Reincarnation is a fascinating concept,it is a subject which can intrigue everyone.Indian films had their share on Reincarnation like KARZ,Om Shanti Om,Karzzzz etc… recently TOLLYWOOD has witnessed two films on Reincarnation which are breaking all records in terms of Box-Office collections and are being termed as the greatest films made in Telugu Cinema but i would like to differ.Magadheera and Arundathi have some things in common like reincarnation,aghora’s,blood,VFX and DUMBNESS.
Plagiarism is not seen as a crime in our country but when it comes to films our filmmakers they see it as a birth right .The Drum Dance sequence is directly lifted from “House of Flying Daggers” in which Ziyi Zhang pretends as a blind girl but here the dance teacher is a blind girl.
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Shyam Prasad Reddy who made Ammoru and Anji( Won National Film Award for Best Special Effects) makes a female oriented reincarnation tale Arundathi.Sonu Sood plays the role of Aghora.Resul Pookutty said “When it comes to sound,our filmmakers decide what is enough for our audience” but what we hear in Arundathi is the unbearable sound which is much above 100dB,every silly angle,moments,dialogues in the film is attached with sounds which made my eardrum a victim of poor gimmicks.
Plagiarism is not seen as a crime in our country but when it comes to films our filmmakers they see it as a birth right .The Drum Dance sequence is directly lifted from “House of Flying Daggers” in which Ziyi Zhang pretends as a blind girl but here the dance teacher is a blind girl.
Why even the dance teacher is ‘Arundathi’ is blind?
What is the problem if the dance teacher is not visually challenged?
The simple answer is that to create sympathy towards the dance teacher and to infuse deep animosity against Pasupathi (Sonu Sood) because he would be raping the dance teacher in the next scene.
Who is an Aghora? If Pasupathi can reincarnate how can he be called a aghora? Its very obvious that the producer and director were amused by the look and talk of an aghora but were never interested to know about a real aghora. Bala’s Naan Kadavul (Nenu Devudni) portrays the aghora in the most frightening way,it gives a slight hint to a normal viewer what an aghora is and what he stands for.The plot of arundathi a perfect example of ambiguity and inability.After the completion of an action scene the film has to proceed forward with a frightening scene as there is nothing much in the plot and to create a frightening scene the director has a very simple trick called SOUND ..sorry its called NOISE and we have to prepare our ears for nonsensical background music which tear your ears for no reason.
-Just for the sake of reincarnation Jejjamma sacrifices her life(By breaking coconuts on her head).
-The film has to end at a conflicting point,and how to get a conflicting point?
–By creating an unnecessary logic i.e surrender herself to Pasupathi.
Why does Arundathi surrender to Pasupathi?
–To prevent the death of her family members.
-Jejjamma’s marriage is never shown,we don’t see her husband but she has kids.
The loopholes in the script are naked but still some call this film as one of the greatest film in Telugu Cinema.
A producer asks the director to create a Magnum Opus for his nephew, and the director creates a film which is being called as Magnum Opus by many for reasons which i don’t know.Allu Arvind pockets were stuffed with money after the success of GHAJINI and now they are overflowing because of the unprecedented response for his latest film MAGADHEERA. The creator of this so called magnum opus is S.S.Rajamouli who has never seen a commercial flop in his directorial career.
I will remember S.S.Rajamouli for a peculiar reason which is for turning the careers of all the heroes of his films into an insecure mode, all the heroes in the films are strong patriarchal characters, he created Jr N.T.R in ‘Simhadri’, Prabhas in ‘Chatrapathi’, Nitin in ‘Sye’ and now Ram Charan Tej in ‘Magadheera’ , the characters which Rajamouli created are so threatening that the heroes cannot stand up to it in their upcoming films.
MAGADHEERA is probably the highest budget film of Tollywood,its a love story with the twist of reincarnation.The titles of the film are presented with a wonderful background storyboards and a small flashback scene,it gives a sense of what the story might be.The film starts with a bike stunt which looks good,now here comes the song ‘Bangaru Kodipetta’ (The Golden Hen) which is the remix from Chiranjeevi’s ‘Gharana Mogudu’.
