Panjaa Movie Review - by Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala

Finally its the time for me to post my review on Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa (Today Matnee Show @ Vyjayanthi, Nacharam). By the way, this is my 23rd consecutive post on Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa - that's the expectations I had on the movie..

Naturally due to very high expectations and hype on the movie the first day talks were as usual mixed and at places, the talk even spread as below average. But in my view (after watching the movie) the standards and the technicalities were at top notch and will certainly become a box-office hit. However the movie will not get into masses on the first week, since the movie is a stylish action entertainer (as claimed by the makers of Panjaa) without containing much of mass elements in it!

Story, Screenplay & Direction: Story is based on a single but powerful point, "Sahaayam Pondina Vaadu, Kruthagnatha Choopinchakapovadam Yentha Thappo... Sahaayam Cheysinavaadu, Kruthagnatha Korukovadam Kooda Anthey Thappu"! 

Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa Audio Release will be a big party for Mega Fans

Pawan Kalyan’s PANJAA music will be out in less than a day now and already its fever has gripped everyone! Passes to fans for audio launch function are given liberally and everyone who submitted a video for ‘Panjaa Mania‘ contest, got a fan pass. Panjaa music CD has 6 tracks and music is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Lyrics are by Chandrabose and Ramajogaiah Sastry. Aditya music are releasing Panjaa audio CDs and cassettes on Sunday (20th november) morning in all music stores.

Pawan Kalyan, Brahmanandam, Hemachandra sang a comedy song ‘Paparayudu‘ and Yuvan himself sang the title song.

Panjaa Track list (as on music CD) : 


1. Panjaa | Vocal: Yuvan | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry 
2. Ela Ela | Vocals: Haricharan & Shweta Pandit | Lyrics: Chandrabose
3. Veyira Cheyyi Veyira | Vocals: Saloni | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry
4. Kshanam Kshanam | Vocal: Shweta Pandit | Lyrics: Chandrabose
5. Anukoneledhugaa Kalakaanekaadhugaa | Vocals: Belly Raj & Priya Himesh | Lyrics: Chandrabose
6. Paparayudu | Vocals: Hemachandra & Sathyan | Featuring Voices of Pawan Kalyan and Brahmanandam | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry

As per the sources, all the mega heroes would be present at Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa audio launch. Megastar Chiranjeevi and Allu Arjun will grace this event along with Pawan and Nagababu. Ram Charan may not attend this event as he is busy in China shooting for Racha movie.


Pawan Kalyan’s previous films audio launches were done in a grand way but Megastar was missing in that. He attended Jalsa audio launch and he will be present at Panjaa audio release too. The audio function will be conducted on November 19. This will be telecasted live in all the news channels.


Panjaa is carrying high expectations and a lot is expected from Yuvan Shankar Raja, the music director of this film. Director Vishnu Vardhan is known for extracting good work from Yuvan and the music director himself said that Panjaa is going to be a treat for his fans. 

Liked the English in this interview about Panjaa...

It was a celebration time for Pawan Kalyan's fans after the first look of Panjaa was released. The look of the Telugu actor was so infectious that sporting beard suddenly looked chic. 

Talking about the massive response for the first look, Nagesh Muntha one of the producers says, “He was inundated with calls from remote villages wishing nothing but the best for Panjaa.” At the risk of sounding pompous he claims, “The movie isn’t your regular four-song-three-fight-one-item number fare. In most movies the characters are sheltered into narrative like passenger strapped to the car seat belt. With predetermined ups and downs the audiences go for a ride, but in Panjaa the characters are well etched out into the narrative.”

He continues, “While Ali, Brahmanandam, Jhansi along with Pawan Kalyan drums up comedy, the drama and action are synced well into the story. There are no forced attempts, the blocks fit together very well and at every turn the story is revealing. The director kept a safe distance from unwanted buildups, over-the-top dialogues and exaggerated heroism for this film.”

Nagesh Muntha further adds, “The action sequence of the film were not something laid out in advance - this had something to do with the contemporary aesthetics of the film, be it be the the hand-to-hand combat or the high octane gun fight sequences. I think the audiences are done to death with Sumo’s tossing in the air action sequences.”

On a parting note Nagesh says, "Be it Sarah Jane Dias, Jackie Shroff, Atul Kulkarni, Tanikella Bharani or the amalgam of finest artists, Panjaa will be remembered as a gangster classic for a long time to come and will set the benchmarks for its technical brilliance."