YOGI- A WASTE OF RAW FILM
What happens when one of the most successful Director’s of the current genre, one of the most promising/ dashing hero, and producers for whom budget is no constrain come together? Logically it should result in at least an above average fare if not a block buster.
Cinema critics, guys across the industry, keep on parroting that story is the life line of a movie and the presentation is the oxygen. Even VV Vinayak, the director of this movie, had proclaimed in one of his recent interviews that his strength lies in understanding the deep psyche of the common man, his focus is on the subjects which stir the heart with strong human emotions. But alas, when it comes to the actual act of film making all the commitments and pronouncements are happily thrown to the winds and the film makers go back to the school of formulae based film making. One of the easiest formulae is that of borrowing a whole film from some other language (remake). God only knows, how Jogi (the Kannada version of Yogi) was such a big hit in Kannada.
Apart from the quintessential hero, the only other thing which hogs the silver screen in each of the frame is a blood soaked sword. Even the heroine is relegated to a poor fourth or fifth position in terms of footage allocated. After watching the recent releases..Raakhi, Annavaram and Yogi, one starts to get a feeling, if there is a censoring mechanism alive and available in the country. The Telugu films in recent times are getting gory by the day and have been successful in alienating a section of the audience permanently from the theatres.
The story of an innocent young man dragged into crime has been told n number of times, with only a change in the lead cast or the back drop. Yogi is no exception. Prabhas is slowly evolving as an angry young man. His tall and well built frame, the youthful energy pump life into such revengeful melodramas. He is a “Lambi Res ka Ghoda”.. No doubt!!..but..if and only if he is more choosy about the roles and the script in future.
A humble request to MR Vinayak… Vinayakgaru!!! Please spare us from this kind of mindless bloodbath in the future. You are such a fine technician and please live upto the initial promise shown! For the films like Yogi, we do not need a director of your caliber.. even a stunt director can handle such fares.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
JR NTR's stirring performance
Junior NTR has finally arrived.After his initial success from films based on factionism, he had been carried away quiet too bit and got himself entangled in the mass genre films with repititive story lines.
Only the back drop used to shift..like Kerala in Simhadri, Kanchi in Samba, Mumbai in Andhrawala etc and etc. There was little scope to emote other suttle human emotions excepting thundering against the villians, slapping thighs, uttering challenges and all. These films returned to the cans as fast as they were made.
In a situation of utter despair, "Rakhee" was a do or die film for him. The movie has stirred the masses and classes alike, with a contemporary story line and heart rendering performance by Jr NTR. We have been hearing about method acting a great deal, of late. Performance of NTR in Rakhee could be stated as the best example in method acting. NTR got himself into the skin of the role and touched the chord of every brother and sister alike, who have watched this film.
His dialogue delivery has improved a million times in comparision with his last films. His performance particularly in the burial ground scene, the scene showing himrunning behind the car in which his sister is leaving for her husbands home, the court room scenes, his altercation with the minister in the railway station stand out.
Generally actors evolve over a period of time. It is unbeleivable to watch NTR growing in stature multifold with a single film. I think the due credit should go to Krishna Vamshee, the director who had earlier given breaks for a number of stars like, Ravi Teja, Chakravarthy.
Good show NTR! Just watch out your growing midriff and pay attention to your scripts, then it's only few more films for you from becomming the Numero Uno of Telugu Film Industry
Only the back drop used to shift..like Kerala in Simhadri, Kanchi in Samba, Mumbai in Andhrawala etc and etc. There was little scope to emote other suttle human emotions excepting thundering against the villians, slapping thighs, uttering challenges and all. These films returned to the cans as fast as they were made.
In a situation of utter despair, "Rakhee" was a do or die film for him. The movie has stirred the masses and classes alike, with a contemporary story line and heart rendering performance by Jr NTR. We have been hearing about method acting a great deal, of late. Performance of NTR in Rakhee could be stated as the best example in method acting. NTR got himself into the skin of the role and touched the chord of every brother and sister alike, who have watched this film.
His dialogue delivery has improved a million times in comparision with his last films. His performance particularly in the burial ground scene, the scene showing himrunning behind the car in which his sister is leaving for her husbands home, the court room scenes, his altercation with the minister in the railway station stand out.
Generally actors evolve over a period of time. It is unbeleivable to watch NTR growing in stature multifold with a single film. I think the due credit should go to Krishna Vamshee, the director who had earlier given breaks for a number of stars like, Ravi Teja, Chakravarthy.
Good show NTR! Just watch out your growing midriff and pay attention to your scripts, then it's only few more films for you from becomming the Numero Uno of Telugu Film Industry
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
All those Chiru Fans
Most of the guys in their 30's and 40's from Andhra Pradesh would be invariably Chiranjeevi's fans. I myself am one of the millions of those crazy fans. How chiru has transformed the Telugu Silver Screen from monotony to that of a daynamo with his scintillating dances and breath taking fights is a feel good on the memory lane even today for those teenagers who grew up on the Chiru mania.
Films have been a staple diet for Andhrites..the only and the biggest source of entertainment. The latest flicks doing well abroad is a testimony to the fact that the DNA of Telugu's has not changed neither with times nor with geography.
Films have been a staple diet for Andhrites..the only and the biggest source of entertainment. The latest flicks doing well abroad is a testimony to the fact that the DNA of Telugu's has not changed neither with times nor with geography.
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