Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Chirutha- Good Entertainment but Weak Story




Film: Chirutha
Cast: Ram Charan Teja, Neha Sharma, {rakash Raj, Asishi Vidyardhi, Surya, Pragati, Venu Madhav, Ali, and others
Music: Manisharma
Cinematography: Sam K Naidu
Editing: Varma
Action: Vijayan
Art: Chinna
Produced by: C Ashwini Dutt
Banner: Vyjayanthi Movies
Story, Screenplay, dialogues and directed by: Puri Jagannadh
Release Date: September 28, 2007
CBFC Rating: U/A

Story:
Charan’s (Ram Charan) father (Surya) gets killed by a gangster Mattu Bhai (Aashish Vidyarthi) in his childhood. His mother also gets severely injured in the same attack. He happens to go behind bars putting the crime on his head for saving his mother with an expensive surgery. He stays in jail for 12 years and then comes out. He learns that his mother was died when he was in jail. He moves to Thailand with the advice of his uncle. There he joins in a travel agency in Bangkok. He happens to escort a rich girl (Neha), the daughter of a rich man Kartikeya (Prakash Raj). He falls in her love by looks but very soon notices that she is arrogant, proud and adamant. He dilutes all her negatives and fills love in her followed by some action episodes. The climax is very well understood. It’s about how he puts an end to Mattu Bhai and quenches his revenge- and how he wins the rich man’s daughter.
The first question on every mind would be is how Chiru son looked on the screen? And the answer is - Ram Charan passes the muster in his maiden movie. He is good and looked extremely confident in his first film itself. He has screen presence. Like his father, he has scored big way in dances and action sequences. In all the songs, his steps evoke claps from Megastar's fans. For a debutant, this is a big achievement. Ram Charan as hero scores. Charan also has an agile and well-built body that will help him in the future. He is hero to stay. But he also should concentrate on dialogue delivery.

Performances
Apart from, Ram Charan, Neha Sharma also debuts in the movie. She plays the role of a super rich brat and she is shown in mostly mini skirts or minimal clothes. She is sexy but due to her clothes she looks lacking 'heroine material'. Prakash Raj does the role convincingly. Ashish Vidyardhi, Surya, Brhamanadam, Dharmavarapu are okay. Ali as a transvestite brings laugher.
Sam K Naidu's camerawork is eye-catching. The island scenes are panoramic through his camera. With each film, he is giving best quality. Editing is not that neat. Vijayan's action choreography is advantage.
Puri Jagannadh this time also fails in dialogues and his screenplay and direction is anything but praise worthy. Producer Ashwinidutt's production values are rich.

Ram Charan Has:
Good Base Voice
Body language of Pawan Kalyan to 60% , Chiranjeevi up to 30% and 10% of his original
Dances are good with some Chiranjeevi’s grace
Macho look is unique and interesting
Bearing and boldness and more than sufficient
It’s the film that stood on the shoulders of Ram Charan completely, Yes, the reference of Chiranjeevi or Konidela is not all used in the film. But the biggest blemish is story line and screenplay. How Puri could come out with that outdated formula introducing the son of a big hero? There is no twist, no turn and no suspense element. Everything is very much in the anticipation limits of common audiences. The second half is adopted from ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’…the island, the love…the same! First half has some good elements with the introduction scene of Ram Charan. The punch in sound, the perfection in digital effects and the expertise in other technical aspects of the film are felt well.
The entertaining aspects in the film are Ali’s comedy and Dharmavarapu’s rib tickling dialogues. MS Narayana also spilled enough laughs while Brahmanandam is not used properly, Venu Madhav has o big role to play. Music is mass appealing and the songs
1. Ososi Rakasi..
2. …Gundello Goli Maro score the top of all songs.
On a whole the film is for the fans and general audience may not relish much as the story point scores less. Puri would have taken better care in story and narration aspect to fill in that gap. The production values are really excellent

Standouts..
The climax fight and songs stand out in the film. Last 15 minutes is an asset. As always for a Puri film, Ali's comedy works out in its favour.

Analysis:
At the outset, the eagerness of the audience is to know about Ram Charan Teja’s performance. Well, there is no Teja in his name. It’s just mentioned ‘Ram Charan’. He did it. He proved that he has that in himself. His dances, his looks, his voice, his fights and over all performance are good. It never appeared that it is the first film of Ram Charan. He has definitely got brightest future.

Bottom-line
Chirutha showcases megastar's son Ram Charan's abilities rightly. He has good screen presence and good at dances and actions. Hence he might win the hearts. Despite weak script and not so innovative taking, Ram Charan gets noticed.