Nayak Cinema Review

Ram Charan who scored a hit with his ‘Racha’ has teamed up with director V V Vinayak who is desperately seeking a hit. Whether Vinayak was successful in his attempt or not let us see. Story Cherry (Charan) is a street-smart youngster who has a happy go life. Due to an incident of his uncle Jalebi (Brahmi) he comes across Madhu (Kajal) and falls in love with her. Madhu is the sister of a notorious rowdy (Rahul Dev) and trouble happens. Meanwhile, a series of killings keep happening and some of the society’s bigshots including the DGP are killed and minister Rawat (Pradeep Rawat) survives an attempt. A CBI officer (Ashish Vidyarthi) starts his investigation and determines that it is Cherry who is doing all the killings. But there is something else that the CBI officer, Cherry, Rawat and others don’t know. What is that and how things take shape forms the rest of the story. Performances Ram Charan gave a rather subdued performance and despite having good scope for showing his act with variety he didn’t give his full. But then, he was very good in dance and fight departments. Kajal Agarwal has upped her oomph factor and she is looking delicious. Not much for her in terms of role or performance but she fulfilled the glamour requirement. All that she appeared was just in 2 and half songs and few scenes. Amala Paul is seen in the second half and her expressive eyes and photogenic face says it all. Even she didn’t have anything to contribute in terms of role or performance. The real stars for the film are Jayaprakash Reddy and Posani Krishnamurali. M S Narayana, Brahmi, Raghubabu and Fish Venkat are not fully utilized. But on a whole, all their tracks have come out extremely well and they provided the much needed humour and entertainment. Among them, it was Jayaprakash Reddy who was hilarious to the core. Pradeep Rawat did his bit as required. Ashish Vidyarthi was apt. Rahul Dev was a surprise. Charmee was voluptuous with her oomph in the special song. Surekha Vani, Rajeev Kanakala, Dev Gill and others filled the screen with apt performances. Highlights Second half Comedy CG work in songs Drawbacks Artificial Action Scenes Routine storyline No punch dialogues Analysis From the moment the film hit the floors, everyone was proclaiming it to be a perfect blockbuster project and most of them were confident because they were sure of the star power of Ram Charan. His earlier film ‘Racha’ was a classic example for that. Given his roles, the expectations were also high because the scope for showing diversity was ample. But let’s talk facts. The primary reason why the film has worked was not because of Charan’s stamina, it was due to the padding artists. The comedy tracks and the performance of the senior artists was the match winner. It looks evident that more than coming up with a high adrenalin, emotionally intense characterization, Charan was mixed into the stream with a group of highly talented artists whose comedy timing was outstanding. As a director, Vinayak used the mega factor to the fullest and employed them wherever possible. Of course, Charan has a strong screen presence which is hard to miss and that is the initial crowd puller. But the real boost came from those around him. The film opens on a slightly indifferent note and it takes a while for it to settle. But after that it got into some rhythm. The interval bang was decent. It was the second half which picked the real momentum and Vinayak was sensible enough to mix the script with good entertainment and the required action sequences. Content wise, there is nothing great but speaking of cinematic formula or the expectation of Charan fans, all ingredients have been provided. If only the songs had some material, the film would have been a blockbuster but even now it would cross the profits zones with ease at the box office.

Manoj's ‘Bindaas’ Review: Action Entertainer

Manchu Manoj who is known for his variety performances has now arrived with yet another venture and this time, it is said to be another offbeat love venture. How different was it and whether Manoj is able to make a mark or not, let us see

Story
Set on the backdrop of Chittoor, there is a political/faction feud between Seshadri Naidu (Jayaprakash) and Mahendra Naidu (Ahuti Prasad). It gets violent so Mahendra Naidu gets all his relatives under his home so that they are not harmed.

They call Ajay (Manoj) as well but none of them like him due to a flashback of his father. Ajay meets Girija (Sheena), his ‘maradhalu’ and love sparkles.

Meanwhile, things get into further complications between both Naidus so Ajay decides it is time to resolve this.

How does he do that and whether he is successful or not forms the rest of the story…

Acting:
Manchu Manoj:
He is the life and soul of the movie. With an energetic performance, he did his bit but then his face looks exhausted and drained. Imitation of his father Mohan Babu was deliberately evident.

Sheena:
She has a sweet face and is fresh. Though she has an oomph filled body, it is her baby face that takes away the attention and she provided the required visual feast in songs and did her bit well for a debut attempt.

Ahuti Prasad:
Not much for him in terms of performance and he could carry it off easily without a hitch.

Jayaprakash Reddy:
He must have done this kind of role a hundred times by now so not much for him as well. Instead, there is no regular comedy from him that is usually his trademark in villainy.

Others:
Raghu Babu, Brahmanandam gave their share of laughs, Sunil was okay, Subbaraju and Supreeth did their bit as required. Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao was brief, the man doing Ahuti Prasad’s brother’s character has a strong screen presence, Banerjee, Kasi Vishwanath, master Bharath, Vennela Kishore, Telangana Sakunthala and the rest of them breezed in and out.

Interesting Dialogues/ Scenes:

* Manoj (with heroine): ‘Naaku rendu vishayalante chaala ishtam. Okati nuvvu…inkoti scenes lu kattirinchani englisu cinema..” (this dialogue has got huge response in theater)
* MS Narayana (as Muslim peer): pillavaadidi ekkada undi?

Sunil: pillavaadi daggare undandi (this also has got situational pun and brought loud laughs)

* Manoj’s action scenes are impressive
* The fight scene composed at water point is technically strong and emotionally in depth that pulled the attention of audiences strongly.
* Master Bharat’s performance
* Vennela Kishore did well but his role could have got extended

Disappointments:
Music

Analysis:
The movie takes off on a mediocre tone and runs pretty average in first half. The hook is not established with clarity till the interval. The momentum picks up in second half and the real comedy starts driving the narration. MS Narayana’s episode pumps in some comedy and the eventual flow goes with inspiration of films like Ready, Dhee etc.

The attempt to make a hilarious action entertainer is laudable but the execution part has suffered some ups and downs with screenplay. The dialogues are also not up to the conviction (especially the Brahmin Villain’s dialogues in climax has got no clarity and the language has gone out of bound suddenly) and at times failed to grip the interest levels of audiences.

This bumpy ride comes to an end with first half and second half takes to the climax smoothly.

On a whole, it’s a movie for audiences those come to theaters without any expectations.

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