RGV's political film fails despite its inherent drama – Entertainment News, Firstpost

Ram Gopal Varma (RGV) does not make films. He simply launches cannonball ideas to the public. But his latest film, from Lakshmi's film NTR which he co-directed with Agasthya Majnu, has something distinct about it. Here, it makes it a dart game, where every idea or event is thrown at you with a purpose, for a change. What is different at this time is that there are good guys and bad guys, and their morals are not fuzzy. It's about taking power, gossiping, mischief, inheritance, but more than that, Lakshmi's NTR is a love story telling the story. Story of two people who know that their relationship will be questioned.

Strangely enough, RGV makes you sympathize with the fate of NT Rama Rao, Telugu cinema icon and former prime minister, and the choices he makes when he feels lonely. While the filmmaker manages to portray what led to NTR's political downfall, the film itself is sometimes disappointing because of the way the scenes are staged, despite its premise and explosive drama. But at the same time, all accessories to RGV and Agasthya to treat the characters as normal people. At no point does it seem that they are overwhelmed by the story that they tell. This could easily have been wrong, but the film runs in several parts and just when you think that it will completely skewer you, RGV releases its grip and the darts do not hit the target steadily.

The film begins with a dub where we are told that NTR (played by P Vijay Kumar), after losing the elections in 1989, is alone at home. His family left him and the members of his party lost all hope. It is at this stage of her life that Lakshmi Parvathi (Yagna Shetty) goes to his home and tells him that she is eager to write her biography. Impressed by his unwavering dedication to him and his way of life, NTR gives him full access to his life, much to the dismay of his family and part of the party. The rest of the story is about how their relationship separates the family and creates a cleavage too big to be close together.

Like any other RGV film, Lakshmi's film NTR is also destroyed. There is nothing excellent about this in terms of production design, because the filmmakers want us to focus more on the characters and their motivations. The film does not want or expect us to immerse ourselves in its world, and the transition from one room to another is not smooth. The film is divided into pieces where each segment is the result of a gossip and how it is spun by the media. The consequences, as evidenced by the conversations between NTR and Lakshmi Parvathi, are devastating. Even if NTR tries to appease him, his fear and anguish have no end. And slowly, their relationship becomes their biggest curse. On the one hand, RGV is doing a good job when it is establishing the mobile of Babu (Sri Tej), son-in-law of NTR, to take control of the holiday, but in at the same time, the filmmaker turns the NTR family. saga in a joke. The actors, who look like real life characters, make you laugh at first and regardless of the seriousness of the situation, it still looks like a parody. There is also another character, an actor named Mohan, who is treated the same way. Frankly, it's frustrating to see RGV make such choices because its intent to make a serious drama can be honest, but the execution is anything but that.

P Vijay Kumar and Yagna Shetty play well in their respective roles. RGV and Agasthya directors invest a lot of time to build their relationship. It is difficult to say whether it is authentic, but from the point of view of the director, the relationship between NTR and Lakshmi Parvathi seems plausible. But the actor who really steals the show is Sri Tej. As Babu, he breathes life into the character planning the fall of NTR, and he never looks out of the character. The only way he looks at NTR or Lakshmi Parvathi is enough to express the emotional turmoil he's going through without saying a single word, and the power he releases through his followers is very well exploited. In addition to these three characters, the other actors are transformed into caricatures.

The biggest badet of the film is the score by Kalyani Malik, and some of the songs also fit very well into the narrative. It's fun to re-imagine political drama as a love story. Despite the lack of scale and cinematographic weight, the film holds your attention. RGV's greatest achievement in Lakshmi's film NTR is to describe NTR as a normal person, unable to control the damage to his power and reputation by rumors and rumors, but as a film, Lakshmi's film NTR is a new drama of the RGV factory that makes no noise despite its inherent drama.

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Publication date: March 30, 2019 17:13
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Date Updated: March 30, 2019 17:38:37 IST

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