Jr. NTR's mass role after long time.. Yes. Dhammu is that kind of film, where NTR has proved himself that how good he is in Mass roles. He has proved in Aadi, Simhadri, and other films long back. But for quite some time now, he has concentrated only on getting close to family audience. He has done Adhurs, where he proved himself in comedy. Brundavanam, a family oriented film, Shakti was another poor film, which burnt producer pockets. Oosaravelli targeted on Urban Youth and it goes on same sketches of Urban Youth ecentry.
DHAMMU - RATED A BY CBFC.
CAST - JR. NTR, TRISHA, KARTHIKA, KOTA SRINIVASA RAO, BHANU PRIYA, SUMAN, NASSER, AHUTI PRASAD, ABHINAYA, VENU(GUEST APPEARANCE), ALI, BRAHMANANDAM, CHALAPATHI RAO and others.
MUSIC - M.M. KEERAVANI
DOP - ARTHUR WILSON
STORY, DIALOGUES - M. RATNAM
PRESENTER - K.S. RAMA RAO
BANNER - CREATIVE COMMERCIAL
PRODUCER - K. ALEXANDER VALLABHA
SCREENPLAY, DIRECTOR - BOYAPATI SREENU
WHAT ITS ABOUT:
Dhammu. It all starts with two families rivalry. The film opens in black and white mode portraying Suman as good man and Bhanu priya as his wife and Kota Srinivas Rao as Father in law and Nasser as bad man. Due to the greed of ruling the lands, Nasser proves his stamina and ends up succeeding. As a result, they lay their flag in rivals houses and enjoy victory. Remarking as weak hearted persons.
After a quarter century, story moves to capital, Hyderabad. Where Rama Chandra (NTR) an orphan who irks his life in saving others who are on the verge of getting killed, he rescues them for money and he is prominent. By the way he lives on Let Live policy. He earns 63 lakhs in that case. Very soon, he comes across Ashwini(Trisha) and falls for her. After a song, they fall in love. Ashwini wants to see Ram's family and also says that, her father accepts marriage proposal if and only his family is well conceived by her father. Ram along with his childhood friend(Ali) searches for a big family. In that case, they find an elder man(Kota) who wants to adopt a boy as heir to put a check to the odds of Nasser and his band doing misfits.
After adoption, the story shifts to village and he is forced to take part in revenge drama which is well set before 25 years. Neelavani(Karthika) is introduced as relative to Ram who is now Raja Vasi Reddy. Raja doesn't know the problems he has to face. He never gets clear image of what is to happen. However, his brother in law (VENU) gives him a clear picture of what has happened and what he has to do to stop the massacre.
After few hiccups and bravery Raja accepts and starts revenge drama. But as he is not fond of killing as he lives on concept of Let Live. Soon, he is poised to drop the let live concept due to twists in tale. Will the family know Raja is an orphan and is adopted. If yes, will he be accepted by the family. What is the twist and why he has dropped the let live policy. Did he really leave that policy. Will he end Nasser's cruel empire, forms the rest story.
How did they play:
NTR who is known for power packed performance, has done an extra ordinary job. He has excelled in all departments ranging from sentiment to sentences, action to dances. Its tailor made role for him, where he has to excel as there is no option left for him. The dances in this film where not heavy but were huge appealing. NTR didn't do risky moves, but what he did were exceptional.
TRISHA as ashwini, She is not the right choice. That's what every audience feel, she neither looks impressive nor her role was interesting. She just acts as glamour doll, where her glamour has been well utilized by previous directors. She has very weak screen presence. You can count her appearances.
Karthika as Neelaveni, She has the spirit of doing well. Karthika has scored high points in her last movie Rangam with her performance. Here is also the same case, she keeps on saying utilize me in movie and guess what she has been utilized well by director in movie. Interestingly, her performance is rated better than Trisha as she has greater screen presence and appearance than Trisha.
Kota Srinivas Rao, Bhanu Priya, Suman and Nasser. Well, what can really a person of my level can say about them. They are the seniors and pro's of Film Industry. They are experts and experts never fail. Same is the case here.
Nasser has to be appreciated here for his one-eyed cruel role. He has done superb job. Very often, we see Nasser as positive man who supports the lead actor. But for a change he has done a negative role(though not for first time).
Brahmanandam was wasted in a poor role. He never provided any laughs or gigs. On the flip side, Ali provides you with humour with his double meaning dialogues and actions.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION AND CUT:
STORY: Story has been written by M. Ratnam, who is regular technical aspect in case of S.S. Rajamouli's films. He writes dialogues for all his films. This time he has given story and dialogues for B. Sreenu.
