Srinivasa Mangapuram movie review: Jai Krishna, Rasha Thadani’s love story loses itself in violence

6 min readHyderabadJul 30, 2026 02:26 PM IST Jai Krishna Ghattamaneni and Rasha Thadani in a still from Srinivasa Mangapuram, directed by Ajay BhupathiSrinivasa Mangapuram movie review: Growing up, Romeo and Juliet was probably everyone’s favourite love story. It is arguably Shakespeare’s greatest work, and it has everything needed for an immersive drama. Across generations, the ill-fated lovers have lived on through countless retellings and adaptations, each finding a new way to dress up the same tragedy. What Ajay Bhupathi does with Srinivasa Mangapuram is take the foundation of that classic and rebuild it with modern plot devices, a temple town setting and enough bloodshed to fill a crime thriller. The film revolves around Seenu, a happy-go-lucky guy who falls in love with Manga, the da