Mesthri

<p>A new labourer at the dockyard suddenly garners the accolades of his colleagues and soon due to his intelligence and the good deeds for his mates becomes their leader. At the same time there are murders of those who seem to be suspicious. Who is their killer? Where from has this new labourer come from? What is his history and ulterior motive? was directed by Suresh Krissna, and produced by K. Ramakrishna Prasad under Soubhagya Films. Dasari Narayana Rao wrote the story and screenplay, and Rajendra Kumar wrote the dialogues. Editing by Gowtam Raju. Shooting took place predominantly at . The soundtrack was composed by . It was released on 23 February 2009. was released on 12 March 2009, and became controversial because many of its dialogues were interpreted as being targeted at the-then chief , despite Krissna’s denial. Radhika Rajamani of rated the film two stars out of five, saying, “One has to wait to see if the climate is favourable for ‘s percolation to the audience in all the centres.” said it “fails to impress on many counts. Barring some potshots against Chiranjeevi and advising youngsters not to be ‘star-struck’, the film offers little else. Even the predictable and slow-moving screenplay takes its toll on the audience.” wrote, “The film is just laced on a Utopian model and hence lacks entertainment values.”</p>