Anaganaga O Athidi Review
Story ;- A Family Of Three Members Lives in A village . They Leading Suffering Life With Problems.In That Time An Guest Came to their house .What Happened After it is the main plot.
Pros ;- Lead Actors Perfomance ,Gripping Screenplay ,
Payal's Performance
Cons ;-No Emotional Flashback, Unsupported Roles,
Quick Finishing
Final Conclusion ;- New Age Screenplay ,One Time Watchable
MV Media's Rating ;- 4/5
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Nani definitely makes a difference when he steps in. He's effortlessly funny, spooking people around him with his dark humour.
SCREENGRAB/AMAZON PRIME VIDEONani's V, directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti and now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, is about a man on a killing spree who challenges a police officer to catch him. That much was apparent in the film's promos. We also knew that Nani was playing this chilling killer. The only intrigue left in the film was the whys and hows of the crime. What's the killer's motive and his pattern?
V opens with a riot and dashing DCP Adithya (Sudheer Babu) coming in to control it. The sequence is built to amplify Adithya's heroism every bit, from the actor ripping his shirt off to sending men to space with his punches. As the credits roll, the newspaper clippings about Adithya reveal what sort of a man he is. He not only believes in human rights, he also walks the ramp. He not only busts drug rackets, he's also voted to be the sexiest man around. He's not, in other words, the typical movie cop who nurses a paunch and accepts bribes under the table.
It doesn't take long for the first murder to take place after Indraganti sets up the stage for Adithya. But though the screenplay goes through all the motions of an investigation, you are never sucked into the proceedings. For instance, when Adithya walks into a brutal crime scene where the victim is a fellow police officer, no less, he hardly flinches. The emphasis is more on his flamboyance and heroism than what would be a natural response to the crime. His subordinates (Vennela Kishore plays Mansoor, Adithya's sidekick) and superiors too seem totally unbothered that there's a body lying in front of them, using the opportunity to crack some clever jokes. Even the most jaded cop on the job is likely to have some emotion to what they're witnessing but not these guys. And since they don't seem to take the crime seriously, neither do we.
Sudheer Babu's interpretation of Adithya is a semi-sneer plastered on his face for a good part, which doesn't allow us to warm up to the character. The romance between him and Apoorva (Nivetha Thomas), an aspiring crime writer, would have been more suited to a college romcom than a dark thriller. Nivetha is charming onscreen but is stuck with looking chirpy and providing comic relief that only serves to distract. She wants to write a crime novel, so when Adithya opens a drawer in her room, he finds papers with words like 'KILL' written on them. Sigh.
Nani definitely makes a difference when he steps in. He's effortlessly funny, spooking people around him with his dark humour (but you also wonder why he behaved that way after we know all the answers in the end). The reference to K Raghavendra Rao's films is especially hilarious. Playing the antagonist in a film is a brave choice for a lead actor. However, without giving too much away, one can say that V does not push him enough in that direction.
Aditi Rao Hydari as Saheeba looks beautiful but the actor has been typecast in the earnest Madonna role one too many times. Her expressions in V are the same as what we saw her do in Sufiyum Sujatayum, her last release.
Indraganti makes some interesting writing choices, like that scene when Apoorva's parents (Thalaivasal Vijay and Rohini) casually confess that they had premarital sex or the army man who puts his wife above the nation. But they're lost in a film where the larger premise is wholly predictable. The motive for the crime is as obvious and unimaginative as it can get, with film after film falling back on the same reason for a revenge saga.
The problem with V is that it is neither a solid police procedural nor a full-fledged action film. Though the police are supposedly investigating a serial killer, there is barely any discussion on profiling or even forensics. The clues are embarrassingly old world, bits of paper with convoluted riddles. The only 'psychiatric' inputs come from Apoorva, in the middle of some flirting and cutesy meet-the-family sequences.
The cat and mouse game between Adithya and the killer gets repetitive, though everything looks stylish and classy. But lighting, background score and camera angles can only add to the suspense, they cannot create it from scratch. That is the job of the script. V falters heavily in this department.
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The former professional badminton player says that his role in 'V' has been the most authentic and meaningful character he has played.
IMAGE CREDIT: AMAZON PRIME VIDEOThe much anticipated Telugu neo-noir action thriller V has released on Amazon Prime Video on Saturday. Sudheer Babu, who played the antagonist in the 2016 Hindi action film Baaghi, is now playing the role of a principled cop who is out to chase a serial killer played by Nani.
The film, which also stars Nivetha Thomas and Aditi Rao Hydari, is releasing on the OTT platform, because of the pandemic. Hours before the release, Sudheer Babu tells TNM that he has tried to maintain the “authenticity” of a cop. “Very often the protocol, rules or body language are taken lightly in some films. One of the main things for V is we wanted the film to be authentic. If a cop is watching this film, Indraganti sir (director Indraganti Mohana Krishna) wanted the film to work even then. So, he arranged interactions with a couple of senior police officers, to understand them and pick up small things I had to take care of. I have tried to maintain the authenticity of a cop, of how he behaves, the protocol he follows, the body language etc,” he says.
