Karthik (Charan) is a happy-go-lucky guy and the only son in a wealthy family. His mother Lakshmi (Poonam Dhillon) and father Chakravarthy (Sarat Babu) take care of him very well. Neha (Sreya) is the daughter of Subbu (Chandra Mohan) and she is motherless. Karthik is the senior of Neha in the college and rags her a lot.Neha rescues Lakshmi at an incident and joins her in hospital. Over a period of time Neha and Lakshmi become thick friends. The family member of Neha likes Karthik. The family of Karthik loves Neha a lot.Lakshmi refuses, when Subbu proposes to the parents of Karthik to marry off Karthik and Neha. If you want to know why she refused to marry this pair off and how these guys work hard to impress upon the parents, you gotta watch this film on the silver screen.

Analysis :

Charan: Charan is an average looking guy with ease in acting. He suited the role well. His action is natural. He resembles Pawan Kalyan in a few frames. For a starter, it's a good debut. The dubbing aspect of Charan is not convincing as the dialogues and the lip movements are not in sync. Shreya: She is the main asset of the film. She is very beautiful and extremely talented in acting. She has got wonderful smile and has enticing and expressive eyes. She resembles Keerthi Reddy. But Sreya is a much better than Keerthi Reddy in all proportions including height. No wonder, Nag has taken her as the heroine in 'Santosham'Poonam Dhillon: She got a vital role in this film and she justified it with her histrionics. But, they should have considered the problem of nativity.

TeluguOne Perspective :

The film has got good music, photography, direction etc. But what this film terribly lacks is the entertainment value. In addition to this, there is a overdose of sentiment for this film. The story preaches that the undergraduate lovers should not elope and they should find the reason for their parent's refusal and work towards rectifying the defects. This film has a good message. But the message should be sugarcoated. The sugar (in form of comedy) is missing in the film. After watching this film, you would be in a dilemma weather to tag it as a good or bad cinema. If you look at the technical aspects, it's a good film. If you look at the entertainment value, it's a bad film. This movie may not go well with the youth. It may find takers in the matured audiences. We have to wait and see what box office has in store for 'Istam'. Though it may sound incidental, the basic storylines of 'Jabili' (which released on 29th Nov.) and 'Istam' (released on 20th Nov) are same.