By chance, happened to watch Ekalavya, the movie which is the dubbed
version of Telugu flick Govindudu Andarivadele. Ram Charan Teja and
Kajal Aggarwal are the lead pair that also has Prakash Raj, Rahman,
Srikanth, Jayasudha and Kamalini Mukherjee in pivot roles. The movie is a
family drama with regular doses of Telugu movies like songs and dance,
action and romance in plenty but all for a loosing cause as the film
fails to get you involved for the major part except for a few moments in
the beginning stages. The drama was too lengthy, predictable and
melodramatic. May be since i am new to these dubbed Telugu flicks, i
could not come to terms with what is happening on screen and hence the
enjoyment level was at zero level. Regular people who are used to
watching such stuff may have a different opinion but for me the film was
a washout.
The story revolves around Parameswaran (Prakash Raj) and his big family. Dr. Chandrasekhar (Rahman) his son have a serious dispute with Parameswaran and leave for US and settle there and have a family. After few years, Chandra's son Abhiram (Ram Charan Teja) travels to his father's home on the pretext of learning Agriculture but he has some hidden agenda which is to reunite his father with his grandfather. In doing that he becomes part of the family fights happening there and also gets romantically involved with Sandhya who is also a member of the family.
The plot has nothing unique and fresh and we have seen shades of the story in many films and that too years back. What promises in the beginning gradually sinks. Upto the halfway mark, the film is somewhat okay but the latter half gets too melodramatic and also stretched which makes it a pretty boring affair.
On screen, Ram Charan looked good as Abhiram and performed the dance and action sequences with ease while Kajal Aggarwal as Abhiram's love interest was okay. Rahman was able to make his presence felt through the character of Dr. Chandrasekhar though it was a brief one. For Prakash Raj, seemed it was a okay one in a powerful character but in dubbed film, we can't correctly judge the performance and that applies to all the actors.
Cinematography was good but editing deserved some sharp trimming to reduce the length by at least twenty minutes. Songs were good but their placement was wrong and we are forced to sit through six or seven songs that appear very often on screen without much break for each and every occasion. But should say that their choreography and visualisation was not bad.
Overall, i would not recommend this film to anyone unless you are a hardcore fan of dubbed Telugu flicks and also crazy about Ram Charan. So watching is at your own risk and my rating is one and a half out of five.
Rating 1.5 / 5
The story revolves around Parameswaran (Prakash Raj) and his big family. Dr. Chandrasekhar (Rahman) his son have a serious dispute with Parameswaran and leave for US and settle there and have a family. After few years, Chandra's son Abhiram (Ram Charan Teja) travels to his father's home on the pretext of learning Agriculture but he has some hidden agenda which is to reunite his father with his grandfather. In doing that he becomes part of the family fights happening there and also gets romantically involved with Sandhya who is also a member of the family.
The plot has nothing unique and fresh and we have seen shades of the story in many films and that too years back. What promises in the beginning gradually sinks. Upto the halfway mark, the film is somewhat okay but the latter half gets too melodramatic and also stretched which makes it a pretty boring affair.
On screen, Ram Charan looked good as Abhiram and performed the dance and action sequences with ease while Kajal Aggarwal as Abhiram's love interest was okay. Rahman was able to make his presence felt through the character of Dr. Chandrasekhar though it was a brief one. For Prakash Raj, seemed it was a okay one in a powerful character but in dubbed film, we can't correctly judge the performance and that applies to all the actors.
Cinematography was good but editing deserved some sharp trimming to reduce the length by at least twenty minutes. Songs were good but their placement was wrong and we are forced to sit through six or seven songs that appear very often on screen without much break for each and every occasion. But should say that their choreography and visualisation was not bad.
Overall, i would not recommend this film to anyone unless you are a hardcore fan of dubbed Telugu flicks and also crazy about Ram Charan. So watching is at your own risk and my rating is one and a half out of five.
Rating 1.5 / 5
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