Diamonds. You can do so many things with them. Make movies, for example. A whole lot of Hindi movies came out in the recent past with that subject, and now Idi Sangathi has robbery-greed-diamonds-guilt-redemption as it's basic plot. The screenplay could have been so much more interesting in the hands of another director. Unfortunately, Chandra Siddharth, who made a decent start with Aa Naluguru seems to have backed on solid writing and structure in his debut that seems to be lacking in Idi Sangathi.

Plot:Mumbai Express meets with an accident, and Murthy, a crime reporter for a newspaper and his photographer are the first to arrive. Instead of gathering information, Murthy loots the dead passengers' ornaments and suitcases and gets it home to his wife, Swarajyam. The suitcase he brings home has 500 crores worth diamonds-all the assets of the Prime Minister converted into diamonds and being transferred to Hyderabad. Swarajyam discovers this, and without revealing it to her husband, she makes her own plans and their lives change with the entry of this secret and black treasure.

Performances: Tabu's character is neither well-written nor complex. Even Amani's loud and flat character in Subhalagnam as a wife who 'sells' her husband for a crore is more interesting than Swarajyam. An artiste of Tabu's caliber is therefore wasted, and what more, she's even made to ham in some scenes in the first half-the dubbed voice is not particularly suitable for Tabu. Abbas is good and he sensibly keeps a low profile throughout, which suits the tone of his character. Suneel is okay, ditto Brahmaji. Hema as Suneel's wife keeps the energy level up in her brief role, while Kota as the Prime Minister is good. MS Narayana as his PA gets a giggle or two from the audience.

Last Word :Idi Sangathi could have been a very entertaining movie with the same concept. It fails to impress because of a lackluster script which affects all the other departments in turn.