There is a fixation among Telugu filmmakers with faction fights and larger-than-life dons. Numerous movies have been made on the subject.Numerous others would doubtless be made again. Some will work. Some may not.
Mahanandi, on the same lines, works ---at least partially. And that is because the main cast has come with some really inspired stuff.
The story has nothing novel. But the inner dynamics make it work. It revolves around Swamy (Sri Hari) who has the mortification of having…