We copy action,drama,emotion,graphics etc.. from Hollywood films but why don’t we copy the cameo sequences from them? Chiranjeevi garu introduction is good,he looks good in a welding cap but after that he says all the crap which can be said, i really don’t understand why the heck do we need this crap? dont we know how he danced for the ‘Bangaru Kodipetta’ song choreographed by Prabhu Deva? For what good reason this shit is thrown at us?
The first half of the film is almost unbearable ,i just wanted to come out of the multiplex and do some shopping, the hero is behind heroine,the heroine is behind hero and the villain is behind the heroine and after some time he is behind the hero too and after some gap the hero behind the heroine and villain.The hero,heroine,the villain and Solomon(Sher Khan) are the reincarnated souls and the reason behind the reincarnation is shown in the flashback(most of the second half).Actually the villain is a funny guy,he even kills his father for no reason and don’t forget all the villains of Rajamouli films have a bad eye towards women ,we have seen this type of idiosyncrasies of rajamouli in his previous films and he will use them in the future for sure even though they don’t bear any common sense.The scenes are artificially stitched together to make some plot which can be connected to the second half, the heroine and hero are busy with their song in Golconda and god knows why heroine’s father comes to Golconda where he finds his daughter romancing with the hero and blah blah blah… The first half of the film is pure JUNK.
The second half of the film is the only saving grace of Magadheera, it crafts a different episode in the history of Telugu Cinema.S.S.Rajamouli does have some amount of touch with technology,he makes us feel that we are in the kingdom of Udaighad,the horse riding scene does have its impact on the audience,the salt desert which he uses it repeatedly is wonderfully captured in the camera by ‘Senthil Kumar’ ,he flirts with the colors,the film did get a lot of DI but apart from that the way he captures every scene is admirable.The art work has to be mentioned because of the impact it has on the audience,the gigantic statue of Lord Shiva,the sets of Udaighad are the most lavish ones which the telugu audience have ever seen. The last fight sequence in which he kills 100 soldiers of Sher Khan is the best of the film ( inspired from 300).The end of the flashback and the end of entertainment.Now,rajamouli is back to his cheap tactics like Item Song,fights,melodrama etc… and an embarrassing Helicopter and Tata Sumo scene.
Magadheera and Arundathi are two wasted endeavors which will be seen in Telugu film history as half baked cakes.They are made with some honesty and with lot of hypocrisy which can never stand the test of time.Unconsciously telugu audience are addicted to mediocrity and if anything which is just above mediocre is seen as a masterpiece.We do need movies like Magadheera and Arundathi but with some genuineness and frank commitment. Magadheera and Arundathi are films which rely hugely on technology but the VFX effects have the upper hand rather than the script.The Reincarnation is a new found formula which will stay for some time in the industry.
What is the problem if the dance teacher is not visually challenged?
The simple answer is that to create sympathy towards the dance teacher and to infuse deep animosity against Pasupathi (Sonu Sood) because he would be raping the dance teacher in the next scene.
Who is an Aghora? If Pasupathi can reincarnate how can he be called a aghora? Its very obvious that the producer and director were amused by the look and talk of an aghora but were never interested to know about a real aghora. Bala’s Naan Kadavul (Nenu Devudni) portrays the aghora in the most frightening way,it gives a slight hint to a normal viewer what an aghora is and what he stands for.The plot of arundathi a perfect example of ambiguity and inability.After the completion of an action scene the film has to proceed forward with a frightening scene as there is nothing much in the plot and to create a frightening scene the director has a very simple trick called SOUND ..sorry its called NOISE and we have to prepare our ears for nonsensical background music which tear your ears for no reason.
-Just for the sake of reincarnation Jejjamma sacrifices her life(By breaking coconuts on her head).
-The film has to end at a conflicting point,and how to get a conflicting point?
–By creating an unnecessary logic i.e surrender herself to Pasupathi.
Why does Arundathi surrender to Pasupathi?
–To prevent the death of her family members.
-Jejjamma’s marriage is never shown,we don’t see her husband but she has kids.
The loopholes in the script are naked but still some call this film as one of the greatest film in Telugu Cinema.