The former professional badminton player says that his role in V has been the most authentic and meaningful character he has played. He also says that the film has been more strenuous, because of the intense action sequences which needed more preparation in terms of physical fitness. “A love story would take around 60 days of shoot, this took around 105 days,” he says.
Sudheer’s previous film with director Mohana Krishna Indraganti was the breezy romance-comedy-drama Sammohanam. Among the rest of the actors, Nani made his debut as an actor with the director, while Nivetha Thomas and Aditi Rao Hydari worked with the director in their respective first Telugu films, Gentleman and Sammohanam.
“In our previous film together (Sammohanam), I didn’t know Indraganti sir’s approach, so there was a slight nervousness before going on to the sets. Since all of us have worked with him before, we know his preparation, how he feeds the character into the actor. Once we were on this project, we knew everything would be taken care of, from reading sessions, to Q&A sessions and interactions,” Sudheer says.
About the showdown between his and Nani’s characters, he says, “Generally people talk about chemistry between hero and heroine. V also has great conversations between them, but what works here is the drama and chemistry between the hero and villain, the protagonist and antagonist. Both the characters have a great soul. That’s the USP of this film, even though it is an action drama, there is a lot of soul to it,” he says.
On co-starring with Nani, he says, “There was a lot of give and take, and learning from each other. We both worked together to make the scene work. We are not competing against each other, it was just our characters that are competing,” he says.
V was all set for an Ugadi release in March, before the pandemic disrupted these plans. Pointing to the bright side, Sudheer says, “OTT releases are one good thing that can happen for the film industry, which is in huge losses. We couldn't have asked for a bigger release in this situation. Our audience bases will be bigger, this will help Indian and Telugu films reach news places, every fifth person to watch it is likely to be someone outside India,” he says.
Sudheer is also starring in an upcoming biopic based on badminton player Pullela Gopichand’s life. Speaking about his career plans, he says, “I just want to experiment and do roles I haven’t done before. When I am stepping onto a set, I should have a little fear, and wonder how I am gonna do this. That's what gives me energy to step onto the set,” he says.
Overall Rating ;- 4/5
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గత కొన్ని రోజులుగా నాని నటించిన వి చిత్రంపై అనేక కథనాలు వస్తున్నాయి. సమ్మర్ లో విడుదల కావాల్సిన ఈ చిత్రం కరోనా కారణంగా థియేటర్లు మూతబడిపోవడంతో ఆగిపోయింది. మళ్లీ థియేటర్లు తెరుచుకున్నాక వి సినిమాని రిలీజ్ చేయాలని భావించారు. కానీ ఐదు నెలలు గడుస్తున్నా కరోనా ఉధృతి తగ్గకపోవడం వల్ల థియేటర్లు ఇంకా తెరుచుకోలేదు. ఇప్పట్లో తెరుచుకుంటాయన్న ఆశ కూడా లేదు.
దాంతో వి సినిమా ఓటీటీలో వస్తుందంటూ వార్తలు వచ్చాయి. మొన్నటికి మొన్న అమెజాన్ ఈ చిత్రాన్ని 32 కోట్లకి కొనుక్కుందని అన్నారు. తాజా సమాచారం ప్రకారం ఈ వార్త నిజమే అని తెలుస్తుంది. ఇప్పటి వరకు చిత్రబృందం ఈ విషయమై ఎలాంటి అధికారిక ప్రకటన చేయకపోయినప్పటికీ, తాజాగా నాని హింట్ ఇచ్చాడు. ఈ రోజు నాని విడుదల చేసిన వీడియోలో ఈ విధంగా మాట్లాడాడు.
ఇంట్లో సినిమా చూస్తున్న నాని, థియేటర్ ఇంటికి రాకపోయినా థియేటర్ ఎక్స్ పీరియన్స్ వచ్చేస్తోంది అని చెప్పాడు. రిలీజ్ రోజు సినిమా ఎలా ఉంటుందోనన్న ఎక్సయిట్ మెంట్, నెర్వస్ నెస్ మిస్ అవుతున్నామని, మీరు కూడా ( ప్రేక్షకులని ఉద్దేశిస్తూ) ఫస్ట్ డే, ఫస్ట్ షో మిస్ అవుతున్నారని అన్నాడు. ఆ తర్వాత వి సినిమా గురించి ప్రకటన రాబోతుందని, రేపు అదేంటో వెల్లడి చేస్తామని ముగించాడు. మొత్తానికి వి సినిమా గురించి కొన్ని రోజులుగా కొనసాగుతున్న సస్పెన్స్ తీరబోతుందని అర్థం అవుతుంది.
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