Though the story is not a new one, it has that mass elements which make you to sit in the seat. Dialogues are also fun in case of Ali and good in case of regular sentiment case and very good in case of emotional cases depicting NTR.
MUSIC: Music scored by M.M. Keeravani is already a huge hit. As we have written our review rating at high of all recent released albums(later crossed out by EEGA). He has done a brilliant job in scroing Back Ground music. It is intense and grippy. That's what I can say.
Production Values: Producers have spent lavishly for interiors. As we have seen in Simha also, how Sreenu takes care particularly of interiors. We can see scenes involving with family inside his house where a particular and very care has been taken in etching out interiors. Great job by producer for making this film look very rich.
DOP and Fights: DOP by Arthur Wilson, he has captured what Sreenu is specialist for. The massy fights, the wind which fumes out when hero sits in despair. The dust raising when goons fall. Its superb. A very special mention is must for him.
Fights by Ram - laxman are pretty good in cases and goes on for overdose in some cases.
DIRECTION and Screenpaly: B.Sreenu the most bankable name for action oriented projects. His screenplay is poor when compared to his previous films. First half was just dragging, it was going on for ages. He should have taken better care. Second half, it is filled with heroism, where it falls flat sometimes. He concentrated much on the way of killing, but never considered why he was killing all.
Direction is better. He has scored very good points in this department. The way he has shown god and goddess idols. The way he blasted cars. The way he captured emotions were brilliant. I felt this film has got very good points when compared to any other films released in this year in direction department. It is on par with Ee Rojullo, Ishq and sometimes with Business Man too.
I Feel:
This film story is neither new nor very old. Its a story where it has beaten to death by many directors in past. But, the brand Sreenu and NTR makes you to look out for this film. I feel this film has got power but lacked the punch to make it a bigger hit. I rate movie with 3 out 5.
Flip Side:
I personally feel that, the story has gone for a toss and so is with screenplay. On the other side, with Avengers ramping up Hyderabad. Dhammu is sure to lose some screens, very less in number though. The commercial success of this film depends on how family audience look at it. The mouth talk isn't great for this film. Though reviews to didn't spice up the things. Racha had good reviews, but very poor mouth talk.
Producers are already on safe side prior to release. It has to be seen, whether Distributors and Exhibitors can gain some pennies or not.
DHAMMU - RATED A BY CBFC.
CAST - JR. NTR, TRISHA, KARTHIKA, KOTA SRINIVASA RAO, BHANU PRIYA, SUMAN, NASSER, AHUTI PRASAD, ABHINAYA, VENU(GUEST APPEARANCE), ALI, BRAHMANANDAM, CHALAPATHI RAO and others.
MUSIC - M.M. KEERAVANI
DOP - ARTHUR WILSON
STORY, DIALOGUES - M. RATNAM
PRESENTER - K.S. RAMA RAO
BANNER - CREATIVE COMMERCIAL
PRODUCER - K. ALEXANDER VALLABHA
SCREENPLAY, DIRECTOR - BOYAPATI SREENU
WHAT ITS ABOUT:
Dhammu. It all starts with two families rivalry. The film opens in black and white mode portraying Suman as good man and Bhanu priya as his wife and Kota Srinivas Rao as Father in law and Nasser as bad man. Due to the greed of ruling the lands, Nasser proves his stamina and ends up succeeding. As a result, they lay their flag in rivals houses and enjoy victory. Remarking as weak hearted persons.
After a quarter century, story moves to capital, Hyderabad. Where Rama Chandra (NTR) an orphan who irks his life in saving others who are on the verge of getting killed, he rescues them for money and he is prominent. By the way he lives on Let Live policy. He earns 63 lakhs in that case. Very soon, he comes across Ashwini(Trisha) and falls for her. After a song, they fall in love. Ashwini wants to see Ram's family and also says that, her father accepts marriage proposal if and only his family is well conceived by her father. Ram along with his childhood friend(Ali) searches for a big family. In that case, they find an elder man(Kota) who wants to adopt a boy as heir to put a check to the odds of Nasser and his band doing misfits.
After adoption, the story shifts to village and he is forced to take part in revenge drama which is well set before 25 years. Neelavani(Karthika) is introduced as relative to Ram who is now Raja Vasi Reddy. Raja doesn't know the problems he has to face. He never gets clear image of what is to happen. However, his brother in law (VENU) gives him a clear picture of what has happened and what he has to do to stop the massacre.
