Rowdy movie review

Rowdy movie review

Movie: Rowdy

Cast: Mohan Babu, Manchu Vishnu, Jayasuda and Shanvi

Director: Ram Gopal Varma

Producer: Vijay, Gajendra & Pa

Banner: 24 Frames Factory Ltd., AV Pictures

Music: Sai Karthik

Release Date: 04-04-2014

Story

Rowdy was being speculated to be the shadow of Bollywood flick Sarkar, at least the trailer reminds us of the Amitabh Bachchan flick. However, we would like to inform that the basic story is pretty similar to Sarkar if not a remake per se. And we all know Ram Gopal Varma’s fascination for the classic story Godfather. In fact RGV’s Sarkar was totally inspired by Mario Puzo’s Godfather. Well, Rowdy is a story of a faction family that is set at the backdrop of Rayalseema and Mohan Babu is the godfather of the region who dares the law of the land for causes he believes in. Looks like RGV has still not got over the original story, he seriously is in a hangover!

Plot

Anna (Mohan Babu) is the powerful figure in the Rayalseema region rather the rural don, if you could say that. Anna takes on the law to defend in what he believes is righteous. The main story revolves around the Nandavaram project, of which Anna is dead against because he thinks it is against the welfare of the local people. There are a group of people who want to launch this project for their selfish interests and plan to weed out Anna from their way. Whether Anna succeeds in stalling the project or not forms the remaining part of the story.

Performances

Mohan Babu, as Anna is simply perfect and he has delivered a brilliant performance rather his body language, dialogues (of course) and mannerisms deserve a big round of applause. Ram Gopal Varma has got the best out of the veteran actor.

Manchu Vishnu plays the role of Krishna (Mohan Babu’s son on-screen as well) and he has given a good performance that could surprise many and especially his critics. With his performance in Rowdy, Vishnu has elevated to a whole new level as an actor.

Jayasuda is in her usual best and excels in emotional and romantic scenes. On the other hand Shanvi has a done a decent job and looks pleasing. Shanvi is likely to get a couple of offers after this release.

Technicalities

Music by Sai Karthik is good, and especially the background score blends too good with the film’s intriguing scenes. However, Satish Muthyala’s cinematography is nothing really exemplary or unique as we expected. And editing deserves a mention as being too sharp; it could have certainly been much better.

Analysis

There is nothing new or fresh about the story of Rowdy; in many ways it is repetitive rather reminds us of Godfather and of course his earlier venture Sarkar. The stellar performances by the lead actors give Rowdy that extra edge. Also, RGV’s excellent narration set apart the film.

RGV has had a bad phase in the recent past and although his Rowdy is a good film, we cannot conclude that it “he is back”, as yet. However, RGV stills has a strong hold on this genre of films, may be a couple more of films with good content can put the director back on his winning track.

Verdict

Rowdy is for audience who are over and out with massy masala flicks. After watchingRowdy we will realize why the veteran actors are indeed the evergreen super stars. Its nothing different than RGV’s movies and cannot be written off too. It can be watchedfor some change and performances of Mohan Bbu and also its BGM!