Badrinath Movie Review
Cast: Allu Arjun, Tamanna
Music: MM Keeravani
Cinematography: Ravi Varman
Dialogues: Rajendra Kumar
Story: Chinni Krishna
Editing: Gowtam Raju
Art: Anand Sai
Screenplay - Direction: VV Vinayak
Producer: Allu Arvind
Story
There are hundreds of famous and powerful temples or wats in India. When the law fails to limit mobs from other religions attacking and ransacking temples or wats, the religious heads decide to take a couple of willing children and train them into kshetra rakshakulu (forehead guards). They are sent to Takshasila (foothills of Himalaya) where a classic warrior Bhishma Narayan (Prakash Raj) locomotives these kids into warriors. Badrinath (Allu Arjun) comes into the world into the family of shepherds. Impressed by Badri's acumen and intent to understand, Bhishma takes him into his group of students. Badri develops into a fine warrior and is actually appointed as temple guard for Badrinath temple.
At the same time, Alakananda (Tamanna) visits Badrinath along along with her ailing grandfather. She gets acquainted with Badri and falls in love with him over some time. She has a trouble brewing at her hometown and asks Badri to safeguard her from the evil forces. There is a glitch to entire episode as Badri ought to be unmarried throughout the life to be the heir associated with his guru Bhishma. The rest of the story is about how Badri saves Alakananda. And which way he chooses - to become loyal to his guru (by being unmarried) in order to be loyal to Alakananda (by marrying the woman's).
Artists Performance
Allu Arjun: Allu Arjun has had tremendous pain in traveling to Vietnam to learn south-east-Asian fighting techinques for this movie. All his hard work turns up in the movie where he appears more just like a warrior from south-east-Asian regions (Chinese or Japanese) having a pony tail and leather gear (chest belt as well as shoes). He is amazing with fluid movements within the dances. He is good with fights.
Others: Tamanna is much like a regular glamorous commercial Telugu heroine in this movie where she begs hero in the future and save her. Prakash Raj also doesn't seem like an Indian master warrior with a typical Japanese/Chinese design hairdo. Kelly Dorge makes another grand appearance like a villain in this film. Ashwini Kalsekar (Phoonk popularity) looks threatening as Kelly Dorji's wife. Raghu Babu's humor works partly. The thread of Brahmanandam and Dharmavarapu is inspired (a lot more like a tribute) by their track in Indra movie. Krishna Bhagawan and MS Narayana are other comedians. Pragati includes a limited role.
Technical departments
Story - screenplay -- direction: Story of the film is about what sort of boy reacts when he is put in between a guru who taught him all along with a girl who is loving him. Chinni Krishna has provided another story with a temple backdrop. The story is unrealistic as the idea of kshetra palakulu (like private army without any link with the government). There are couple of good commercial elements within the story-base like a boy from shepherd family is taken to the pious group of warriors and a non-believer in god turning out to be a god-worshipper. This story has two dimensions into it. One is guru-sishya relationship another is the adore angle between hero and heroine. A film with this type of huge visual canvas should concentrate on these two relationships to sustain interest one of the audiences. But the director VV Vinayak who is generally good with emotions and mass elements didn't get both action and emotions aspect right with this movie.
Other departments: Music by Keeravani is good for two songs. Background music is nice. Cinematography by Ravi Varma Ravi Varma is great. Locations are picturesque. Art direction by Anand Sai is actually good and you can't find difference between arranged and real location. Editing is fine. Stunt choreography through Peter Heins concentrate more on acrobatics than practical composition. Production values by Geetha Arts are great.
Analysis: The take-off of the film is truly interesting. But the unfolding of the story isn't gripping. It is a simple love story from girl perspective with a backdrop of Badrinath temple. The bonding between guru-sishya isn't exploited. The plus points of the film tend to be Allu Arjun (dances, fights and performance), cinematography as well as grand production values. On the flip side, narration lacks grip and screenplay must have been better. A film of this grandeur needs emotional support to create it likable. VV Vinayak who proved himself like a highly successful mass director with his earlier films falter this time around to handle a subject of such a large canvas.
