Review of the film Hippi: A rom-com deeply problematic and without originality

Hippi casting: Kartikeya Reddy Gummakonda, Digangana Suryavanshi
Director Hippi: The director TN Krishna
Hippi movie note: 1 star

You know that? a movie is deeply confusing when you find yourself in two in a "kickboxing match" while wearing MMA gloves. This shows total negligence on the part of the director (TN Krishna) and the stunt choreographers who contributed to the staging of the dubious action scene. We are in 2019 and yet, many filmmakers have not stopped taking the public for granted. They continue to feel accomplished by producing absurd films totally unworthy of our times, encouragement and money.

Hippi stars Kartikeya Gummakonda, who played the role of a depressed lover in the RX100 of last year. In his previous film, Kartikeya was the victim of a woman who had cheated on behalf of love. RX100 ended when the seriously wounded protagonist died as a result of his astute love affair, not before making a long speech about his flawless love. In his latest film, Hippi, Kartikeya plays a role in the opposite.

The character of Kartikeya is ironically named Devdas, aka Hippi. Now, you can think why he calls Hippi? Even after watching the movie, you may not find an answer to your question. Apparently, pushing the hair a bit too long, cycling and learning the martial arts makes it a "hippy" (and why is it misspelled instead of hippie?)

Contrary to the legend attached to its name , Devdas is a heartbreaker. But, still, he plays the victim while his girlfriend is dominant. He goes out with Amukta Malyada (Digangana Suryavanshi), who was the intimate friend of his ex-girlfriend.

Devdas meets Amukta during a trip to Goa with his girlfriend. It's love at first sight for him. He professes his love for Amukta and later tells his girlfriend about his turnaround. After which his faded girlfriend attacks Amukta in public. And Amukta puts his anger on Devdas inside his home. And after a long period of lazy writing, Devdas and Amukta enter into a relationship.

The end. You wish.

Only now begins the story that Krishna wants to tell. It seems that the idea of ​​this film came to the director while he was watching How to lose a guy in 10 days on Netflix. With a small adjustment to the plot, Krishna has made a problematic romantic comedy in a desperate attempt to attract younger members of the public. As in the 2003 Hollywood movie, the main stars of Hippi indulge in psychological games.

Devdas wants to abandon Amukta Malyada and escape from this toxic relationship. Amukta understands the intentions of her boyfriend. Anyone with a certain self-esteem in his place would have left the relationship. But she gets closer to him to punish him for making her fall in love with him. His personality is sociopathic. And Devdas' master plan for his girlfriend to separate from him is to tolerate everything she does and to suffer in silence.

What initially seemed a promising romantic comedy is defeated by Krishna's non-original ideas, which shows his disconnect with the ever-changing news. relationship rules.

The energetic performances of Kartikeya and Digangana are the only grace that saves. The remaining characters embodied by JD Chakravarthy, Vennela Kishore and Shraddha Das seem lost, as they only fill the time.

Another major problem of Hippi is the way women are treated in the film. Now, Krishna can argue that he has given a feminist film in which the female characters are always the best. It may be true, while the woman leader receives some of the most courageous striking lines, while the ruler plays a crying baby. But all of Krishna's progressive advances in writing the main woman disappear at the end of the film.

The scene is in a house where Amukta Malyada and Devdas argue. She told him that his friend thought he was helpless because he had not touched her while they were both in a life relationship for seven months. The ego of Devdas is hurt. And he does not clarify his doubts with words. Instead, without even his consent, he jumps on her and lowers her pants.