A small pat on the back

The release of the movie Bommarillu was a quite a silent affair but the movie did immensely well at all the centers. The secret behind its success was its story and the narrative style. Commendable performances from the cast is an additional ingredient that made the movie a wholesome entertainer underlined by a message.

Coming from the same set of film makers, the movie “Parugu” might have generated some expectations in the audience. The protagonist Allu Arjun, one more member from the Chiranjeevi family, has a partisan following as known for obvious reasons. Still, the movie release was pretty silent much akin to Bommarillu.

After much deliberation I went to the movie without any expectations. Though the movie cannot be placed on the same pedestal as Bommarillu, it cannot be brushed aside either. The storyline is a decent one (histrionics and extreme action scenes are commonplace these days). Except for Prakash Raj, a stand out (his usual self) the rest of the cast didn’t really require to showcase their acting prowess.

While the film makers’ first movie dealt with a Father-Son relationship, here they dealt with a Father-Daughter relationship. Interestingly, though, the daughter didn’t have any one-on-ones with the father as Siddhartha did with Prakash Raj in Bommarillu. The subjective introduction to the father is generated through the decision taken by his elder daughter and the chance overhearing of conversation between his younger daughter and her assistant. Pretty niftily done, I should say.

It’s a good watch for all the youngsters out there to understand the psyche of a relationship, a dwindling practice these days. Hopefully, the contrivance of the movie reaches the target audience as the movie is devoid of unnecessary complications. The director certainly deserves a small pat on the back for his attempt.

Power of "Jalsa"

A partisan crowd might have got their money’s worth from the newly released movie “Jalsa”. All the rest are not really happy with what they are served in the movie. The hype before the release, excellent music numbers, the wizard in Trivikram Srinivas and Pawan Kalyan; all factors failed to make an impact. All hope of a blockbuster fizzled away with the movie’s release. Even the reviews are not encouraging. But the fact that its from Trivikram strongly prompted me to watch the movie.

I must say that I am highly impressed at how Trivikram tried to drive home a very powerful tool i.e., “Visualization”, intertwined into the plot that boosts a political campaign in favor of the actor, Pawan’s brother, the one and only megastar Chiranjeevi (Chiru). There never is a doubt on the popularity that Chiru commands from the people. But with this movie, Chiru’s political campaign has also reached deep into the corners of the jungles which otherwise he wouldn’t have. The messages are loud and clear in relation with the Maoists or Naxalites. The frequent dialogues as politicians and media by Pawan rounded off the political influence in the movie.

The subject, as a movie, conveyed a very strong tool to the common man, “The art of visualization”, practicing which a man could always be comfortable in any situation in his field of interest. The penultimate fight at the temple introduced this to the viewer and carried to the next level in the last fight. The hero clearly knew how to tackle the situation in the fights and hence was very comfortable during the fights [as he has already gone through it in his mind (visualization at the temple fight)]. He has already developed a plan even before the fight has actually started which makes it that much easier to achieve the desired result in the climax fight. This is the vision of the protagonist.

The climax reflects the imagination or negative vision* of the antagonist. The hero pledges to create fear in the antagonist. And fear is an imagination of the self which the hero actually targeted and achieved. Losing a leg and hand during the fight are imaginations that created fear. I think you can all relate to what I am telling here. I hope the message gets across to the audience as the ace writer/director wants it to. Kudos to Trivikram Srinivas in trying to show something new. I knew that he wouldn’t let himself down more than anybody.

Note: I strongly recommend people out there to put this art of visualization into practice to appreciate its utility and effectiveness.

*Vision could be both positive and negative. It depends on how the user uses it.