Athadu (2005) :
Brief Review -
An action-packed adaption of Manmohan Desai's "Roti" with certified heroic mass mania of Mahesh Babu. Manmohan Desai films were perfect mix-ups of Masaledaar ingredients alongwith family drama and emotions. In 70s and 80s time, those films were like cultural massy hysteria for mass audience of India and even today on TV people enjoy those films so much. One of his Hit formula with Rajesh Khanna's Roti was something new for 70s. A criminal using the identity of a dead man to hide himself from cops gets involved into emotional bond with dead man's family. Athadu has the same formula but it's not a remake. It has some changes made in the script according to time leap and changes appeared in audience's taste, so better say it's an adaption. The basic story remains the same but the screenplay and climax slightly differs. Mahesh Babu plays a hardcore criminal with swag. His stylish attitude, characteristics, varieties, cool look, top notch action and that connectivity with the audience everything works exactly the way they wanted. Whatever you wish he should do in screen, he does and that's the right equation of Full Proof Massy Filmmaking. However, it looks childish at some occasions maybe because they wanted to keep the film light soft instead of dark and intense. Well, that's excusable against the commercial value but still one has to say this. Trisha looks beautiful and is little over-innocent but that's fine because the film was all about the heroics of protagonist. The supporting is okay, nothing noticeable. The music is decent, the cinematography is fantastic during action sequences and the action designing is artistic but very stylish and enjoyable. Athadu has got a good direction of Trivikram Srinivas, but it's on a certain and limited level. Overall, a good massy film but nothing great.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest.
An action-packed adaption of Manmohan Desai's "Roti" with certified heroic mass mania of Mahesh Babu. Manmohan Desai films were perfect mix-ups of Masaledaar ingredients alongwith family drama and emotions. In 70s and 80s time, those films were like cultural massy hysteria for mass audience of India and even today on TV people enjoy those films so much. One of his Hit formula with Rajesh Khanna's Roti was something new for 70s. A criminal using the identity of a dead man to hide himself from cops gets involved into emotional bond with dead man's family. Athadu has the same formula but it's not a remake. It has some changes made in the script according to time leap and changes appeared in audience's taste, so better say it's an adaption. The basic story remains the same but the screenplay and climax slightly differs. Mahesh Babu plays a hardcore criminal with swag. His stylish attitude, characteristics, varieties, cool look, top notch action and that connectivity with the audience everything works exactly the way they wanted. Whatever you wish he should do in screen, he does and that's the right equation of Full Proof Massy Filmmaking. However, it looks childish at some occasions maybe because they wanted to keep the film light soft instead of dark and intense. Well, that's excusable against the commercial value but still one has to say this. Trisha looks beautiful and is little over-innocent but that's fine because the film was all about the heroics of protagonist. The supporting is okay, nothing noticeable. The music is decent, the cinematography is fantastic during action sequences and the action designing is artistic but very stylish and enjoyable. Athadu has got a good direction of Trivikram Srinivas, but it's on a certain and limited level. Overall, a good massy film but nothing great.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest.