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Movie Review: ROWDY FELLOW (By Hapra)
By: Tupaki Desk | 21 Nov 2014 8:18 AM GMT
Movie Review: ROWDY FELLOW (By Hapra)
Rating: 3/5
Cast: Nara Rohith, Rao Ramesh, Posani, Satya, Supreet, Ajay and Visakha Singh
Cinematogrpaher: Om
Music: Sunny MR
Story-Dialogues-Direction: Krishna Chaitanya
Producer: Moviemills
Release date: 21st November, 2014
With his unique choice of scripts and theme-based movies, hero Nara Rohit has won certain fan bases. This time he is coming up as ‘Rowdy Fellow’ under direction of lyricist Krishna Chaitanya, who is wielding megaphone for the first time.
The CONTENT
Rana (Nara Rohith) is a rich brat who goes to do anything for the sake of satisfying his ego. One day a police SP (Ahuti Prasad) hurts his ego by holding his collar and that leads Rana to join police department as an SI such that he could take revenge on SP. However, he realizes the real-issues of people after taking charge as SI of Eluru rural police station. That leads to a confrontation with local MP, the dreaded Asuragana Durga Prasad (Rao Ramesh) who takes Kolleru lake under his control for illegal activities. Meanwhile Rana falls in love with SP’s daughter Megha (Visakha Singh). How Rana handles MP and his henchmen, and what happens to his ego with SP forms the rest of story.
The EFFORT :
On-Screen:
Nara Rohit is a treat to watch as he delivers even the tongue-twisting dialogues with ease. His body language as an egoistic person just connects with everyone. But he needs to improvise his expressions during emotional scenes, as he just passed with grace marks. To portray mass characters, he has fully loaded rugged look and used it quite well for Rowdy Fellow.
Posani Krishnamurali and Satya (Swamy Ra Ra fame) have stolen the show completely with their comedy timing. In every scene, they make you laugh to the core with their stylish dialogue delivery. Posani stuns as a theatre owner in the role of Silk, while Satya’s typical Sunil-style comedy is a standalone treat.
Rao Ramesh simply stuns again with his strong expressions. And the way he delivers every single dialogue with intensity make us stare at him jaw-dropped. Also Ajay has done good job as brother of Rao Ramesh, and he is strong enough to encounter with any hero.
Visakha Singh has quite insignificant role in the flick and she managed with so-so acting. Too much of her scenes might have hindered the flow but Satya’s comedy tagged to her scenes did the magic.
Gollapudi Maruthi Rao and 30 years Pruthvi have some single scenes to showcase their best and they have done it.
Off-Screen:
Debutant director Krishna Chaitanya had wonderful grip on screenplay it seems. Influence of Hollywood’s finest makers like Quentin Tarantino could be noticed in his work. He extracted pretty laudable performances from every actor. The way he conceived every single shot with amazing intensity is what makes Rowdy Fellow interesting. Though a simple story was picked up, it’s Chaitanya’s narration skills that startle. Also he seems to have knack for revolutionary and society-uprising literature and that could be felt in dialogues. “Aakalitho vunna jantuvu kanna, Aasatho vunna manishi pramadham” and the dialogue say it all about director’s ideologies. But he faltered a little bit to maintain pace and he needs to correct that aspect.
Apart from direction, cinematography by Om (a protégé of PC Sreeram) and background music by Sunny stands as two pillars for Rowdy Fellow. For every scene, the way each shot is opened and closed, the way rugged locales of Kolleru area are made to look brilliant and the camera angles simply mesmerize us. At the same time, Sunny has given a westernized score for the whole movie kicking the graph of neutral scenes to an upper scale. All other departments have done all to match up with the movie flow.
The PLUSES:
· Nara Rohith
· Posani and Satya’s comedy
· Philosophical dialogues
· First Half
The MINUSES:
· Predictable scenes, slow narration
· Fragile climax
BREAKDOWN:
At a time when slapstick comedies with Brahmi and Pruthvi gangs are stealing the show, somehow ‘Rowdy Fellow’ has attempted to break the stereotypes. Depending on situational comedy and narrative strength, director Krishna Chaitanya tried to portray a formulaic story through different eyes and dialogues. ‘Ego’ happens to be his central theme though he compromised on his ego in some episodes. Working more on some trivial aspects, director has forgotten certain detailing for sure; otherwise it is a fantastic game from newcomer.
Movie starts on an egoistic note as hero is introduced to audiences in a tussle where he hits at a guy who has held his collar 3 years back. And then as the flick shifts to Kolleru region, Nara Rohit enthralls us as a cop with egoistic ideas. Graph of the flick picks up as it gets into issues related to people of the lake-region. At the same time, some philosophical satires on life will give us a thought. In a rustic setup, this urbane looking rugged SI takes on everything that comes his way, including the problems of people. When audiences are expecting much more in the second half, probably story has taken a regular commercial turn, making everything predictable. But Posani and Satya keep you laughing while Rohith continues his assault on atrocities of Rao Ramesh. Climax looks fragile with just dialogue-based confrontation impressing certain sections of audiences, while masses may get bored.
A differently styled and conceived movie, but possibly the slow pace at which it is narrate is going to hamper the movie’s chances at B & C centres. In multiplexes and A-centre single screens, people might enjoy the philosophical dialogues and Hollywood style cinematic ending of the movie. Only on next Monday, collections will prove what is in store for Rowdy Fellow.
