Srimanthudu review: Mahesh Babu romances, fights, saves the day and does what not
There are many cliches throughout the story, but still Srimanthudu manages to hold your attention.
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Mahesh Babu Still From Srimanthudu |
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan, Jagapati Babu
Direction: Koratala Siva
Ratings: 
Tollywood's
Prince's film is out, and yes, Mahesh Babu has treated his fans with
another entertainer. The film is a complete package of everything, from
romance, villains with handle bar moustaches, family sentiment, comedy,
flashback sequences: Name it, and director Koratala Siva has delivered
it.
But one thing that brims out of the screen is Mahesh Babu's swag. He has been portrayed as the ideal gentleman that every guy wants to be. The film, like all commercial films do, starts with a song, and it is about lord Rama, and the hero dances, praising the lord. There is a subtle metaphor here. Throughout the film, the director has portrayed Harsha, the protaganist, as pious as Lord Rama himself.
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Harsha, son of billionaire Ravikanth, played by Jagapati Babu, has no interest in taking over his father's business. While his father seems to be a capitalist, his son acts as a communist. His father is reluctant to go to his workers' Navami celebrations since he has got a family get-together. But Harsha chooses workers over family, and he is there at the celebration (That lord Rama song? That.). There are many other cliches throughout the story, but still the film manages to hold your attention.
Harsha lives in his own world, and every attempt made by his father to make him normal draws a blank, and then comes Shruti Haasan. Charusheela, the role played by Shruti, is pursuing a rural development course. Her ideology again borders on communism. That's more than enough for Harsha to fall in love with her. Cut to the next scene, and he is seen in her college sitting beside her. He likes her inner beauty more than her external appearance (again lord Rama) and he says to her "you are beautiful ... within".
Every once in a while, the camera travels into a village where there is paucity of everything from water to jobs. There is a also a local don who makes things worse for the people. Harsha ends up adopting the whole village, and this upsets the villain. The story then is about their confrontation and saving the day.
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The film also quotes the difference between city life and rural life. Harsha, who becomes more attached to the village, professes how urban life is soulless and mechanical. But the director has taken it too far ending up romanticising poverty (a typical pitfall films like these fall into).
A significant portion of the film is filled with Harsha punching and kicking rowdies. A fight sequence in a wedding function is creatively made, where Harsha finishes off all the goons without disturbing anyone around. Anal Arasu, the stuntmaster, has done a splendid job in his choreography. But, there are way too many sequences which bore the audience. Mahesh Babu himself before a fight asks his opponents "Don't you guys have any other job other than this; aren't you bored?" Exactly.
One can find himself humming Devi Sri Prasad's Charusheela long after he's exited the theatre, but other songs are just like the empty popcorn buckets you leave back.
Though Srimanthudu has failed to serve anything new, he is rich and complete. When the film ends, everyone in the film is happy. As are his fans.
Direction: Koratala Siva
Tollywood's
Prince's film is out, and yes, Mahesh Babu has treated his fans with
another entertainer. The film is a complete package of everything, from
romance, villains with handle bar moustaches, family sentiment, comedy,
flashback sequences: Name it, and director Koratala Siva has delivered
it.But one thing that brims out of the screen is Mahesh Babu's swag. He has been portrayed as the ideal gentleman that every guy wants to be. The film, like all commercial films do, starts with a song, and it is about lord Rama, and the hero dances, praising the lord. There is a subtle metaphor here. Throughout the film, the director has portrayed Harsha, the protaganist, as pious as Lord Rama himself.
ALSO READ: Mahesh Babu says he wanted to do a bilingual even before Baahubali
Harsha, son of billionaire Ravikanth, played by Jagapati Babu, has no interest in taking over his father's business. While his father seems to be a capitalist, his son acts as a communist. His father is reluctant to go to his workers' Navami celebrations since he has got a family get-together. But Harsha chooses workers over family, and he is there at the celebration (That lord Rama song? That.). There are many other cliches throughout the story, but still the film manages to hold your attention.
Harsha lives in his own world, and every attempt made by his father to make him normal draws a blank, and then comes Shruti Haasan. Charusheela, the role played by Shruti, is pursuing a rural development course. Her ideology again borders on communism. That's more than enough for Harsha to fall in love with her. Cut to the next scene, and he is seen in her college sitting beside her. He likes her inner beauty more than her external appearance (again lord Rama) and he says to her "you are beautiful ... within".
Every once in a while, the camera travels into a village where there is paucity of everything from water to jobs. There is a also a local don who makes things worse for the people. Harsha ends up adopting the whole village, and this upsets the villain. The story then is about their confrontation and saving the day.
ALSO READ: Mahesh Babu ready to act in a direct Tamil film but there is a catch
The film also quotes the difference between city life and rural life. Harsha, who becomes more attached to the village, professes how urban life is soulless and mechanical. But the director has taken it too far ending up romanticising poverty (a typical pitfall films like these fall into).
A significant portion of the film is filled with Harsha punching and kicking rowdies. A fight sequence in a wedding function is creatively made, where Harsha finishes off all the goons without disturbing anyone around. Anal Arasu, the stuntmaster, has done a splendid job in his choreography. But, there are way too many sequences which bore the audience. Mahesh Babu himself before a fight asks his opponents "Don't you guys have any other job other than this; aren't you bored?" Exactly.
One can find himself humming Devi Sri Prasad's Charusheela long after he's exited the theatre, but other songs are just like the empty popcorn buckets you leave back.
Though Srimanthudu has failed to serve anything new, he is rich and complete. When the film ends, everyone in the film is happy. As are his fans.
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