GOLIMAR REVIEW

RATING:***

PURI JAGAN,the maverick director who gave us the legendary POKIRI in 2006 is having a hard time these days at the box office.He is probably the only director who delivered hits with all the top heroes of telugucinema.His teaming with GOPICHAND raised a lot of curiosity among the movie lovers.

This movie is definitely better than his previous two outings(NENINTHE AND EK NIRANJAN) but the lack of entertainment and monotonous scenes marred the movie from becoming a blockbuster.The movie has strong dialogues with pacy narration in the first half but the momentum is not carried well in the second half.The climax is also routine.

Story of the movie has similarities to AB TAK CHAPPAN(both inspired from the life of DAYA NAYAK).Screenplay is good in the first half.There are certain scenes which has the mark of PURI.

The scenes i really liked in the movie are:

-Hero's first day as police.

-His first encounter at a concert

-Encounter at the hospital

-Interval block

-hero slapping the heroine

-pre climax

As i mentioned earlier dialogues are pretty strong in the movie and few of them received thumping applause from the audience.Some of them are:

-"Nuvvu police vi hero vi kadu"

"na drushtilo police hero ne sir"

-"painunna pressures valla pattinchukom kani pattinchukotam antu modaledite aa painunna devudinaina pattukuntam.that is police"

-"magallu love cheste reject cheyataniki ammailaki matrame rights unnai anthe kani ammailu adigite abbailu reject cheatani a rights e levu"

-"nuvvu maha aite 10-12 mandini champuntav anthega nenu 150 mandini champa...ipudu cheppara nuvva don nena"

-"padimandini mosam cheste enthokontha bagupadtav ninnu nuvve mosam chesukunte sanka nakipotav"(my fav line in the movie).

GOPICHAND gives a sincere performance and he looks macho in the police uniform.PRIYAMANI is good and i appreciate her for dubbing her own voice with perfect diction.KELLY DORJEE is menacing as the baddie.NASSER is fair.ROJA though at times loud is perfect as the mother.ALI is wasted.PRAKASH RAJ flashes in a guest appearance in the climax.

Music by CHAKRI is average.DOP by SAM.K.NAIDU is excellent with splendid visuals.Fights are well placed.Editing is smooth.Production values are grand.

THE GOOD: GOPICHAND,dialogues,first half and few interesting scenes.

THE BAD: Lack of entertainment and freshness,songs and the monotonous scenes(copying POKIRI)

LAST WORD:Watch it since there are no proper movies around

PS:After coming out of the theatre when i was reviewing the story myself i realised that the story is nothing but the reverse of POKIRI.

ANURAAG