The FINISHING Line: Decent ‘fellow’ to watch.
Review By: Hapra
Rating: 3/5
Cast: Nara Rohith, Rao Ramesh, Posani, Satya, Supreet, Ajay and Visakha Singh
Cinematogrpaher: Om
Music: Sunny MR
Story-Dialogues-Direction: Krishna Chaitanya
Producer: Moviemills
Release date: 21st November, 2014
With his unique choice of scripts and theme-based movies, hero Nara Rohit has won certain fan bases. This time he is coming up as ‘Rowdy Fellow’ under direction of lyricist Krishna Chaitanya, who is wielding megaphone for the first time.
The CONTENT
Rana (Nara Rohith) is a rich brat who goes to do anything for the sake of satisfying his ego. One day a police SP (Ahuti Prasad) hurts his ego by holding his collar and that leads Rana to join police department as an SI such that he could take revenge on SP. However, he realizes the real-issues of people after taking charge as SI of Eluru rural police station. That leads to a confrontation with local MP, the dreaded Asuragana Durga Prasad (Rao Ramesh) who takes Kolleru lake under his control for illegal activities. Meanwhile Rana falls in love with SP’s daughter Megha (Visakha Singh). How Rana handles MP and his henchmen, and what happens to his ego with SP forms the rest of story.
The EFFORT :
On-Screen:
Nara Rohit is a treat to watch as he delivers even the tongue-twisting dialogues with ease. His body language as an egoistic person just connects with everyone. But he needs to improvise his expressions during emotional scenes, as he just passed with grace marks. To portray mass characters, he has fully loaded rugged look and used it quite well for Rowdy Fellow.
Posani Krishnamurali and Satya (Swamy Ra Ra fame) have stolen the show completely with their comedy timing. In every scene, they make you laugh to the core with their stylish dialogue delivery. Posani stuns as a theatre owner in the role of Silk, while Satya’s typical Sunil-style comedy is a standalone treat.
Rao Ramesh simply stuns again with his strong expressions. And the way he delivers every single dialogue with intensity make us stare at him jaw-dropped. Also Ajay has done good job as brother of Rao Ramesh, and he is strong enough to encounter with any hero.
Visakha Singh has quite insignificant role in the flick and she managed with so-so acting. Too much of her scenes might have hindered the flow but Satya’s comedy tagged to her scenes did the magic.
Gollapudi Maruthi Rao and 30 years Pruthvi have some single scenes to showcase their best and they have done it.
Off-Screen:
Debutant director Krishna Chaitanya had wonderful grip on screenplay it seems. Influence of Hollywood’s finest makers like Quentin Tarantino could be noticed in his work. He extracted pretty laudable performances from every actor. The way he conceived every single shot with amazing intensity is what makes Rowdy Fellow interesting. Though a simple story was picked up, it’s Chaitanya’s narration skills that startle. Also he seems to have knack for revolutionary and society-uprising literature and that could be felt in dialogues. “Aakalitho vunna jantuvu kanna, Aasatho vunna manishi pramadham” and the dialogue say it all about director’s ideologies. But he faltered a little bit to maintain pace and he needs to correct that aspect.
Apart from direction, cinematography by Om (a protégé of PC Sreeram) and background music by Sunny stands as two pillars for Rowdy Fellow. For every scene, the way each shot is opened and closed, the way rugged locales of Kolleru area are made to look brilliant and the camera angles simply mesmerize us. At the same time, Sunny has given a westernized score for the whole movie kicking the graph of neutral scenes to an upper scale. All other departments have done all to match up with the movie flow.
The PLUSES:
· Nara Rohith
· Posani and Satya’s comedy
· Philosophical dialogues
· First Half
The MINUSES:
· Predictable scenes, slow narration
· Fragile climax
BREAKDOWN:
At a time when slapstick comedies with Brahmi and Pruthvi gangs are stealing the show, somehow ‘Rowdy Fellow’ has attempted to break the stereotypes. Depending on situational comedy and narrative strength, director Krishna Chaitanya tried to portray a formulaic story through different eyes and dialogues. ‘Ego’ happens to be his central theme though he compromised on his ego in some episodes. Working more on some trivial aspects, director has forgotten certain detailing for sure; otherwise it is a fantastic game from newcomer.
Movie starts on an egoistic note as hero is introduced to audiences in a tussle where he hits at a guy who has held his collar 3 years back. And then as the flick shifts to Kolleru region, Nara Rohit enthralls us as a cop with egoistic ideas. Graph of the flick picks up as it gets into issues related to people of the lake-region. At the same time, some philosophical satires on life will give us a thought. In a rustic setup, this urbane looking rugged SI takes on everything that comes his way, including the problems of people. When audiences are expecting much more in the second half, probably story has taken a regular commercial turn, making everything predictable. But Posani and Satya keep you laughing while Rohith continues his assault on atrocities of Rao Ramesh. Climax looks fragile with just dialogue-based confrontation impressing certain sections of audiences, while masses may get bored.
A differently styled and conceived movie, but possibly the slow pace at which it is narrate is going to hamper the movie’s chances at B & C centres. In multiplexes and A-centre single screens, people might enjoy the philosophical dialogues and Hollywood style cinematic ending of the movie. Only on next Monday, collections will prove what is in store for Rowdy Fellow.
The FINISHING Line: Decent ‘fellow’ to watch.
Review By: Hapra
