Producer: Chakradhar Paturi, Kongara Subhashini
Director: Uppalapati Narayana
bVenkateswara Rao Atluri, Vishaka Singh
Music: Shekar Chandra
 
Over the years many films have been made on astrology and ailment and director Uppalapati Narayana Rao’s ‘Gnapakam’ is no different. This is yet another love tale with a stroke of astrology and schizophrenia to some degree. It is a novel attempt on the director’s part to deliver something new to his audience. But unfortunately he slips with his direction mid-way that leaves the audience clueless. The plot craftily employs the flashback technique to sail forward.

Srinu (Venkateswara Rao Atluri) is a meritorious chap who goes to the US to pursue higher education. He bears his own expenses by doing various odd jobs during the night apart from studying. His cousin Pratap (Kongara Rajaram) son of Gothi Venkanna (Kota Srinivasa Rao) too flies to US in search of a job and puts up with Srinu there. Pratap is a crook who can ditch anybody for his personal pleasures. While in US, Srinu happens to meet Sarangi (Visakha Singh) who is the daughter of a millionaire and instantly falls in love with her.      

Srinu discovers that Sarangi is deeply interested in astrology and palmistry and takes up the subject to earn more knowledge about it. Sarangi too gets impressed by him and love blooms between the two. One day he happens to visit the house of his project coordinator Saba (Benarjee) where he comes upon a man who happens to know a lot about astrology. From him Srinu learns that if certain lines on the palm do not meet, a love relation can never be successful. Incidentally, he finds out that Sarangi's hand has such lines and becomes extremely depressed worrying about the fact that his love story won’t be a success.

Sarangi’s father happily accepts to their match. But fate has other plans for them. Pratap, his cousin cannot bear Srinu’s happiness and devises a plan to disrupt his happiness. He poisons Sarangi’s mind against him. The result is that Sarangi starts despising Srinu. Jittered in love, Srinu sails back to India and there he gets afflicted with schizophrenia. What happens to their love story next culminates the rest of the tale?
 
Talking of the performances, Venkateswara Rao Atluri delivers his best here. He pulls off the arduous role of a schizophrenic diligently. Visakha Singh too looks impressive and provess that she isn’t just another pretty face.

Music by Sekhar Chandra is melodious and makes for a nice hear. Camerawork by G Krishna Murali is all right while editing by Lokesh is satisfactory. On the whole, a nice two and a half hour entertainment.