He wants to take you into Hari’s life and then wants to explain why Sailaja has a change of mind suddenly and why there’s a strain with her father. And it is here that the director kind of falters because he is trying to tell you so many things. This film, however, isn’t just a love story and has layers, one of them being the relationships between Sailaja and her father Srinu (Sathyaraj) which seems strained at the outset but has an underlying emotion. Everything is going smoothly until Sailaja says this: ‘I love you, but I am not in love with you’. It seems Hari (Ram) and Sailaja (Keerthy Suresh) are destined to end up together because after separating in childhood, they meet again under strange circumstances and grow fond of each other.
Sailaja… is a slice of life love story with many coincidences that are possible only in the world of movies. The ‘energy’ that is so often tagged to Ram seems to have been channeled into a better direction and well, it works wonders. While the actor has admittedly worked hard on bringing that side of him, the credit would majorly go to director Kishore Tirumala who not only visualized him in this character but also managed to draw the best from him. He’s a complete commercial hero – lover boy with a charming quick wit and an ability to pack a punch – and yet, manages to bring out simplicity with maximum effect. Sailaja… will definitely make it into an important spot because this film saw him give his career best in terms of the nuanced performance which is very unlike Ram, at least from what we have seen in the recent few years. Movie Review: If one lists out milestones in Ram’s career, Nenu.
But Sailaja doesn’t know how to express and that leads to trouble. Synopsis: Sailaja (Keerthy Suresh) and Hari (Ram) are destined to fall in love.