Movie Review: PALNADU (By Hapra)
Rating: 2/5
Cast: Vishal, Bharati Raja, Lakshmi Menon and others
Cinematogrpaher: Madhi
Music Director: Imman
Story-Screenplay-Direction: Sussenthiran
Producer: Vishal Films Factory
Release date: 2nd November 2013
Vishal is known for his masala and commercial movies that often go for a toss at Telugu box office. This time he is coming up with Palnadu under Suseenthirans direction to test luck. This director has delivered two super duds earlier with Na Peru Shiva (Karthi) and Veedinthe (Vikram). Let us see what this combo has delivered now.
The CONTENT
Siva Kumar (Vishal) is a simple coward living with his father (Bharati Raja), a married brother and family in Palnadu area. He never indulges into any fights or issues as he thinks that involving into them disrupts his peaceful life. Suddenly he falls in love with a school teacher Malathi (Lakshmi Menon) who lives on the top floor of his house. Parallel to this story, two goons Katam Ravi and Chintalapudi Sreenu fight for supremacy in Palnadu and finally Ravi kills all ruling the area. Siva Kumars brother happens to be a mining engineer and one day he says no to Katam Ravis plan of digging 400 metres deep into mines while government permission is for 60 metres. When Ravi gets Sivas brother killed, Sivas father vows to get Ravi killed by spending all his earnings and savings, but without his family knowing all of this. How will Siva knows about his fathers plan, and what he does further happens to be the rest of story.
The EFFORT :
On-Screen:
Vishal is usual, plain and routine in this simple character. He has shown no maturity as an actor even after acting in so many films as a hero. Director Bharatija looks good as an ageing father who wants to avenge his elder sons murder. But there is not much performance kind of stuff from him. Heroine Lakshmi Menon looks dusky and appealing like an art-film heroine, but she got no meaty chance to enact her skills.
Off-Screen:
Director Suseenthiran has once again selected a middle-class family and their chances of taking revenge on big-time goons. Though his direction is fine, his screenplay is something that acts as a spoiler as usual. Also he failed to get good dialogues from writers (Sashank Vennelakanti is Telugu version dialogue writer).
Cinematographer Madhi (Mirchi fame) has done fantastic job again, and his raw colour palette perfectly blends into his seamless cinematography. He supported this dragged story quite a lot, and has given a realistic touch to it.
Though Telugu lyrics written by Sahiti and Vennelakanti are unbearable to hear, music scored by Imman added punch. His background score is quite intense, though the intensity in scenes is missing. (Earlier Imman proved his mettle with Kumki aka Gajaraju in Telugu).
The PLUSES:
· Background Score
The MINUSES:
· Routine Story, Screenplay, Direction, Performance
BREAKDOWN:
Director Suseenthiran has always selected some middle class drama revenges earlier. This time too, he picked up a story where a coward middle class guy and his helpless father decide to kill a big-goon separately. The way Suseenthiran showed how recce should be done before planning a murder is fine, but that will be good as a scene not as a whole second half. Though the hero is coward we expect him to become a brave-man by interval, but if he shows his real energy only in climax, many audiences will walk out by that time. Showing simple stories need strong screenplay and emotion, this in all possible ways is missing in Palnadu. Even after delivering two big flop commercial movies earlier, Suseenthiran hasnt learned from his mistakes.
Right from the 30th minute the movie started we wonder how the parallel tracks of hero and villain converge, but after converging there is no pep in narration and one get bored by interval itself. Once second half starts, it is Vishal characters coward nature that worries him, but it is directors tikka that tortures audiences. At least, enough comedy, foot tapping songs, and glamorous heroine should have given some relief, but lack of such ingredients makes the soup tasteless.
Coming to Vishal, somehow investors are showing lot of interest on this hero, but he hero is not showing the same interest in delivering products, it seems. Even after delivering a series of flops, one wonders why Vishal picked up another simple script that cant stand at box office. Though he said it is a Diwali treat, it looks like crackers are drenched in wet rains that lashed shores of AP a week back.
The FINISHING Line: Bore-naadu!
