At the audio function of Dammu, Rajamouli appreciated
Boyapati Sreenu for sticking to the action/mass masala genre. In his words “I
have drifted into movies involving graphics and Vinayak has dabbled with
comedy. The only director, steadfast in his belief with action movies, is
[Boyapati] Sreenu”
An avid Telugu movie fan has become intelligent these days.
He knows what to expect from a director based on his previous work. On that
level, Boyapati Sreenu has managed to satiate the expectations of a lot of
people. Not just the fans. If the movie doesn’t connect with the normal crowds,
he can always hide behind the words “But, it was made for the fans”
Fans: This word is bane for the industry. In the morning,
before going out for the movie, I was chatting with a friend of mine and asked
him, if he plans to watch the movie. He said ‘No’ and said it would be a
torture to sit through the movie. Fair point, but a few weeks ago, when I said
that a movie was bad, and it starred his favourite hero, he was quick to retort
back by asking ‘Did you watch the movie?’ Well, the time that I had a chat with
him, he wouldn’t have watched the movie. I too am a fan of a hero, and I enjoy
his monotony as much as his different roles. Hate for actors hasn’t permeated
into me, yet.
Coming back to the movie, there is nothing that you would
find to be novel, but the way Junior Ntr enacts and modulates his dialogues is
to be watched on the big screen. His fans would be disappointed with the fact
that the NTR they knew for dancing, didn’t turn up in this movie. The song ‘Ruler’
turned out to be a dampener
Adding to NTR’s performance are the BGM and dialogues in the
movie. “Pandi Balisthe adhi Enugu kadhu”
seems a normal dialogue, but the way NTR delivers it bought about a lot of
cheers in the theatre. Every confrontation with the villain(s) has NTR slipping
into the effortless mode. Now for the all-important question, will the movie
propel NTR a few notches above Mahesh Babu in the pecking order? No, for the
primary reason that he indulges in a lot of chest thumping, which might not
actually gel with the neutral audience
There is a lot of double entendre in the movie that could
have been avoided. In spite of the ‘A’ certificate, a few words strike a
jarring note. Ali has been doing a lot of these roles in the recent past and
the day might not be far away, when his very presence in the movie will make
the censors stamp an ‘A’.
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NTR shines in a role that was tailor-made for
him. Except for the dance sequences, he manages to go beyond the expectations
of the people. His suggestive dialogues might turn away a few non-fans.
Considering that the movie had a lot of family audiences, he should have taken
care to avoid the suggestive dialogues
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Trisha has a neither here, nor there role in the
movie. She doesn’t have much to do in the second half of the movie. If the
movie hits the bulls-eye, she can be sure of landing a couple of plum offers
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There is nothing in the movie that justifies
Karthika’s role in the movie. The director might say that it was essential in
enticing the masses to the theatre, but I felt that her overtures in the movie
were uncalled for
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The rest score well in their respective roles
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Boyapati Sreenu seems to have become an expert
at these movies now. The story thread is always based in a family and how the
protagonist works towards redeeming the lost glory of the family. Each and
every action sequence in the movie is brilliant. The ‘hand folded behind the back’
sequences were a pleasure to watch ( it appears twice in the movie). All in
all, a movie that would further enhance the reputation of everyone involved
with the movie
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