Masala Movie Review

Masala Movie Review

Cast: Venkatesh , Ram , Anjali , Shazahn padamsee , Jayaprakash Reddy

Directed by : K Vijaya Bhaskar

Produced by : Suresh Babu, Sravant

Banner :Suresh Productions

Music by : SS Thaman

Release Date : 2013-11-14

Venkatesh and Ram's Masala is a remake of Bollywood hit Bol Bachchan, which had collected over Rs. 100 crore nett in domestic market. Rohith Shetty's films resemble many South films and Bol Bachchan too is one of them. Let's see if Venkatesh and Ram pulled off this routine masala fare...

What is it about?

Rehman (Ram) loses his job and comes to a village to work for Balaram (Venkatesh), a very big landlord. Due to an unavoidable situation, Rehman had to lie about his identity with Balaram. But Balaram doesn't tolerate lies and Rehman had to lie more and more to convince him. What did Rehman do to cover his lies and how does Balaram find out the truth forms rest of the story.

Performances:

Venkatesh, an international cricketer was made to play street cricket. Venky’s situation was such. He effortlessly portrayed entraining role of Balram. His butler english dialogues brought good amount of laughter provided you must understand english. Chiru also used such slang in Shankar dada MBBS but difference is he used most popular telugu proverbs. Core telugu audience followed easily. But that magic didn’t happen here.

Ram’s energy is seen well in the movie. We can’t expect Abhishek Bachchan’s strength, but upto his capacity he justified. No one would be ready to take up the character he played. Ram’s skills are applaudable. Anjali and Shajan are less important characters. Anjali looked plumpy. Shajan could not register her face despite being attractive. Ali and MS Narayana’s roles are OK. Its a variety role for Jayprakash Reddy this time. After Ram and Venky he stands next in marks list.

As we all know, Thaman’s music is “Singing the old song”. Remake rights are bought officially, but Thaman is known in lifting tunes of others from back doors. RR is also copied. He used leftout RR of Bodyguard in this movie. Andrew’s camera skills are appreciable. He tried to expose scenes lavishly.

First half has some lapses. Comedy without any logical link. Story remains at the same place where it started even after an hour. Every character of the movie is designed for comedy. People also will laugh. But the actual thread which is supposed to bind the comedy line is missing. We many times get a feeling of watching continuous comedy bits in a TV serial. This movie is created believing the strength of entertainment with support of Ram and Venky.

Technicalities: 

Thaman's music is a letdown. Except for a song or two none of them sounds good on ears. Editing is not up to the mark. There is no connection between the scenes. Cinematography is alright. Action scenes are over the top. Production values are good.
 
Director Vijaya Bhaskar has stuck to the original. He didn't try to make any changes to the script. It is a carbon copy of the original film. Apart from his 'copy+paste' skills there is nothing much to talk about his direction.  

Analysis: 

Masala is a complete commercial formulaic film that sticks to the genre. It is more of a comedy entertainer with a touch of action. If you haven't watched the original few scenes will surely crack you up. Venkatesh and Ram combination should work in favor of film. They can pull the masses and classes to the theaters.
            
This is a mindless comedy film in which we shouldn't look for logics. Leave your brains at home and just sit and enjoy the show. Venkatesh is pretty good at comedy and his performance simply lifts the mediocre scenes. Second half has better comedy than the first half and climax is weak.
           
 In a nutshell, Masala is for comedy movie lovers that don't care about the logics and other nuances of cinema. Content wise it is an average film and can be watched once for Venkatesh and Ram. It has enough to stay afloat at the box office and we have to wait and see if it can swim across to a safe zone or not.

Verdict: Time pass 'Masala' fare!

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