Review By: Hapra
Rating: 2/5
Cast: Vishal, Bharati Raja, Lakshmi Menon and others
Cinematogrpaher: Madhi
Music Director: Imman
Story-Screenplay-Direction: Sussenthiran
Producer: Vishal Films Factory
Release date: 2nd November 2013
Vishal is known for his masala and commercial movies that often go for a toss at Telugu box office. This time he is coming up with Palnadu under Suseenthirans direction to test luck. This director has delivered two super duds earlier with Na Peru Shiva (Karthi) and Veedinthe (Vikram). Let us see what this combo has delivered now.
The CONTENT
Siva Kumar (Vishal) is a simple coward living with his father (Bharati Raja), a married brother and family in Palnadu area. He never indulges into any fights or issues as he thinks that involving into them disrupts his peaceful life. Suddenly he falls in love with a school teacher Malathi (Lakshmi Menon) who lives on the top floor of his house. Parallel to this story, two goons Katam Ravi and Chintalapudi Sreenu fight for supremacy in Palnadu and finally Ravi kills all ruling the area. Siva Kumars brother happens to be a mining engineer and one day he says no to Katam Ravis plan of digging 400 metres deep into mines while government permission is for 60 metres. When Ravi gets Sivas brother killed, Sivas father vows to get Ravi killed by spending all his earnings and savings, but without his family knowing all of this. How will Siva knows about his fathers plan, and what he does further happens to be the rest of story.
The EFFORT :
On-Screen:
Vishal is usual, plain and routine in this simple character. He has shown no maturity as an actor even after acting in so many films as a hero. Director Bharatija looks good as an ageing father who wants to avenge his elder sons murder. But there is not much performance kind of stuff from him. Heroine Lakshmi Menon looks dusky and appealing like an art-film heroine, but she got no meaty chance to enact her skills.
Off-Screen:
Director Suseenthiran has once again selected a middle-class family and their chances of taking revenge on big-time goons. Though his direction is fine, his screenplay is something that acts as a spoiler as usual. Also he failed to get good dialogues from writers (Sashank Vennelakanti is Telugu version dialogue writer).
Cinematographer Madhi (Mirchi fame) has done fantastic job again, and his raw colour palette perfectly blends into his seamless cinematography. He supported this dragged story quite a lot, and has given a realistic touch to it.
Though Telugu lyrics written by Sahiti and Vennelakanti are unbearable to hear, music scored by Imman added punch. His background score is quite intense, though the intensity in scenes is missing. (Earlier Imman proved his mettle with Kumki aka Gajaraju in Telugu).
The PLUSES:
· Background Score
The MINUSES:
· Routine Story, Screenplay, Direction, Performance
BREAKDOWN:
Director Suseenthiran has always selected some middle class drama revenges earlier. This time too, he picked up a story where a coward middle class guy and his helpless father decide to kill a big-goon separately. The way Suseenthiran showed how recce should be done before planning a murder is fine, but that will be good as a scene not as a whole second half. Though the hero is coward we expect him to become a brave-man by interval, but if he shows his real energy only in climax, many audiences will walk out by that time. Showing simple stories need strong screenplay and emotion, this in all possible ways is missing in Palnadu. Even after delivering two big flop commercial movies earlier, Suseenthiran hasnt learned from his mistakes.
Right from the 30th minute the movie started we wonder how the parallel tracks of hero and villain converge, but after converging there is no pep in narration and one get bored by interval itself. Once second half starts, it is Vishal characters coward nature that worries him, but it is directors tikka that tortures audiences. At least, enough comedy, foot tapping songs, and glamorous heroine should have given some relief, but lack of such ingredients makes the soup tasteless.
Coming to Vishal, somehow investors are showing lot of interest on this hero, but he hero is not showing the same interest in delivering products, it seems. Even after delivering a series of flops, one wonders why Vishal picked up another simple script that cant stand at box office. Though he said it is a Diwali treat, it looks like crackers are drenched in wet rains that lashed shores of AP a week back.
The FINISHING Line: Bore-naadu!
Review By: Hapra