In the movie Ram Charan Tej draws an analogy between cricket and golf. After watching the movie, one thing that ran on my mind was the fact that Bhaskar's career as a director could be analogised with that of a cricketer. Without generalising, it would be easy to suggest that Bhaskar's life has oriented around Bommarillu and his every movie will be compared to it. There is no escaping the fact. The cricket comparisons come in here
Like a talented cricketer who has waited for a chance in Test cricket and has played out the scene in his mind for every living day of a superb domestic career, it won't be surprising if he actually scores a century on debut. The problem starts from there on, he would not have in all probability dreamt of the second and third tests
Bhaskar too faces the same predicament. He had a superb script in Bommarillu and he must have played out every scene of that movie tonnes of times in his mind. Am not very sure about the same things happening for Parugu and Orange
In fact the biggest strength of Bommarillu becomes the biggest force that almost coerces you in leaving the theatre in the first half of the movie- Genelia. It would not be an abberation to say that Genelia acted like a wanna-be Genelia in the movie's first half
With the audio being a super hit, the visuals of the songs, except for Rooba Rooba fail to satisfy. It is in the second half that the movie actually picks up and gets us engrossed. Ram Charan does his bit well and if it's not a conscious effort from him to not look/behave like Chiranjeevi, it's commendable. On the same note, you would not be mistaken if you take him to be a young Pawan Kalyan, especially the body language. There is one moment of Vintage Chiranjeevi in the movie though which his fans would easily fall for
(Hint: Hello Ramante song)
Genelia is one of the strengths and the biggest weakness of the movie. Her performance in first half is akin to watching a struggler trying to be Genelia. Towards the end of the movie , Ram Charan talks about the changes in Genelia and that seem to hold true for her acting performance in first half. In the second half, she comes roaring back to form as she performs with panache that we have come to associate her with
Shahzan Padamsee stands out for her naturality and her face talks a thousand words. Guess Ram Charan's episode with her strikes the right chords because she was able to emote well with her eyes. The possessiveness that she shows in a few scenes stands out and marks her as a performer in the days to come
One thing that I liked in the movie was the stubborness of Ram Charan, not quite to Roarkian proportions but the shades are very much present. His character is the one that is strongly etched in the movie. He exploits that and a delivers a good performance
Scenes I liked
'Light' Philosophy by Ram Charan
Ram Charan and Naga babu's scene
Ram Charan- Shahzan Padamsee thread
Comparison between cricket and golf
4 words, 3 SMS's , 2 lies and a flower philosophy of Charan's friend (This might not be so accurate from me, please watch the movie)
Graffiti coffee-tea ki kooda paniki radhu
Final word: For me, it's like a batting team collapsing in the first innings for 100 chasing 600 in the fist innings and then with a target of 600+, a few batsmen score centuries. You can only take back the centuries but are left wondering why they did not do it in the first innings itself( cricketing analogy intended)
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