Movie:Mahankali
Release Date: 08 Mar 2013
Genre: Action – Drama
Language: Telugu
Director: Kartikeya
Producer: Yeluru Surendra Reddy, Parandhama Reddy
Cast : Dr. Rajasekhar , Madhurima
Review:We keep reading some news or the other every day in the newspapers that makes us angry and emotional. Our tempers flare up, the next day we ready something similar but there could be a degree of difference, the torment and agony continues. We remain hapless creatures but end up as angry individuals fretting and fuming and hugely disappointed and frustrated. The same thing happened with the Delhi gang rape issue. We were all shocked and pained, the second day it continued but as time passed we stopped protesting. Even then we cannot forget that pain. That anger and revenge and the urge to punish the criminals is reflected by seeing our alter ego on screen in the form of task force cops or an encounter specialist who keeps riddling bullets into the criminals. That is why heroes survive and we root for them, somewhere they satiate our thirst and such films become a hit. So Mahankali which runs on those lines worked or not?
Mahankali (Rajashekar) is a sincere police officer, he is weeding out criminals like pests. There is a gang war going between Nayak of Hyderabad and Harshad Bhai in Dubai. Mahankali kills everyone in the encounter. Tanisha is a film star and she is rescued by Mahankali from sexual harassment and she falls in love with because he is gutsy. Chalapati Rao his higher up doesn’t like Mahankali killing the gang members, he is Harshad Bhai’s man and is working towards removing Mahankali as he is a stumbling block. Chalapati makes the authority believe that he is Harshad’s man and gets him removed from his job and even has him jailed. How did Mahankali come out of confinement and wipe out both the warring gangsters forms the crux of the story.
Rajashekar is best suited for angry and emotional roles, he is perfect as a cop. His daring attitude, care a damn behaviour and integrity, all such qualities suit his character and if the script is perfect there is no looking back for him. But after Ankusam directors have not come up with such strong scripts and Jeevita has taken the onus upon herself to give her husband the once upon a time aura he enjoyed. She has studied his pluses and minuses and has balanced the story perfectly. The audience could identify with the tragic scenes because it dealt with the Delhi gang rape, bomb at Gokul chat and the speed required to nab the criminals all were present and that provided a good base for the story. There is no scope for boredom and Jeevita dealt the film surprisingly well.
Rajashekar came up with a genuine performance, though he was ageing, he took great care not to show any traces. Jeevita did handle the film well, she did not make Rajashekar dance to any silly steps and make him do any over action. But at the same time they did not use Madhurima much in the film. Even though Jeevita must have had a meaty role for her she was right in guessing that Madhurima was quite irritating and confined her to a few important scenes. The cop and the gangster spend a lot of time talking over the phone. We heard it is a remake of a Hindi film but it is not necessary to publicise it that way as it has been dealt well. We see traces of Golimar.
Rajashekar is an action hero, we get to see what all we expect from him. The story and narration is not new, there is more sound of bullets than dialogues. Since it is the role of an encounter specialist they have used the rifle liberally. We see a bit of Rajashekar Reddy in one of the characters who play the chief minister, cannot understand why they needed to pull him in here. Songs are less, music is bad but we need to commend Jeevita for maintaining the tempo. Camera work is bad. It is okay if Rajashekar does not give a hit, this average fare will do. There are certain kind of roles that require people like Rajashekar and he did a good job of that. Those who go the film expecting nothing will end up being happy.
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