Peda Babu (Jagapati Babu) is the village head. He stays alone and away from his mother (Suhasini) who is staying in the same village along with Peda Babu's father and siblings. The entire village respects Pedababu as village head. But why is Pedababu staying away from his mother. He has not spoken a word to her for the past 25 years. What is the reason? That exact flashback has the major interest part of the story.

Analysis :

Pedababu is rather a subdued tale of emotions and sentiments that are part of the family life. Especially if your family seems to have Jagapahi Babu, Suhasini and Sharath Babu in it, and your life seems to have nothing better to do. In the end, the ironies of all ironies - when Suhasini for some unknown reason falls on the deathbed, she revives only after Pedababu calls her 'amma'. This can be attributed to his prayers of the Lord throughout the movie. And somehow we feel even Suhasini had been praying all this while, because she's called amma only once in the entire movie, still keeping her hopes alive to come back as a heroine. Anyway, the movie is a clean family sentiment entertainer. Even though the glycerine content is overboard, it has a vague pleasantness about it. Maybe that's because of the good performances by the cast. Sunil and Kalyani provide some comic relief. In all, Pedababu is a slightly offshoot movie about family sentiments, which is better than most of the love stories around. If sentiment is your thing, this is your bling bling.

TeluguOne Perspective :

Paruchuri Murali did a decent job as the director though he lacks clarity of narration in quite a few scenes. He is an expert in getting the sentimental scenes right. The screenplay of the film is pretty average. The narration is quite old-fashioned. He would have a good future if he can overcome the weakness of lack of clarity in narration. The first half of the film is not up to the mark. The second half has got some substance. The movie goes in to firm grip as the tear-jerking climax approaches. 'Pedababu' has got high quotient of sentiment. It's aimed at ladies and B-C center crowds. It is also a clean film sans any vulgarity or obscenity. If the sentiment catches up with the ladies, this film would have a good run at box office and fetch decent profits as it is made with limited budget.