RGV was alleged to have plagiarised the film’s story from an ex-assistant director. What was supposed to be a Shiva reunion with the RGV and Nagarjuna combo lived up to its potential only with the fact that the film courted controversies even before its release. Not to mention, touching themes like reincarnation and long-lost-cross-border love, Puri did nothing to add something novel to the film, making it seem like an 80s throwback.Īn honest officer from Mumbai fights hard to bring down a corrupt and dangerous cop along with the mafia. While the film is thankfully devoid of commercial elements, with only the story driving the film, the ridiculous over-the-top scenes brought the narrative down. Unfortunately for both, he tried too hard and it backfired badly. Mehbooba is an honest attempt by Puri Jagannadh to give his son Akash Puri the perfect launch pad. Suffering from recurring dreams, a couple realise they have a connection to each other that dates back to another life. Instead of being the evocative story of a soldier struggling to control his anger, the film turns into a character study busy to prove everyone else pointing out his bad behaviour wrong. But the worst part was its justification of the protagonist’s – who’s an Army soldier – ill behaviour. Filled with all the requirements of a commercial potboiler, Vakkantham Vamsi was seemingly confused about the direction he wanted the film to take.
Telugu cinema has probably not gone to in a long while. With a storyline like that, one would expect the film to go somewhere Even the much-hyped remixed version of Chamak Chamak Cham failed to make it work.Ī hot-headed soldier who aspires to get posted at the LOC gets court-martialled and needs a psychologist’s approval to get back to duty. Lost in all the melee was a vigilante style story and a love track, with the lack of effort showing through. The female lead Lavanya Tripathi existed in the film just to dance in randomly placed numbers, the male lead Sai Dharam Tej was the typical larger-than-life Supreme Hero, being completely one-dimensional. Probably the least intelligent film made in 2018, this VV Vinayak film celebrates all things wrong with TFI. Especially so because this was Pawan Kalyan’s last film before he ventured into politics, causing the once-revered actor to deliver a lazy performance.Ī happy-go-lucky man turns to revenge when a dreaded mafia don threatens his mentor. Beginning the year on an extremely disappointing note, Trivikram managed to redeem himself later in the year with Aravindha Sametha Veera Raghava, but the scars of the plagiarised film remain.
Not to mention the fact that director Jerome Salle accused Trivikram of freemaking Agnyaathavaasi by lifting the story from his French film Largo Winch.
Surrounded by controversy right from the word go, Trivikram’s Pawan Kalyan starrer was so all over the place, even a die-hard PK fan couldn’t come to its defence.
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