I watched this movie because it got dubbed into Malayalam and was shown in a TV channel. I don't like watching dubbed version but a few minutes into the movie I was taken back so took the original version(Telugu) and watched it. I wasn't a fan of Anushka before but after watching this she is one of my favorite. She made Jejamma and Arundhathi character look so royal and at the same time respectable. Sonu sood's villain character even was also simply superb except for annoying "ya aye" type of dialogs which was not needed. CG effects team also did a fabulous job in making it look more realistic. Even though there are lots of gimmicks taken from foreign and other movies I felt it also good (scenes like poltergeist effects,demon being slayed,drumming scenes from Chinese movie forgot name,demon on walls etc). Also the scenes where Arundhati dances to kill villain and then wears same dress during the end reminded me of the "manichitrathaazhu" original version of chandramukhi where Shobna did fabulous job. Anushka is simply superb in Saree, she is the ultimate gulti on screen.

Don't get me wrong - "Arundhati" is a good movie and a definite one-time watch material. It is based on similar lines of "Chandramukhi" and perhaps a yardstick. The plot unfolds at various points ensuring the audience is engaged at all times. Arundhati draws laurels on two aspects - the technical and the performances. Being a horror movie it effectively manages to scare the living daylights at many places. There is lots of blood, gore and unspeakable, so faint-hearted stay away. ∆‬‬‬ Anuskha Shetty:: Manages to don both the roles of Arundhati/ Jejamma with ease.∆‬‬‬ Sonu Sood:: The devil reincarnate character is borough to life with his awesome performance. Anushkha & Sonu are the two pillar which the movie rests upon.∆‬‬‬ Sayaji Shinde:: Convincing performance as usual (and as usual, he is loud!).∆‬‬‬ The actor who played Rahul:: Your role is shorter than special appearance. Go on and blow your trumpet in your neighbourhood about your blink-and-miss appearance!However to play devil's advocate - its a 1980's Ramsay Bros storyline. Old wine in new bottle - thanks to the clever narrative, good performances and use of new technology. In fact CGI's are an overkill. In addition, there are quite a lot of creative liberties in the narrative. Had the screenplay been tightened up, it would certainly been a flawless "Chandramuki".Kodi Ramakrishna is making an sincere attempt to keep his boat sailing in the changing times.

First off this is a commendable effort getting in to such a genre. But, in the name of screen play it cramps in so many details, plot sequences, evil deeds etc,. its like 3 sequels in one film. There is no building up of plot or any breather, even if you get one, it will be some family crowd doings some overacting with cheesy dialogues. I am not sure what genre is this film, Is it an all out violent underground zombie violence film? Is it some low grade religion appeasing film? Or is it some family tragedy? Or a Mummy like adventure-horror film?. Not clear at all, all elements are cramped in.Every single thing is verbose, there is always someone commenting what's happening on the screen, if not that its something that happened before will be playing on the screen as a montage, (something graphically violent as usual). So that we dumb audience can connect with something that happened 5 min ago.The violence level is not justified, Where in the world a mainstream film has a scene that the villain stabs through and through, a women and rapes her in a pool of blood?. It is not here and there it is all over, I don't know how desensitized the Telugu audience can be to take this, the assumption that cruelty has to be should shown with so much blood so novice. Eg. take the scores of Hollywood block busters like Mummy or Lord of rings.80s years ago there was no kingdom that told it subjects to kill a person in cold blood in India. Feudal nostalgia at its best.A film to be proud of does not come by amount of CG used, it should be by how well a story is told. This movie does not hit the mark.

Story: There is a saying that the spirit of a deceased person who succumbed to untimely demise would not leave this earth. The spirit would stay on the earth to complete the unfulfilled task. Arundhati is a thriller made on the tussle between such a spirit (Anushka) and a villain (Sonu Sood). This film is not a horror film, but a thriller.First half of the film is excellent and the second half is good. Arundhati is a film which we can proudly show it as a Telugu film to all your non-Telugu friends. Don't watch it on internet or pirated DVDs. Arundhati is a film that must be watched in a good theater with nice sound/projection system. This is one of the movies which is going to take telugu movie industry to new heights.