The climax and the Venkateswara kalyanam song are superb and underline the director’s expertise in handling of such subjects. The film peaks in the second half and is narrated in an interesting way. He sticks to the subject and maintains the devotional theme and feel to the very end. Raghavendra Rao, whose films are on devotional subjects, had failed a bit in his last film Shirdi Sai. What is that test and how Rama becomes the devotee, Hathi Ram Baba, is what the rest of the film is about.ĭirector K. The King gives him a test to prove his innocence. Nobody believes him when he says that he played with the Lord and that’s how the jewellery was lost. The next day, when the temple doors are opened, the statue of the Lord is found stripped of its jewellery. They play a betting game in which the Lord loses his jewellery and leaves. He decides to create awareness among the people about the true nature of the Lord and this impresses Lord Venkateswara so much that he comes down and plays with Rama. Krishnamma (Anushka) tells him to read the Venkateswara Mahatyam, which enlightens him about the Lord. He immediately sets out for Tirumala to seek darshan of the Lord, but is prevented from this by some baddies under Govinda Rajulu (Rao Ramesh), who throw him out. Rama realises that the boy is none other than Lord Venkateswara. One day, a small boy enters Rama’s meditation and disturbs it. He then advises Rama to meditate to seek darshan of God. He soon meets a Swami (Sai Kumar) who assures him he will see God and also play with him. Om Namo Venkatesaya is the story of Rama (Akkineni Nagarjuna) who is engaged in a search for God. He does so again with Om Namo Venkatesaya, with Nagarjuna in the lead as he was in Rao’s Annamayya, Sriramadasu and Shiridi Sai. Raghavendra Rao has confined himself to making devotional films. Cast: Nagarjuna, Anushka, Sourabh Jain, Jagapathi Babu, Rao Ramesh, Vimala Raman, Pragya Jaiswal and othersįor the past few years, veteran K.
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