POORnami-The Dull Moon Day .. err.. Pournami-The Full Moon Day
Pournami - is not an apt title. "Varsham Kosam" would have suited better. You will know why.
The lead pairs here,Prabhas-Trisha (Varsham) and Prabhas-Charmi (Chakram) are repetitions. Sindhu Tholani is the female lead no.3 in the film. As for the film,the idea ( to make a social period film ) is novel, but the story has no strength. It is woven around an interesting but delicate point i.e., a woman has to dance in front of Lord Shiva from a particular family for the rains to grace the village, but the story writer ( MS Raju claims the credit but I doubt it) failed to come up with a good plot and strong characters necessary to thicken the theme. Added to that, faction dragon ( looks forced ..here) raises its ugly head once again on the Telugu silver screen. The icing on the cake being, the new faction rule introduced saying that a family wont avenge the murder of its scion, until the bloody (both literally and figuratively) shirt he was wearing when he was killed turns yellow. Now, what if the person killed is not wearing a shirt? hehe ....And the movie reeks of stereotypes. A bad zamindar, troubled father,harassing step-mother, her side-kick brother, two families trying to kill each other, what not.Commedy is almost non-existent, with Sunil not able to evoke any noteable laughter.
Prabhu Deva intermittently shows his spark mainly in the scenes between Prabhas and Charmi, but they reminds you of the ones in NNNV.Given the script, he has done an okay job.The main drawback being lack of authenticity, the period conscience is missing . I could spot roads recenty laid under Rajeev Nagara Baata/Indira Palle Baata....hehe... In some scenes Prabhas wears the normal is-zamaanaa shirts and the dialogues get modern(meaning this-days') at times.
Stunts provided by Peter Heins are good, especially the one between Prabhas and Rahul Dev ( Yaa.. you guessed it right.He is the one playing the zamindar)
The music is chalthaa,but nothing much to drum about. The film would have come up better had it been conceived as a musical, roping in an Ilayaraja ( a little far-fetched) or a Vidyasagar/MM Keeravani . With the story having lot to do with flutes, mridangam, rock-roll and all, the music if serious would have been a treat to hear/watch. DeviSri is not upto the mark except for the number "Nuvvalaa Navvakalaa...." and one has to watch the slow and subtle movements in that song from Prabhas (almost pulling off an Amitabh).
Man, I am fast becoming a fan of his. With each passing film, the only manly Telugu hero in all of the young brigade, is improving by leaps and bounds.
That day,it seems, is not far away when PFA doesn't mean "Please Find Attached" but "Prabhas Fans Association"..hehe...
Verdict : The MS Raju juggernaut halts atlast.
The lead pairs here,Prabhas-Trisha (Varsham) and Prabhas-Charmi (Chakram) are repetitions. Sindhu Tholani is the female lead no.3 in the film. As for the film,the idea ( to make a social period film ) is novel, but the story has no strength. It is woven around an interesting but delicate point i.e., a woman has to dance in front of Lord Shiva from a particular family for the rains to grace the village, but the story writer ( MS Raju claims the credit but I doubt it) failed to come up with a good plot and strong characters necessary to thicken the theme. Added to that, faction dragon ( looks forced ..here) raises its ugly head once again on the Telugu silver screen. The icing on the cake being, the new faction rule introduced saying that a family wont avenge the murder of its scion, until the bloody (both literally and figuratively) shirt he was wearing when he was killed turns yellow. Now, what if the person killed is not wearing a shirt? hehe ....And the movie reeks of stereotypes. A bad zamindar, troubled father,harassing step-mother, her side-kick brother, two families trying to kill each other, what not.Commedy is almost non-existent, with Sunil not able to evoke any noteable laughter.
Prabhu Deva intermittently shows his spark mainly in the scenes between Prabhas and Charmi, but they reminds you of the ones in NNNV.Given the script, he has done an okay job.The main drawback being lack of authenticity, the period conscience is missing . I could spot roads recenty laid under Rajeev Nagara Baata/Indira Palle Baata....hehe... In some scenes Prabhas wears the normal is-zamaanaa shirts and the dialogues get modern(meaning this-days') at times.
Stunts provided by Peter Heins are good, especially the one between Prabhas and Rahul Dev ( Yaa.. you guessed it right.He is the one playing the zamindar)
The music is chalthaa,but nothing much to drum about. The film would have come up better had it been conceived as a musical, roping in an Ilayaraja ( a little far-fetched) or a Vidyasagar/MM Keeravani . With the story having lot to do with flutes, mridangam, rock-roll and all, the music if serious would have been a treat to hear/watch. DeviSri is not upto the mark except for the number "Nuvvalaa Navvakalaa...." and one has to watch the slow and subtle movements in that song from Prabhas (almost pulling off an Amitabh).
Man, I am fast becoming a fan of his. With each passing film, the only manly Telugu hero in all of the young brigade, is improving by leaps and bounds.
That day,it seems, is not far away when PFA doesn't mean "Please Find Attached" but "Prabhas Fans Association"..hehe...
Verdict : The MS Raju juggernaut halts atlast.
posted by SOPETI at 2:02 AM
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