Saturday, February 12, 2011

Cinema Review: Vasthadu Naa Raju


Cast:

Vishnu, Taapsee, Prakashraj, Brahmanandam, Tanikella, Siva Reddy, Ali, Sureka, Satya Krishna and others

Story, screenplay and direction:

Hemant Madhukar

Manchu Vishnu has arrived with another attempt to entertain the Telugu audience. Whether he is successful in this one or not, let us see.

Story:

Vishnu & Tapsee
Narasimha (Prakash Raj) is a rowdy who aspires to become a political leader with the blessings of home minister (Sayaji Shinde). Home Minister’s son Ajay (Ajay) falls in love with Pooja (Tapsee) who is the sister of Narasimha. Home Minister promises MLA ticket to Narasimha if he marries his sister off to Ajay.

Narasimha accepts the proposal. Venkatappa Naidu aka Venky (Vishnu) is an aspiring boxer who chills out with his friends. Due to certain misrepresentation Venky’s family thinks that he is dating Pooja. Narasimha thinks that Pooja is dating Venky. Once the misunderstandings are cleared, the damage is already done by Narasimha to the family of Venky. The rest of the story is all about how Venky settles the score with Narasimha.

What is that reaction? Are Venky and Pooja really in love? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Manchu Vishnu has given a sincere attempt. He should be appreciated for cutting down ample weight on his body and choosing a far better story this time after ‘Saleem’.

Tapsee
Taapsee looks like a doll and while she scores with her innocent looks in regular scenes, she raises the heat with her oomph factor in songs.

Prakashraj is good and did complete justice to his role. Watching him in one of the songs in a funny get up was nice.

Brahmanandam is good at few places, Tanikella is elegant, Tulasi was alright, Ajay is not used to his full potential, Jeeva is usual, Sayaji Shinde is brief. It is good to see Sathya Krishnan back on the screen. Surekha is humorous; Satyam Rajesh, Siva Reddy and Bobo Sasi are there to fill the screen. The others did their bit as required.




Highlights:
  •     Songs and music.
  •     Manchu Vishnu’s dialogue on ‘Andhra, Rayalaseema, Telangana Debba’ during the fight sequence.
  •     Taapsee’s glamour.

Drawbacks:
  •     Vishnu’s dialogue on greatness of Telugu people.
  •     Vishnu’s lack of energy in emotional scenes
  •     Physique of Vishnu that’s not convincing as a kick boxer.

Bottomline: Good for time pass.