“Yevadu” and “1” augers a new change in the Tollywood story telling and
movie format. Irrespective the results
of both the movies let’s welcome new streak of fresh wave in to tollywood. We have been appreciating the
taking/lighting/technique of Hollywood movies and (even) Kollywood for so long.
Here when we get a movie close to these parameters we quickly let it down for
lack of stereo type entertainment consists of one introduction n one item track
with bunch of action sequences and few comic lines.
I sincerely appreciate the guts of
Mahesh, Sukumar n team for such an offbeat product for Sankranti. True, Pizza
disappoints you when you are expecting Masala Onion Ravva. There is a disconnect of expectations with “1” which resulted in mixed reviews. If you detach it with Sankranti celebration
mood it’s great celluloid venture. The onshore results are the witness for the
success of the movie format. The tempo of movie keeps your interest till the
last shot. The interval bang leaves you with fine laughter and thrill, which
continues till 180th minute. Help of conventional commercial fiction
is very low in each take. If you get a second chance, try to focus on light angles/frames
and background score in the movie. Kriti Sanon got a golden break of her career
and did a decent job. Glamour, Guitar and Goa are complimentary you get in addition to Gautam’s imaginary
and real spaces.
On the other hand “Yevadu” catered to the
conventional audience with all the commercial ingredients. However the change
of order of tracks, sequences n action is worth mentioning. You get a painful
song at the door step and an intro track at the second half. The way action
sequences are weaved into story line is much appreciated. The number of action
sequences doesn’t bother you though they are in plenty to the standards of
tollywood drama. DSP scoring at the back ground elevates few scenes and reminds
me of good old days of Manisharma’s back ground score. Charan is showing signs
of maturity in every department with each movie and coming out of Megastar image,
though team had imbibed few images of Chiru to establish the link. Dil Raju
working style of picking ideas and working on stories is different to other
production houses. A team of writers work upon a thin story line and shape it
up to full length movie. I heard that each member from this team gets his first
brake in two to three years after contributing in various ventures. Team
contribution is quite evident from title credits.
This Tollywood Sankranti brought us Shadruchula
movie “Ugadi” pachadi.
Venky...