A producer asks the director to create a Magnum Opus for his nephew, and the director creates a film which is being called as Magnum Opus by many for reasons which i don’t know.Allu Arvind pockets were stuffed with money after the success of GHAJINI and now they are overflowing because of the unprecedented response for his latest film MAGADHEERA. The creator of this so called magnum opus is S.S.Rajamouli who has never seen a commercial flop in his directorial career.
I will remember S.S.Rajamouli for a peculiar reason which is for turning the careers of all the heroes of his films into an insecure mode, all the heroes in the films are strong patriarchal characters, he created Jr N.T.R in ‘Simhadri’, Prabhas in ‘Chatrapathi’, Nitin in ‘Sye’ and now Ram Charan Tej in ‘Magadheera’ , the characters which Rajamouli created are so threatening that the heroes cannot stand up to it in their upcoming films.
MAGADHEERA is probably the highest budget film of Tollywood,its a love story with the twist of reincarnation.The titles of the film are presented with a wonderful background storyboards and a small flashback scene,it gives a sense of what the story might be.The film starts with a bike stunt which looks good,now here comes the song ‘Bangaru Kodipetta’ (The Golden Hen) which is the remix from Chiranjeevi’s ‘Gharana Mogudu’.
We copy action,drama,emotion,graphics etc.. from Hollywood films but why don’t we copy the cameo sequences from them? Chiranjeevi garu introduction is good,he looks good in a welding cap but after that he says all the crap which can be said, i really don’t understand why the heck do we need this crap? dont we know how he danced for the ‘Bangaru Kodipetta’ song choreographed by Prabhu Deva? For what good reason this shit is thrown at us?
The first half of the film is almost unbearable ,i just wanted to come out of the multiplex and do some shopping, the hero is behind heroine,the heroine is behind hero and the villain is behind the heroine and after some time he is behind the hero too and after some gap the hero behind the heroine and villain.The hero,heroine,the villain and Solomon(Sher Khan) are the reincarnated souls and the reason behind the reincarnation is shown in the flashback(most of the second half).Actually the villain is a funny guy,he even kills his father for no reason and don’t forget all the villains of Rajamouli films have a bad eye towards women ,we have seen this type of idiosyncrasies of rajamouli in his previous films and he will use them in the future for sure even though they don’t bear any common sense.The scenes are artificially stitched together to make some plot which can be connected to the second half, the heroine and hero are busy with their song in Golconda and god knows why heroine’s father comes to Golconda where he finds his daughter romancing with the hero and blah blah blah… The first half of the film is pure JUNK.
The second half of the film is the only saving grace of Magadheera, it crafts a different episode in the history of Telugu Cinema.S.S.Rajamouli does have some amount of touch with technology,he makes us feel that we are in the kingdom of Udaighad,the horse riding scene does have its impact on the audience,the salt desert which he uses it repeatedly is wonderfully captured in the camera by ‘Senthil Kumar’ ,he flirts with the colors,the film did get a lot of DI but apart from that the way he captures every scene is admirable.The art work has to be mentioned because of the impact it has on the audience,the gigantic statue of Lord Shiva,the sets of Udaighad are the most lavish ones which the telugu audience have ever seen. The last fight sequence in which he kills 100 soldiers of Sher Khan is the best of the film ( inspired from 300).The end of the flashback and the end of entertainment.Now,rajamouli is back to his cheap tactics like Item Song,fights,melodrama etc… and an embarrassing Helicopter and Tata Sumo scene.
Magadheera and Arundathi are two wasted endeavors which will be seen in Telugu film history as half baked cakes.They are made with some honesty and with lot of hypocrisy which can never stand the test of time.Unconsciously telugu audience are addicted to mediocrity and if anything which is just above mediocre is seen as a masterpiece.We do need movies like Magadheera and Arundathi but with some genuineness and frank commitment. Magadheera and Arundathi are films which rely hugely on technology but the VFX effects have the upper hand rather than the script.The Reincarnation is a new found formula which will stay for some time in the industry.
Aamir Khan wants to make Mahabharatha,Salman Khan wants to make Ramayana and others are interested in making similar kind of films but why do you want to make this type of films?
Originally published on Passionforcinema.com