Maa Balaji

<p>Balaji is a young and ambitious man. But he is unsuccessful in his trials to make money and ends up in debt of 10 . Unable to repay the amount, he jumped off into the sea to commit suicide after insuring an amount of 10 lakh for his debtors with the . However, he is saved and lands up in the house of a rich Punjabi man Balwinder Singh whose daughter Pooja falls in love with him. Music was composed by . The lyrics were written by and . Jeevi of rated the film 4 out of 5 and noted, “First half is in a lighter vein and second half is very gripping. Climax is the heart and soul of the film”. Griddaluru Gopala Rao of gave the film a negative review criticising the story, characterisations, dialogues, and direction as clichéd, and artificial. A critic from wrote that “A remake of the Malayalam movie, ‘Punjabi House’, it is meant to be a rib-tickler but the Telugu version, ‘Maa Balaji comes out a cropper as the theme has nothing much to boast by way of being a comedy”. wrote “The powerful storyline, coupled with the competence of the director made the movie quite interesting and the climax scene is the highlight of the movie. Another point that needs mention is that the movie is not crammed with unnecessary roles in the name of comedy”.</p>