!!! I give 10/10 for its quality entertainment, devoid of any cheap comedy!!!