''Yamaho Yama'' ( ''Oh Yama, It's Yama'') is a 2012

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film starring

Sairam Shankar Petla Sairam Shankar is an Indian actor in Telugu cinema. He is the younger brother of popular Indian film director and producer Puri Jagannadh. He began his acting career as a lead actor in 2004 film '' 143''. He later continued acting in film ...

Parvati Melton Parvati Melton (born January 7, 1988) is an American model turned actress of Indian and German descent known for her works in Telugu and Malayalam language films. She acted with Raja in the film ''Vennela'', which turned out to be a success. She ...

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and

Sanjjanaa Sanjjanaa Galrani is an Indian model and actress who made her film debut in the 2005 Telugu film Soggadu. She is known for her role in the Kannada film ''Ganda Hendathi'' (2006). She played a supporting role in the 2008 Telugu film ''Bujjigadu' ...

and directed by Jithender Yadagiri. The movie is dubbed in Hindi as ''Qatilon Ka Qatil''.

Plot

Balu (

) is a young lad who is fated to die at the age of 25, as per his horoscope. In order to prevent this, his grandmother (

Rama Prabha Rama Prabha is an Indian actress who performs in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She has acted in more than 1,400 films and is credited as a character artist who shared screen space with superstars across all generation of South Indian Cinem ...

) makes him a devotee of Lord Yama (

) in order to avert this. As Balu approaches the age of 25 years, Ram Prabha decides to send the young lad to USA. Balu roams around without any responsibilities and ends up as a good for nothing lad. In order to mend Balu's ways, none other than Lord Yama enters the fray. He decides to travel to the US and help out the kid. But even the great Yama fails to mend Balu and that is when he realises that Balu needs to fall in love to become a better person. He makes Balu fall in love with Swapna (

) and the rest of the movie is about how Balu becomes a better person.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

A reviewer of

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says "This film will test your patience and insult your intelligence. Avoid it unless you want to experience visual torture". Ch Sushil Rao from

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wrote "Sai Ram Shankar steals the show as he performs with ease – both in his role, dance and fights. But he should know it is the 'Statue of Liberty' and not 'Liberty of statue' in the US". Prasad from India Herald wrote "There are uncountable scenes of this kind which never stop testing your patience’s until you reach last 15 minutes of this movie.Entire technical team is big minus points to this flick".

References

External links

* 2012 films 2010s Telugu-language films Indian fantasy comedy films 2010s fantasy comedy films 2012 comedy films Yama in popular culture {{2010s-Telugu-film-stub