Producer: Kishore Babu
Director: Vishnu Vardhan
Cast: Aarya, Barath, Padma Priya, Pooja
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja

Tollywood is thronged with dubbed version of other languages films and ‘Gaayam’ is one such film. It is a dubbed version of Tamil blockbuster ‘Pattiyal’. However, history doesn’t repeat too often. Telugu audience just can’t glue to the big screens for two-and-a-half hours on a star cast alien to them.

Koti (Arya) and Siva (Bharath) are orphans. They are hired killers for middleman Swami (Cochin Haneefa). Koti is a rough guy with has no emotion and talks a lot. On the other hand, Siva is deaf and dumb. He too is fearless but has some human emotions. They both are happy doing their job as contract killers for the rich and don’t think of life beyond slum.

Saru (Padmapriya), who works in a garment factory, loves Koti very much though he never feels for her. Meanwhile, Siva falls in love with Sandhya (Pooja), a salesgirl in a medical shop. This affair brings out the romantic and emotional sides of Siva.

Swami then gives the duo a big contract to kill a businessman and a politician. This incident turns their life out off gear, something they never felt earlier, and this leads to an ugly and cruel climax.

Arya and Bharat have done their job well. Their close association has been highlighted quite well. In fact, viewers just can’t help but reach out for hanky on seeing the duo parting ways. Other cast of the film including Pooja, Padmapriya and Cochin Haneefa has all given justice to their roles. However, there are a few sequences that are hard to digest.

On the whole, ‘Gaayam’ has nothing much in offer. It fails to cater the taste of the Telugu audience.