Two movies of a different genre, Gamyam and Vedam, and Krish surprises everyone this time with an Action Entertainer, Krishnam Vande Jagdgurum. Shot in the backdrop of the dusty mining zone of Bellary, this is the story of a ‘Surabhi’ artiste and a press reporter encountering a mining big-shot. B.Tech Babu (Rana Daggubati) is a part of a ‘Surabhi’ troop, but never likes being a part of it. His grandfather Surabhi Subrahmanyam (Kota Srinivasa Rao) on the contrary believes that art (drama) is everything. He dies leaving behind a script titled ‘Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum’ to be performed on the Bellary stage only by Babu. Devika is a journalist under a sting operation to unleash the mining scams in the Bellary district. Babu and Devika cross paths and it ends up in Babu locking horns with Reddappa (Milind Gunaji), the Mining don. What happens thereafter is the rest of the story.
Points of Differentiation of KVJ:
Out of the myriad good things in the movie,
I’d rate the following in the same order as my top 3 superlatives in the movie.
1. Re-recording
& background score: Manisharma seems to have regained his fading glory with
a splendid job on the re-recording. The theme music runs throughout the movie
and haunts you even off the screen.
2. Story, Screenplay:
Yes. Just the story & screenplay. You would expect good quality direction
from a director of Krish’s standards. However, like his earlier two films,
story and screenplay are the differentiating factors in this film too. Despite
being a action entertainer, Krish made it different with an interesting story
and a gripping screenplay. The flashback episode and the pre-climax are the
biggest assets of the movie. In fact, those are the Turning points.
3. Protagonist’s
characterization: You will see a ‘never-seen-before’ Rana in this film. The
titles should have said ‘Rana – Reloaded’. He was terrific in the character of
B.Tech Babu and carried the role with élan. In the opening scene, you would be
cursing yourself seeing Rana mess up the Abhimanyu character, however, it is
justified immediately by Kota chastising him and he replies saying ‘akkadunna
audience ki ee maatram chaala ekkuva’ (meaning; for the audience here, this
level of acting itself is more than enough)
He was stupendous in the action sequences. After Prabhas and Gopichand, it is Rana who can convincingly, with his physique, bash-up goons all around. The keynote script performed in the pre-climax is a treat to watch.
He was stupendous in the action sequences. After Prabhas and Gopichand, it is Rana who can convincingly, with his physique, bash-up goons all around. The keynote script performed in the pre-climax is a treat to watch.
Points of Parity of KVJ:
1. Nayanatara lived
the role of Devika. She appeared at ease with herself. Brahmanandam (as
Rangasthala Pandit), Hema and Raghu Babu were adequate to tickle your ribs.
2. The title
track, finds its ancestral home (read: INSPIRED) in Inception and Chatrapathi.
However, the finer variations with the violin make this track worth a REPEAT on
your playlist.
Turn-Offs in KVJ:
1. Krish
somehow got lost in the routine 6-song format of the Telugu films. Two of the
songs were really not necessary in the movie. The item song’ in the 2nd
half could have been done away with, thereby elevating the impact of the
pre-climax. Spicy Spicy girl could also have been done away with, however, the
hip-hop tuning and the picturization compensate for it.
KVJ is one movie that makes us realize that we
have a right to utilize and leverage nature, but not exploit it; and it is our
primary duty to ensure to preserve nature as-is and hand it over to the next
generation. We have no right to exploit nature and deprive the future
generations from their very basic right of living. This has been portrayed
through the character of Matti Raju (L B Sreeram).
It also teaches us that there is always a gap
in the ideologies of two successive generations (the scenes in the forest). No
generation is wrong in what they say, however, if we just listen with an open
heart, we will find answers to all the confusions. The elder generation is
right in their context, and the younger generation is also right in their
context. The onus is hence, on the younger generations to blend the past
experience of the elders with the realities of the present, and apply a little
of the uncommonly used common sense, and BINGO. There you are.
On the whole, KVJ is a real good movie and is
a must watch with the entire family.
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5. (I’d have added
another 0.5 had those two songs been edited out in the movie).
Good Review!! though I think the graphics are a bit over the top even with Rana's physique.
ReplyDeleteAlso I feel that the message would have been better conveyed if the story stuck to the mining plot instead of bringing personal revenge into it.
what do you say?
May be.. But then, the movie would have become more philanthropic. From a commercial point of view, I think what Krish has done was ok.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if you see, the characterisation of the protagonist has been 'selfish' right from the start. Even in between, he says, I'm bothered only about my personal revenge and not the people. However, that one incident in the pre-climax changes him. So, it is consistent.
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ReplyDeletegood review, but that didn't make the movie any better for me..to me it was like an awesome script that he didn't know what to do about...at the end i sighed of what could have been..
ReplyDeletesuper movie..thanks for giving a good review.
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