Power Review
Banner: Rockline Entertainments Pvt.Ltd
Release date: 12th September, 2014
Censor rating: "A"
Movie duration: 147 mins
Cast: Ravi Teja, Hansika Motwani, Regina Cassandra, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Prakash Raj, Sampath Raj, Posani Krishna Murali, Mukesh Rishi, Jeeva, Harish Uthaman, Subbaraju, Ajay, Brahmaji, Satyam Rajesh, Uttej, Sapthagiri, Surekha Vani, Jogi Brothers and others.
Directed by: K.S.Ravindra (Bobby)
Music Director: S.S.Thaman
Cinematography: Arthur.A.Wilson
Producer: Rockline Venkatesh
Story :
ACP Baldev Sahaay (Raviteja) is a corrupt cop who gets killed while rescuing Gangster Ganguly Bhai (Sampath) from police custody on the way to High Court. Ganguly Bhai is the brother of West Bengal Home Minister Jagadeesh (Mukesh Rushi) who promises to catch the criminal and his brother at any cost.
On the other hand, Tirupathi (Raviteja, a lookalike of ACP Baldev) is a guy from Hyderabad who has a dream of becoming a police officer. Tirupathi helps his brother-in-law CI Animuthyam (Brahmanandam) in dealing criminal cases in the city. He takes help of a fraud Gemology expert Nirupama (Hansika) to become a Police officer in 24 hours, which later on takes a romantic turn and both fall in love.
One day Home Minister Jagadeesh happens to see Tirupathi and convinces him to get into the shoes of ACP Baldev. What were the untold facts behind ACP Baldev's death? What is Baldev's past? Who is Tirupathi? Why is the Home Minister so desperate to get Ganguly? What happens to Tirupathi after he takes charge as ACP Baldev? should be watched in the theatres.
How the story goes :
* The actaul story reminds us of many stories which run on the similar lines like 'Vikramarkudu', 'Billa', 'Lakshmi Narasimha', 'Operation Duryodhana', 'Balupu', 'Dharuvu', 'Julayi' etc.
* The first half starts on a good note with a big chase scenes and some healthy comedy with Ravi, Brahmi, Hansika and Sapthagiri. Overall the first half looks ok.
* The interval bang is very interesting and is apt for a movie like this.
* The second half is a totally power packed one with nice action sequences and good comedy. But some poor characterizations of a few key-characters take away the excitement attached to the action-drama. Two songs in the part, 'Champesinde' and 'Nautanki' are beautifully shown on screen.
* The climax twist is a big plus to the film. But the way it's been revealed by Prakash Raj could have shown in a better way.
* As the film is Bobby's first film as a director, he has taken a very safe route by writing a normal mass masala script with some comedy scenes and by selecting a perfect role to Ravi Teja.
This has made the film look like a time pass ride like some of the recent releases.
* If u go into the logical side of the story the director has many loopholes with his script.
* Some scenes remind of different movies like a police officer's duty is being done by his brother-in-law (Julayi), taking bribe and helping other people (Lakshmi Narasimha), sending another person in the place of a police officer (Vikramarkudu, Billa).
* There are parts of the film which are simply fine and parts which are terrible.
* There are lots of emotions in the film but all the scenes look as if they are forcefully added to the script.
Performances :
* Raviteja gets a total make over with this film. The two contrast looks have suited him to perfection and he looks much younger than his age in this mass entertainer. He has given his atmost best for the film. He looked good in the comedy and action scenes too.
* Hansika looked glamorous in the film. But her character was very limited and din't have much to perform. She was beautiful in the songs.
* Regina though looked beautiful she was wasted in a useless character. Her character reminds us the one of Anjali in 'Balupu' but in this film Regina's character didn't have the required weightage.
* Brahmanandam and Sapatagiri provided the required laughs throughout the film. But they were also limited. It could have been better is some more scenes have been shot with them. And there is nothing to say about the combination of Ravi and Brahmi as they are already proved as a deadly combination.
* Sampath Raj and Mukesh Rishi have done their jobs as the baddies in the film.
* Posani was also good imitating Bunny's 'Devudaaa' slang throughout the film.
* Kota Srinivasrao and Prakash Raj were also wasted in the film with very less screen presence.
* Rest of the cast including Subbaraj, Ajay, Brahmaji, Satyam Rajesh, Uttej, Surekha Vani, Jogi Brothers stuck to their portions.
Technical Aspects :
* The debutante director Bobby has taken a pretty ordinary story and story line up for his first film. The scenes in the film will fall in the same line as that of the scenes in his previous flick 'Balupu' where he has written the script of the film. In fact, the problems that would arise when a skillful story writer becomes a director are well explained in this film.
But the charaterization of the hero is very well written and newly shown on screen.
* The screenplay of the film looks routine and unenthusiastic as there is nothing new in the flow of the scenes.
* The cinematography is the biggest plus of the film. The songs are beautifully picturized. The opening title animation was very impressive. The way the frame was set for Ravi in some of the action scenes were outstanding.
* S.S.Thaman's music is another plus to the film. The songs are good to hear and the back ground music though appears loud in some scenes, it was good overall. Especially the background score to post interval fight is impressive and the harbor fight sequence is aslo effective.
* Editing by Gowtham Raju was ok.
* Ram Lakshman, Allan Ameen's fight
compositions were a bit over the top.
* The choreography and dialogues were poor.
* Production values were rich.
Plus Points :
* Ravi Teja
* Cinematography
* Songs and Background score
* Some comedy scenes
* Interval twist and climax twist
* Hansika and Regina's glamour
Minus Points :
* Screenplay
* Routine and inspired story line up
* Routine Dialogues
* Poor characterizations of some characters
Verdict :
Finally 'Power' is a film which is a cluster of many scenes from different films brought together with some mark action and masala of Raviteja. Watch this film only if you can keep the logical part of the script aside !!!
Rating - 2.25 / 5
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