Music: MM Keeravani
Cinematography: Ravi Varman
Dialogues: Rajendra Kumar
Story: Chinni Krishna
Editing: Gowtam Raju
Art: Anand Sai
Screenplay - Direction: VV Vinayak
Producer: Allu Arvind
Story
There are hundreds of famous and powerful temples or wats in India. When the law fails to limit mobs from other religions attacking and ransacking temples or wats, the religious heads decide to take a couple of willing children and train them into kshetra rakshakulu (forehead guards). They are sent to Takshasila (foothills of Himalaya) where a classic warrior Bhishma Narayan (Prakash Raj) locomotives these kids into warriors. Badrinath (Allu Arjun) comes into the world into the family of shepherds. Impressed by Badri's acumen and intent to understand, Bhishma takes him into his group of students. Badri develops into a fine warrior and is actually appointed as temple guard for Badrinath temple.
At the same time, Alakananda (Tamanna) visits Badrinath along along with her ailing grandfather. She gets acquainted with Badri and falls in love with him over some time. She has a trouble brewing at her hometown and asks Badri to safeguard her from the evil forces. There is a glitch to entire episode as Badri ought to be unmarried throughout the life to be the heir associated with his guru Bhishma. The rest of the story is about how Badri saves Alakananda. And which way he chooses - to become loyal to his guru (by being unmarried) in order to be loyal to Alakananda (by marrying the woman's).
Artists Performance
Allu Arjun: Allu Arjun has had tremendous pain in traveling to Vietnam to learn south-east-Asian fighting techinques for this movie. All his hard work turns up in the movie where he appears more just like a warrior from south-east-Asian regions (Chinese or Japanese) having a pony tail and leather gear (chest belt as well as shoes). He is amazing with fluid movements within the dances. He is good with fights.
Others: Tamanna is much like a regular glamorous commercial Telugu heroine in this movie where she begs hero in the future and save her. Prakash Raj also doesn't seem like an Indian master warrior with a typical Japanese/Chinese design hairdo. Kelly Dorge makes another grand appearance like a villain in this film. Ashwini Kalsekar (Phoonk popularity) looks threatening as Kelly Dorji's wife. Raghu Babu's humor works partly. The thread of Brahmanandam and Dharmavarapu is inspired (a lot more like a tribute) by their track in Indra movie. Krishna Bhagawan and MS Narayana are other comedians. Pragati includes a limited role.
Technical departments
Story - screenplay -- direction: Story of the film is about what sort of boy reacts when he is put in between a guru who taught him all along with a girl who is loving him. Chinni Krishna has provided another story with a temple backdrop. The story is unrealistic as the idea of kshetra palakulu (like private army without any link with the government). There are couple of good commercial elements within the story-base like a boy from shepherd family is taken to the pious group of warriors and a non-believer in god turning out to be a god-worshipper. This story has two dimensions into it. One is guru-sishya relationship another is the adore angle between hero and heroine. A film with this type of huge visual canvas should concentrate on these two relationships to sustain interest one of the audiences. But the director VV Vinayak who is generally good with emotions and mass elements didn't get both action and emotions aspect right with this movie.
Other departments: Music by Keeravani is good for two songs. Background music is nice. Cinematography by Ravi Varma Ravi Varma is great. Locations are picturesque. Art direction by Anand Sai is actually good and you can't find difference between arranged and real location. Editing is fine. Stunt choreography through Peter Heins concentrate more on acrobatics than practical composition. Production values by Geetha Arts are great.
Analysis: The take-off of the film is truly interesting. But the unfolding of the story isn't gripping. It is a simple love story from girl perspective with a backdrop of Badrinath temple. The bonding between guru-sishya isn't exploited. The plus points of the film tend to be Allu Arjun (dances, fights and performance), cinematography as well as grand production values. On the flip side, narration lacks grip and screenplay must have been better. A film of this grandeur needs emotional support to create it likable. VV Vinayak who proved himself like a highly successful mass director with his earlier films falter this time around to handle a subject of such a large canvas.
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