'Bhimaa' Movie Review

'Bhimaa' Movie Review

Cast: Gopi Chand, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Malavika Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari, Nasser, Naresh, Poorna, Vennela Kishore, Raghubabu, Rohini and others.

Music: Ravi Basrur

Cinematography: Swamy Gouda

Dialogues: Ajju Mahakali

Producer: KK Radhamohan

Writer – Director: A Harsha

Senior hero Gopichand has been waiting for a good hit since a long time. He teamed up with Kannada director A Harsha and did 'Bhimaa'. The teaser and trailer promised a complete mass entertainer with a touch of fantasy. It has arrived in theatres today and let us see if the movie puts an end to Gopichand long wait for success or not.

Story:

Bhavani (Mukhesh Tiwari) is a dictator who keeps an entire area in the Andhra-Karnataka border under his grip. His atrocities made the entire crowd tremble in fear. An SI who tries to stop Bhavani gets killed. This leads to Bhimaa (Gopichand), a new SI getting appointed in that area. He beats Bhavani's men and orders them to surrender within a month. In the meanwhile, he starts solving the problems of villagers. In this process, he stops Bhavani's oil tanker once but finds that he is illegally transporting children as a part of his business. He finds out that there is a huge scam behind this. What it? Who is behind this? How did 'Bhimaa' put an end to it forms the rest of the story.

Analysis:

Whenever an experiment becomes successful in a language, all the others try to imitate it. They pick up the main point of that hit film and come up with their own versions of it. But not all of them work well at the box office. The team of 'Bhimaa' took the fantasy element in 'Kantara' and tried to include it in their mass storyline. It backfired badly and left everyone in huge disappointment. The movie is filled with routine and silly scenes throughout but the fantasy element is added at the start and at the very end. Gopichand mark fight sequences are added to the lot as well. They made it into a mixture of different elements. Though the action episodes that suited the body language of Gopichand impresses you, the wavered screenplay, boring romantic track and pale love story make this an uninteresting fare. The fantasy element is also a huge letdown in this movie.

Heroine who looks too glamorous and indulges in heavy skin show works as a teacher in the school. A guy threatens to throw acid on her if she doesn't love him back. She complains to the hero who is an SI and he decides to go with her as a bodyguard. The guy with an acid bottle is in fact a comedy fellow and doesn't dare to do anything. But the hero follows the heroine around citing the acid guy as the reason. Hero creepily watches the heroine's behind and heroine signals him not to do it. He even enters the heroine's hostel and gets into her bedroom directly. Looking at the hero all the girls in the heroine's hostel get ready to give their everything. This is the highly dragged love track in the first half of 'Bhimaa'. After showing the hero and heroine in this manner, the director tried to project that they are working on a bigger cause and don't mind losing their loves in this process. The audiences find it tough to take these characters seriously.

Introducing the hero and villain with a huge buildup and bringing the intensity down in the immediate scene and showing their heroism along with villainism whenever an action scene comes doesn't sit well with the proceedings. People expect something different from this movie after the initial scenes involving Parasurama Kshetram. But the movie completely goes on sidetrack as soon as the hero enters the scene. The romance and comedy track takes centre stage thereby starting the torture to the audience. One fails to understand which way this movie is going till the interval. The huge action episode before the interval manages to keep the mass audience engaged.

Things go back to their usual way once the second half begins. The scenes that showcase the new side of the hero test the patience of the audience. When the normal audience are unable to figure out where the story is going, how can he enjoy the film? The flashback scenes of the hero do not engage you at all. The point that was showcased in relation to the villain takes away the small bit of interest that is left in the minds of the audience. The fantasy element is unnecessarily forced into the storyline. All it did was bring a bit of grandeur and visual appeal to the movie. The climax action sequence was well executed. Barring those 2-3 action sequences, the movie is tough to handle. 'Bhimaa' is a bit better compared to Gopichand's last movie 'Rama Banam' but it does not satisfy the audience at all. A few mass lovers of Gopichand might like this movie.

Performance:

Gopichand grew a beard for this film and changed his look. He looked handsome as usual. He played the two shades quite impressively. He suited the role perfectly and his appearance was on point too. But he did not do anything different and delivered all the mass elements expected from him. His oora mass fights too looked routine this time. None of the heroines managed to leave a lasting impression. Despite having less screen time, Priya Bhavani Shankar did well in terms of acting. Malavika Sharma is used just for glamour but the way she has been presented is not that great. She is made to expose without any proper situation or reason in this film. Nasser's role starts off in one way and takes a turn which is quite predictable. Mukhesh Tiwari and other villains are quite ordinary. Vennela Kishore gets good screen time but fails to make people laugh. Actors like Raghubabu and Naresh were strictly okay.

Technicians:

'Bhimaa' is strictly passable on the technical front. Ravi Basrur's music is loud as expected. His background music is resounding but he failed to elevate the movie. There were a few scenes that lacked substance and re-recording sounds too much there. None of the songs are highly impressive. Swamy Gowda's camerawork is adequate as the movie's visuals do not offer freshness. The production values are quite good. Ajju Mahakali's dialogues work at places. Writer and director Harsha is highly influenced by Kannada movies. 'Bhimaa' is way too loud and he focused more on the action sequences. He failed to explain the story in plain tempo. He only managed to showcase Gopichand in a different manner which will be liked by the masses but he failed as a director in many aspects.

Verdict: Bhimaa – Mass Touch To A Boring Drama!

Rating: 2.25/5