After few hiccups and bravery Raja accepts and starts revenge drama. But as he is not fond of killing as he lives on concept of Let Live. Soon, he is poised to drop the let live concept due to twists in tale. Will the family know Raja is an orphan and is adopted. If yes, will he be accepted by the family. What is the twist and why he has dropped the let live policy. Did he really leave that policy. Will he end Nasser's cruel empire, forms the rest story.
How did they play:
NTR who is known for power packed performance, has done an extra ordinary job. He has excelled in all departments ranging from sentiment to sentences, action to dances. Its tailor made role for him, where he has to excel as there is no option left for him. The dances in this film where not heavy but were huge appealing. NTR didn't do risky moves, but what he did were exceptional.
TRISHA as ashwini, She is not the right choice. That's what every audience feel, she neither looks impressive nor her role was interesting. She just acts as glamour doll, where her glamour has been well utilized by previous directors. She has very weak screen presence. You can count her appearances.
Karthika as Neelaveni, She has the spirit of doing well. Karthika has scored high points in her last movie Rangam with her performance. Here is also the same case, she keeps on saying utilize me in movie and guess what she has been utilized well by director in movie. Interestingly, her performance is rated better than Trisha as she has greater screen presence and appearance than Trisha.
Kota Srinivas Rao, Bhanu Priya, Suman and Nasser. Well, what can really a person of my level can say about them. They are the seniors and pro's of Film Industry. They are experts and experts never fail. Same is the case here.
Nasser has to be appreciated here for his one-eyed cruel role. He has done superb job. Very often, we see Nasser as positive man who supports the lead actor. But for a change he has done a negative role(though not for first time).
Brahmanandam was wasted in a poor role. He never provided any laughs or gigs. On the flip side, Ali provides you with humour with his double meaning dialogues and actions.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION AND CUT:
STORY: Story has been written by M. Ratnam, who is regular technical aspect in case of S.S. Rajamouli's films. He writes dialogues for all his films. This time he has given story and dialogues for B. Sreenu.
Though the story is not a new one, it has that mass elements which make you to sit in the seat. Dialogues are also fun in case of Ali and good in case of regular sentiment case and very good in case of emotional cases depicting NTR.
MUSIC: Music scored by M.M. Keeravani is already a huge hit. As we have written our review rating at high of all recent released albums(later crossed out by EEGA). He has done a brilliant job in scroing Back Ground music. It is intense and grippy. That's what I can say.
Production Values: Producers have spent lavishly for interiors. As we have seen in Simha also, how Sreenu takes care particularly of interiors. We can see scenes involving with family inside his house where a particular and very care has been taken in etching out interiors. Great job by producer for making this film look very rich.
DOP and Fights: DOP by Arthur Wilson, he has captured what Sreenu is specialist for. The massy fights, the wind which fumes out when hero sits in despair. The dust raising when goons fall. Its superb. A very special mention is must for him.
Fights by Ram - laxman are pretty good in cases and goes on for overdose in some cases.
DIRECTION and Screenpaly: B.Sreenu the most bankable name for action oriented projects. His screenplay is poor when compared to his previous films. First half was just dragging, it was going on for ages. He should have taken better care. Second half, it is filled with heroism, where it falls flat sometimes. He concentrated much on the way of killing, but never considered why he was killing all.
Direction is better. He has scored very good points in this department. The way he has shown god and goddess idols. The way he blasted cars. The way he captured emotions were brilliant. I felt this film has got very good points when compared to any other films released in this year in direction department. It is on par with Ee Rojullo, Ishq and sometimes with Business Man too.
I Feel:
This film story is neither new nor very old. Its a story where it has beaten to death by many directors in past. But, the brand Sreenu and NTR makes you to look out for this film. I feel this film has got power but lacked the punch to make it a bigger hit. I rate movie with 3 out 5.
Flip Side:
I personally feel that, the story has gone for a toss and so is with screenplay. On the other side, with Avengers ramping up Hyderabad. Dhammu is sure to lose some screens, very less in number though. The commercial success of this film depends on how family audience look at it. The mouth talk isn't great for this film. Though reviews to didn't spice up the things. Racha had good reviews, but very poor mouth talk.
Producers are already on safe side prior to release. It has to be seen, whether Distributors and Exhibitors can gain some pennies or not.
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