

Ahuti Prasad and Parachuri Gopala Krishna give convincing performances. Tarun is his usual carefree self, but with meaningful restraint as per the demands of his role. As the story is told from the female protagonist point of view, she had ample opportunity to showcase her thespian repertoire. Genelia has come out with a good performance and she maintains her own ebullient way. The rest of the story deals with the journey of the protagonists and the climax is reached with some unexpected turns and twists. After xenophobic apprehensions and valid misunderstandings, Sasirekha and Anand continue their journey. As her people have been searching for her at the Railway station and bus station, she seeks the help of Anand (Tarun) and goes away with him on a motor-bike. Hours before her marriage, she runs away from the wedding venue in Amalapuram ostensibly to go to her friend in Hyderabad. She becomes aware that her marriage has been fixed with a rich NRI and she also learns that the prospective father-in-law desires a big chunk of money as dowry. The marriage of Sasirekha (Genelia) has been suddenly fixed by her father (Ahuti Prasad) without giving any chance to her at least to know who her life-partner would be. The road journey of the protagonists in this film is a metaphor for their journey together in life as partners.

Shashirekha Parinayam is not inspired any of the above films in content, but only belongs to their genre. Shashirekha Parinayam belongs to the genre of Road Romance films like Raj Kapoor’s Chori Chori, Gregory Peck’s Roman Holiday, Frank Capra’s It happened One Night, Mahesh Bhatt’s Dil Hai Ki Mantha Nahin and Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met. Story - screenplay - direction: Krishna Vamsi

Tarun, Genelia, Ahuti Prasad, Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Subbaraju, Raghubabu, MS Narayana, Suthivelu, Sivaji Raja, Abhi, Giri, Surekha Vani, Tulasi, Geeta Singh, Monali Chowdary, Vamsi and others
