Software Sudheer

Story: Chandu (Sudheer) and Swati (Dhanya Balakrishna) are software engineers who fall in love. But what happens when Swati finds out she poses a life threat to Chandu’s life?

Review: Is has slowly become a thing for comedians to try and turn into heroes in Tollywood. It has also become the norm to see such attempts backfire badly and Software Sudheer is no different. The film falls under the same age-old drama with some forced comedy.

Chandu and Swati get engaged but when the couple visit an astrologer, they’re told he poses a life-threat because of her astrology. What is the conspiracy behind the astrology and what it has to do with a political scam is something the film aims to explore.

Despite the name of the film, Sudheer’s character doesn’t even remotely sound like a software engineer. He’s introduced as someone so dumb, he’d pee inside a refrigerator and fix an oversized mirror on his vehicle. The comedy is laced with cheap tropes that make no sense. Director Rajasekhar Reddy tries to work out some small-screen comedy in the big-screen and fails. The punch dialogues too are nothing to write home about.

The whole concept of a techie trusting an astrologer makes you wonder what the point of it all was. If you think the first half has topped in absurdity, the second half proves you wrong and goes even further. The weakly written screenplay adds fuel to the fire and scenes like the one where a depressed Sudheer dances with five women in a location abroad don’t help either.

Rajasekhar tries hard to maintain a twist till the end but it falls flat. He also tries to bring in some agricultural drama at the end which doesn’t work with the rest of the mess. The best part of the film is when the ‘The End’ card rolls and you can finally walk out of it.

Sudheer is introduced as a hero in the film, but a weak script lets him down. But then again when he seems more invested in silly one-liners and dance moves, can’t blame the script. Dhanya is okay in a shoddily written role. Sayaji Shinde and Nassar perform well with what they’re given.

There’s nothing good about Software Sudheer except for some funny dance moves. Give this one a miss unless you want to walk out tortured.