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Saturday, February 20, 2010

King :: My Review

King : 1:3 Entertainment

Cast: Nagarjuna, Trisha, Mamata Mohandas, Brahmanandam, Srihari, Jayaprakash Reddy, Shayaji Shindey, Krishna Bagwan, Venu Madhav, Sunil, MS Narayana, Chandra mohan, Master Barath, Deepak, Ajay, Supreet, Geetha, Sudha and others.
Story: Gopi Mohan & Kona Venkat.
Dialogues: BVS Ravi.
Art: Prakash.
Editing: Varma.
Cinematography: Prasad.
Fights: Ram-Lakshman
Music: Devi Sri Prasad.
Producer: D Shiva Prasad Reddy.
Screenplay & Direction: Srinu Vaitla.
Banner: Kamakshi Kala Movies.
Release Date: 25th Dec, 2008.

Story: 'King'(Nag) is the elder son of (late)Sobhan Babu and Geetha who takes care of all the businesses after his fathers death. Shayaji Shindey, Jaya Prakash Reddy and Krishna Bagwan are the wicked uncles of king who wanted to eliminate king and enjoy his property.

'Bottu Seenu'(Nag) is the local goon of Pathabasthi, Hyderabad who does settlements. Gnaneshwar(srihari) is the local don of the twin cities who does the same. He does not like 'Bottu seenu' taking the command over. But due to few reasons there will be deal that 'Bottu seenu' should give 10% of his earned money through settlements. Sravani(Trisha) is a singer, who participates in Swaranjali Program to which Jayasurya(Brahmanandam) is the guest. 'Bottu Seenu' falls in love with Trisha.

'Sarath'(Nag), a software engineer working for Tata Indicom is a fan of sravani. Sarath falls in love with Trisha and Trisha likes Sarath.

The rest of the story is

1. what happened to king?
2. whom will Trisha marry?
3. Is there any relation between king, Bottu seenu and sarath.

King + Bottu Seenu + Sarath + Gnaneshwar = K.I.N.G


Performances:

Nagarjuna: After the gelled look in Don, Nag is back with his usual look and he is charming. Out of three roles he played Bottu seenu fared well and got a tremendous response from the theater. His introduction dialogue to Bottu seenu's character is good. He has done the three roles with immense ease. He is powerful as king, Massive as Bottu seenu and charming as sarath. His introduction as king and Bottu seenu were with fights and are shot well.

Trisha: She is cute and pretty. Her character has two shades, one is soft and the other with Telangana slang. She draws immense laughs from the audience with the telangana role, Thanks to sabita reddy, who has dubbed her voice for trisha. After Athadu this is the role where trisha has done comedy.

Srihari: After Dhee Srihari plays yet another prominent role in this movie and is the back bone of the entire comic episodes. He portrayed the role of an innocent don. His painting scenes were hilarious. He has stolen the entire show with his dialogue delivery, expressions and comic timing.

Unlike Dhee, Dubai seenu and ready Brahmanandam has a short role to play and he has done his job. One scene with nagarjuna is hilarious. Venumadhav - Srihari combo make you laugh. Master Barath, who has a special role in Srinu Vaitla's movie has done a short role and is good. Deepak has a very short role to play. Mamata Mohandas played a kind of vamp role and has nothing much to perform. She has done her own dubbing. Sunil has a role which is thoroughly wasted.

Positives

1. Bottu Seenu character
2. Srihari
3. Dialogues

Negatives

1. Entire Parody Scenes
2. Songs

Technical Departments

Story: The story line of the movie is thin but srinu dealt the same with his comic episodes. As always with srinu's movies this movie is a complete blend of many telugu flicks that you have watched earlier.

Fights: okay. The first fight is good. The introduction fight of 'Bottu Seenu' was too much, and when will our guys know that we are all fed up with those kind of movies.

Music: Devi Sri Prasad disappointed with the songs but has done a decent job for the Back ground score.

Photography: Okay. Few scenes were shot brilliantly but few shots are awful, mainly the close up shots.

Songs

K.I.N.G Vastunnadu king: This song is the introduction song of the movie and is shot pretty well. It is shot as a pop number and the taking of the song is good.
A To Z: Okay, nothing much to say
Nenu Nee raja raja: Okay
Choopu Chalu: This one all the way remembered me of the Gala Gala Song from Pokiri. Even the steps seemed to be parody of the original ones. There was a huge response when Nag Tried doing the step from Pokiri.
Bamardi: The dawath function, most prominent one in the telangana region is intellectually used and madhu shalini does the special appearance in the song
Nuvvu Ready: As venky used NTR(Jr.) for a foot tapping number in chintakayala Ravi, has nag used those 6 heroines as the special apperance. There is really no need for those many heroines. Only one step will be there for the entire song and that one too remembers you of the Om Shanti Om Song step. Genelia, Anushka, Charmee, Priyamani, Sneha Ullal and Kamna Jetmalani appeared in the song. Wile Kamna and Priyamani were sizzling, Genelia looked awful with both costumes and her expressions.

Production: Good.

Screenplay-Direction: As always, srinu dealt the complete script in a comic way. The first half of the movie was good but the second half was more like a parody to many films. He should have concentrated better rather than being dependent on these kind of scenes. Most of them might have enjoyed these scenes but you cant expect parody scenes dominating a complete part of the movie that too for a big hero. One thing that I cant stop admiring srinu is that he has casted many in the movie and has blended each character related to the story. That was the best part in Srinu Vaitla. Almost each and every character of the movie is linked to the basic plot of the story and he has handled that quite superbly.

Bottom Line: The Movie is neither great nor bad. Its just a time pass movie. If you are looking for a complete paisa vasool entertainment irrespective of logics and ethics just go and enjoy the movie. The Parody scenes of the movie should be trimmed and that can save the screen time. The movie seemed to be lengthy and perfect trimming might help sorting the problem out. Comedy at frequent intervals make you not to leave your seat. Srinu for gods sake could you please come out of the same old formula you are repeatedly using for all your films.

My Rating: 2.75/5

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