Magadheera - Review

Clap,clap,clap ..This flick of Rajamouli is here to stay for atleast times to come.The ace director with the midas touch,has now gained enough expertise in moulding clay to a masterpiece. while it is not uncommon from his previous flicks that the protoganists in his works are erected with a "Hercules" sort of image,this one is promised to be different.With lots of expectations skying around,"magadheera" had to have an intricate weave of art and commerical elements and trust me, mouli has work out the spell yet again.

the film starts off being extremely dull,continues to get even more boring when the big boy gets in with a rather ugly animation of his earlier dance works.one starts to feel sensible in the film only when the unacceptable pony tail is unwound.only before the intermission,one gets to feel the heat.that's when mouli takes the real reigns of the 'horses' and the film takes a u turn.though expected and prior interpretable due to our experience with a bunch movies on reincarnation in our kitty, this one proves to be different.

each frame after the intermission is a visual grandeur.mouli mixes with ease,the kingsman ship of the rajputana with our lingo.each time,"bhairava" delivers a word of promise,mouli does not miss a chance to capture the trust levied upon the royal warrior, the struggle ,the emotions there after.

"when i promise,consider it done.thou shall die fullfilling it and shall not return with out" this has been the most special part of mouli from the begining ,but this time, he excels in a curious mix of historical ,commercial,romantic,reincarnatic elements.it has to be noted that in contrast to his previous movies,mouli has a fairly "actable" role for the female role in this movie.kajol though delivers an acceptable level of competence and carries the role with ease.

sri hari is class apart and is one of the extremely talented yet unutilised actors in the telugu cinema.the scene that stands as a cherry on the cake is the one in which the lead tarnishes the pride of sher khan by knocking down a hundered men in a go.the count down touches hundred and the film is a hit.keeravani plays on some catchy numbers with no life , but go a long way in to the story line."bangaru kodi" lacks original melody,kick and no way a match to the original.

Ram charan how ever needs an extremely special mention.mouli has created almost a tradition of extreme elevation of the lead at some point of the film,where he captures the very pulse of the every one and you will not dare to move from the edge of your seat.mouli rises the stature of charan from an unscruplous,almost tribal looking 'racer' to an unimaginable peaks of royalty.

though it must be accepted that the attempts made by mouli and his crew are in no way a match to the works of narnia, 300 and gladiator , it has to be kept in mind that the budget constraints on the shoulders of mouli are too heavy and it is not practical for a regional flick to stretch beyond this.despite of the charges of plagiarism, comparisons with 'the myth' ,"magadheera" is a full paisa vasool movie.go for it.