Magadheera..

Considering the frequent requests of my frens , I've decided to write a review for this film.."MAGADHEERA"(Hehe..actually , one of my friend asked once..being honest :) )

Right from the beginning, the film has raised constant interest among all the sections of the telugu spectators across the globe..The entire industry awaited the film's release which has already been hailed as the highest budget film of telugu industry, increasing the curiousity of even the lesser interested sections..The audio release has elevated the expectations, further adding to the anxiety..So, watever may be the talk, it became certain that almost all the common moviegoers wil go and watch the film , atleast once..Admit it or not , this was the scenario before the release..Along with these, the promises made by Ram Charan the lead roleplayer and the director Rajamouli added to the film's gravity...

Let me make it clear that I'm not taking any sides here..I can give u a few examples..all the ardent supporters of chiru heralded Ram Charan as the next megastar of the telugu industry..While those who dint like him ridiculed saying "The villan looks much much better than the Hero..!!" My review is not just abt any unreasonable applause or tongue-in-cheek criticism..its just the voice of a literate filmgoer , who has the ability to think...who is unbiased to any actor or section of actors but is on the side of better technicians and reasonable stories..

I've seen the film almost 12 days after its release..Even then , i've to struggle to get the tickets...went 2 hrs before the evening show..survived in the hustling 'Q' for more than an hr to get the tickets..finally, entered the theatre which was unusually quiet..The film jus began by the time we entered..But everyone was watching seriously..We settled in our seats..The film began with a promising start..it was absolutely brilliant..The dialogue by Srihari raised the curtain for the highlights..

It went on well for the first half..It was like a smooth ride..with all the fun and love and a bit of anxiety..it felt like there is much more time for the interval but the 75 mins evaporated in no time..It was not boring at all...but at the same time i dint feel like the film progressed..For a 40 Cr budget film, this is not the first half i have expected..The points which go in favor of the film in the first half are the Rajamouli's mark start...the dexterous horse riding scenes of Ramcharan , characterization of the Villan (which was ignored later..) and the smoking hot beauty of Kajal..She has been a true asset to the film..

And the second half is as good as it was promised to be...There were absolutely no flaws in the settings and graphics..For a few minutes, the film really takes us some 400 yrs back..Then came some unparalleled horse riding sequences...I've never seen such action scenes involving horses in the telugu films..Ofcourse there may be better horse riders in the past cowboy films like krishna's "mosagallaku mosagaadu"..Chiru's " Kondaveeti Donga " and Mahesh's venture "Takkari Donga"...But these scenes looked beautiful than the past movies..much beautiful..I later learnt that these shots were taken on an open top maruti van which they called "Hanumanthudu" for all its service in the sands of the desert where no other vehicle offered any help..Rajamouli recalls that the entire crew developed a kinda emotional attachment towards the vehicle..absurd but touching rite..! So came the result..amazing horse riding episodes..winning the applauds of one and all..!! And the final fight almost mocks a fight in '300'. But it has a lot of nativity and situational gravity which grabs us into the movie at that point of time..and strange enuf..one never perceives it as a copied fight once he is into the film..The only thing that comes to his mind is " bhairava is fighting to save his ancestors' pride and also to save his gal..and he is on his way to fight and kill 100 fighters in a row..and how it happens..?? " This is really designed to be a breathtaking scene for one with no acquaintance with english films like 300, gladiator etc.,. The climax was as expected..Not much of oomph or excitement..It was finally a worth watching film..And sorry for the filmmakers..ur movie doesnt stand out to be a master piece..y?? here comes...

CRITIQUE :

It must be something more..The first half must be something more..I've expected a promising storyline in the first half with some uniqueness which makes the second half more reasonable and meaningful..But rather, it ended up just as a reason for the second half to start..It was like a recreation before the real fun..Jus like some popcorn to while away the idle time..Who wants it?? Instead show us the "real fun" and we'll go...There was a lot of scope in the 75 minutes of the first half..but it has been wasted with some useless scenes like the heroine pestering the hero for a long time and eventually those few minutes were wasted..which led to abrupt screenplay in the later parts of the film..

Depicting love : Depicting love has been a problem for rajamouli right from the beginning..If there is something called love in his film, it can be better called lust..take Vikramarkudu , Chatrapati or sye or any other of his films..Wherever there is some so called love scene we can never feel like there is some love in it...Ofcourse, Simhadri can be given a bit of exception..But this story has a lot of depth in this concept of love at which rajamouli is not particularly consummate..The actual love starts with a song after the hero discovers his love...one obvious song..suddenly enters her dad and things are abrupt after dat...Dats it..there is no actual love at all...I mean..The beautiful emotions between the pair were not depicted as they were separated as soon as they met..Even in the historical backdrop, the 'love' thing did not receive its respect..Here the main thing is all about love but it was neglected..Here love of the princess was all about being impressed by the skills of a warrior and learning fighting skills in his 'close' observation..Even small films had this fantastic feel of love..like the recent 'oye' and many others..This flick did not have much of it as it needed..So,it was definitely a minus..

Abrupt screenplay : Devoting time to useless things in the first half led to some abrupt jumps in the screenplay and also resulted in dedicating lesser times to important scenes..Certain scenes such as the pre interval scene were much abrupt and as i've said before, no time was dedicated for the love and intimacy..And I dont know y the hero has to dance after losing the heroine..That item number with kim was a useless one..This is just a minor mistake considering the rest of the screenplay which was amazing ,but by sorting these simple things , the flick would've been smoother and more appealing..

End-on approach : It seemed that the director took some endways approach to the film rather than concentrating more on building it up based on its core..There should be some horse riding scenes..so,he included a race between the good guy and the bad guy... Then, there must be a 300 mark fight in the film.. and he dramatically arrived at dat..

Finally, the film is a visual treat for the movie lovers..Wat ever the critics say, this film is sure to impress the general filmgoers with its magnificence and grandeur..The unparalleled action sequences adds to the splendid settings and graphics..Kajal's beauty is definitely an asset...Technically , Magadheera had elevated tollywood's standards and it remains a milestone in the telugu film industry for its technical brilliance, paving the road for future films with a good story with technical splendor..Would have been a masterpiece if the story have had been well organized and well worked on..

And a word for Rajamouli..he relied much on few great scenes rather than a slow paced and well cooked story..This worked for him..but y not work on to create a flick with few great scenes along with a good story? Infact..we always have to capitalize strong points and work on our weak points..rite..!!