D FOR DOPIDI MOVIE REVIEW

Film: D For Dopidi (Telugu, 2013)
Cast: Varun Sandesh, Sundeep Kishan, Naveen, Rakesh, Melanie Kannokada, Tanikella Bharani, Deva Katta, Rishi Muvva, Raj Pippalla, Fish Venkat, Hema and Pruthvi
Music: Mahesh Shankar, Sanchin -Jigar
Camera: Lukasz Pruchnik
Editing: Dharmendra Kakarala
Art: Upender Reddy
Producers: Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK and Nani
Written and directed by: Siraj Kalla
Watched Theater: Krishna Mahal A/c, Guntur
Release date: Dec 23, 2013
Rating: 2.75 / 5

Varun Sandesh and Sundeep Kishan New Telugu Film Movie Review:
Sundeep Kishan, who is basking on the success of his recent release Venkatadri Express, is back with his next D for Dopidi (DFD) outing even before the completion of his last release in the theatres. Its trailers and posters have created lot of curiosity among the film goers. The movie has an interesting screenplay with a high entertainment quotient, but the nagging narration mars the beauty of the film.

Story:
Four friends - Raju (Sundeep Kishan), Vicky (Varun Sandesh), Harish (Naveen) and Bannu (Rakesh) - are in dire need of money. Each one has a story, one misery. They look for many options to get out from it but fail. And one day, they plan to rob a bank. Their plan goes wrong. When they are about to make money and run away, things go out of their control.

Artists Performance:
Varun Sandesh has given his most endearing performance till date in this film. His role is that of a playboy who is also a spendthrift with debtors and credit recovery agents chasing him all the time. Sundeep Kishan follows his Venkatadri Express’s josh with the character of an actor wannabe. He is the leader of the pack and did well. Naveen who did an important role in Life is Beautiful comes up with another cool performance in this movie. The way he utters a lengthy dialogue in a tense situation over phone to his girlfriend gives you an idea about his ability. The show-stealer among the bunch of four turns out to be the debutant actor Rakesh. Helped by nice screenplay and the situation he is thrown in, Rakesh comes up with an entertaining performance. He is a good actor too. Deva Katta did a full-length character of an IPS officer who is assigned to take care of hostage situation. He is pretty good. Rishi Muvva is hilarious as Chevulapilli - a ghostwriter in films. We have another contender for thagubothu roles now. Fish Venkat does the role of a cricket crazy gangster. Pruthvi has another crazy role in the movie. Raj Pippalla (director of Boni and Bangaru Kodipetta) did a vital role in the movie and he is nice. Tanikella Bharani comes up with another fine performance.

Technical and Other Departments:
It’s a simple and fun story of four immature youngsters robbing a bank in order to fulfil their desperate needs. You have these guys in bank after 20 minutes into narration and the rest of the film takes place in bank. It’s very difficult to narrate a film when you have a single location. But, the debutant director Siraj Kalla has written an engaging screenplay that there is a new conflict from unexpected quarters for every ten minutes. Screenplay of the film is good, direction is commendable and treatment is fresh. There is good satire on media (a TV journalist talks about diminishing tradition and culture after having a puff of the smoke off the camera). The entire thread of Chevulapilli and Bannu is well conceived.

There are hardly any songs in the film except for the back-to-back songs that come during the end-titles. Background music by Mahesh Shankar is superb and complements the content of the film. Dialogues written by Siraj Kalla is another asset to the film. Cinematography by Lukasz Pruchnik (Go Goa Gone fame) is exceptionally good. He has followed the ‘realistic cinematography style’ for this film where most of the film is shot in a room filled with over 20 characters and the focus keeps shifting from one character to another at a rapid speed. It’s extremely difficult to edit a film that has so much of rapid content. Editor Dharmendra Kakarala comes up with a fabulous job of editing. Art direction by Upender Reddy for the bank set is natural. All the technical crew have worked in unison for this film to get a uniformity to the product. Nani and Dil Raju has bought a stake in the film after watching it, which proves the business potential of the film. Raj and DK who has always made independent films in Hindi and went on to make films with Saif Ali Khan shows that they depend more on content than star value. This is their first venture into Telugu as producers and they have chosen a subject of their trademark and executed it in optimal time with minimal resources.

Movie Analysis:
D for Dopidi is one film that defies the routineness of Telugu cinema, yet delivers an entertaining content. The runtime of the film is just 1 hour and 45 minutes and there are no songs (except for 2 songs during end-titles). The plus points of the film are screenplay, performances, realistic yet entertaining premise. Director Siraj Kalla is a director to watch out for. If you like the crime comedy angle in films like Money, Kshana Kshanam and Anaganaga Oka Roju, you are going to love D for Dopidi.

Final View:
D For Dopidi is a film about robbery gone wrong. And the movie is a comedy gone wrong. D for Disappointment.





















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