ROWDY MOVIE REVIEW

Film: Rowdy(Telugu,2014)
Cast: Mohan Babu, Vishnu, Jayasudha, Shanvi, Kishore, Ravi Babu, Tanikella Bharani, Parachuri Brothers, Jeeva, and others
Dialogues: Gangothri Vishwanath
Cinematography: Satish Mutyala
Music: Sai Karthik
Produced by: R. Vijay Kumar, P. Gajendra Naidu, M. Parthasarathi Naidu
Written and directed by: Ram Gopal Varma
Release date: April 4, 2014
Watched Theater: Krishna Mahal, Guntur
Rating: 2.75 / 5

Mohan Babu & Vishnu New Telugu Film Rowdy Movie Review:
Rowdy has been creating positive buzz in the media, ever since Ram Gopal Varma launched it. In addition, its promos have not only garnered great response from fans, but also soared up the movie lovers' expectations to the sky high. The movie, which has released in theatres across Telangana and Seemandhra today (April 4), will not disappoint the audience from what they have been hearing about this film.

Story:
Rowdy is set in Rayalaseema region. A faction leader in Seema is revered by his people as Annagaaru (Mohan Babu). He has two sons - elder son Bhushan (Kishore) and younger son Krishna (Vishnu). Bhushan is full of vices, while Krishna is upright guy like his father. A rival group hatches a plan to kill Annagaaru as he is against the Nandavaram project. The contractors of Nandavaram project attack Annagaaru but he survives. Rest of the film is how younger son takes on the rival group.

Artists Performance:
Mohan Babu comes up with natural performance and controlled dialogue delivery. This film will become a good addition to his portfolio. Mohan Babu shows his conviction as an actor and excels with natural performance. The way he pronounces respect as ‘raspect’ is superb. Vishnu did a role that has no heroism in first half, but rises to the occasion from interval. He impressed with controlled dialogue delivery and subtle performance. Shanvi has a limited role and does justice. Jayasudha is nice. Kishore is very good as a bad son. Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao did a vital role and he is satisfactory. Tanikella Bharani’s vedantham dialogues and freezing expression after each of those dialogues didn’t workout. Ravi Babu is excellent as cop. Gajendra Naidu (one of the producers of the film) did a role of hero’s follower and he is pretty good.

Technical and Other Departments:
The basic story and plot of remind us of RGV’s Sarkar which is inspired by Godfather. The initial scene of hero helping a poor man and the hospital episodes remind us of Godfather. Ram Gopal Varma has concentrated on building family bonding at one end and has shown fights and violent attacks parallelly. The twist that comes towards end of the film is also good. However, the tempo in second half should have been more gripping.
Dialogues by Gangothri Vishwanadh are apt. Cinematography by Satish Muthyala is good. Ram Gopal Varma who started using weird angles/shots from Rann film has made sure that camera work is proper and traditional in Rowdy. Warm tone to the visuals added to the feel of the movie. Songs and background music by Sai Karthik is in Ram Gopal Varma’s style. Stunts composed by Ram Sunkara are fiery though a lot of violent at times. New producers should be commended for making a film with a realistic tone to it.

Movie Analysis:
Mohan Babu is a superb actor. After M Dharmaraju MA and Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary, this is the most compelling character he has done in his career. It took a director of Ram Gopal Varma calibre to present Mohan Babu in natural avatar. Plus points of the film are Mohan Babu, Vishnu Manchu, and their characterizations. On the flipside a toned-down violence and a compelling second half would have made the movie more universal. On a whole, Rowdy is a special film that adds a feather to the cap of Mohan Babu.

Final View:
Rowdy shows us that Ram Gopal Varma is not tired of telling us  Godfather again and again. This film is a remix of his Sarkar and Sarkar Raj, only Mohan Babu's performance is saving grace. Rest gives you nothing but déjà vu feeling.






















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