Of late, Telugu movies are depending heavily on comedy for survival. Dhee, Dubai Seenu and the latest Shankardada Zindabad to name a few, had comedy as the main ingredient.

Even the sentimental Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule, had liberal doses of comic relief. However, all comedy films don't make a fortune at the box office, but the producers try to cash in on the mood of the audience. As a result, sometimes some very insipid comedy films hit the screen. One such endeavour is Allare Allari.

Muppulaleni Siva, who made Sandade Sandade earlier with Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad and Shivaji in the lead, once again tries his hand at comedy. He presents a concoction with a host of comedians, something on the lines of EVV Satyanarayana's Evadi Gola Vadidi. This film could make it to the box office purely for its sustained publicity campaign.

Siva has Venu, the struggling hero who is still trying to get a foothold in the industry even after quite a few releases, and Naresh who is desperately trying to fit into the hero-comedian slot, which belonged to Rajendra Prasad for years.

Then, there are comedians like Ali, Krishnabhagvan, Battala Sathyam, Telangana Shakunthala, Dharmavarapu and many more, yet the film lacks in a good situational comedy. To top it the wooden expressions of both the heroes makes matters worse.

The humour is bland and for this, the dialogue writer is to blame. Even Siva is partly to blame. These days, the audience expects humourous one-liners but the writer falls back on the same crass comedy -- like eyeing the neighbours' wives -- and dialogues bordering on vulgarity.

The film has an apartment complex as a backdrop. Anand (Venu), a doctor lives in the complex while Veerababu (Naresh) is the watchman. Venu comes across Parvati Melton, who takes a liking to him. But he cannot accept her, as he has to marry his aunt's daughter. So Naresh and Venu exchange places and the story goes on.

Parvati Melton should change her Vennela style of acting. It's boring. However, she makes a reasonably good pair with Venu.

Music by Chakri is mediocre.

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