Ravi Teja must be in a huge quandary right now. Once
acclaimed as a minimum guarantee hero, he is craving for a minimum guarantee
movie now. With Mirpakaya it seemed as if he had reached a level of stardom.
Pity then, it has been all downhill after the hit of Mirpakaya
The movie in question, Devudu Chesina Manushulu, has nothing
to satiate an average viewer. Nothing at all. For a Ravi Teja fan like me, it is
a different matter altogether. I can watch the crappiest of films that he has a
role in and not complain. So looking for complaints from me on this movie would
be futile.
*This is a rant, you can progress to the next Para and
wouldn’t have missed anything*
In December 2008, Neninthe released and was blasted back
from the screens because it criticised certain sections of media crudely. There
wasn’t a single review that had good words for the movie. Today, as I couldn’t
see the movie FDFS, I did check in to find a few reviews. I wasn’t surprised by
what Deepa Garimella of fullhyd.com wrote, as her writing has certain fluidity
about it and she was blatant in thrashing the movie. Yes, I read her reviews,
but that doesn’t have a bearing on whether I will watch the movie. I normally
check in to read her reviews, only to find if our views match. She is my
favourite writer on Telugu films after all. What put me off was a tweet by a
reviewer from a site that does live updates for every Telugu and Hindi movie.
Sir, your writing is such that you write Telugu in English. That’s the best I
can summon up the words for your reviews. So you complaining about clarity of
thought etc is not done: at least not as a critic. Well once I came out of the
screen, a lot of people’s opinion was what I read on twitter earlier. The worst
of all, people who loved Businessman when it released were unequivocal about
their hatred for the same movie
*End of Rant*
Puri Jagannadh, much like his mentor did in Dongala Mutha,
made this movie without a basic plot. It entertains to a certain level but
doesn’t ask too much of involvement from the audience. You call it negligence
or complacence is upto you. A part of me has started expecting a lot less from
him after that disaster called Nenu Naa Rakshasi.
Ravi Teja needs a hit, and fast. He is going downhill way
too fast. I remember him saying in an interview that he wants the movie to make
money. Critical appreciation, to him is secondary. Well with movies like
Dongala Mutha, Veera, Nippu, Daruvu failing to make money, he should fall back
on movies that will satisfy the actor in him. That 3 minute turn in a negative
role as the Home minister is a pointer to the boundless talent that he has.
Unfortunately, the line-up of his movies suggest no deviation from the type.
Illeana had the perfect dubbing and it resulted in one of
her best performances. Nothing earth shattering, considering she doesn’t have
much to show in her repertoire
Prakash Raj, Subba Raju, Brahmanandam, and Ali are all
pointers to the talent at hand for Puri and how he went about wasting it. A lot
of scenes in the movie are good as stand-alone scenes, but when it comes to
blending them in the narrative, it doesn’t quite gel
Pic Courtesy: idlebrain.com
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