Film: D For Dopidi
Starring: Varun Sandesh, Sandeep Kishan, Melanie
Director: Siraj Kalla
Producer: Raj Nidimoru, Krishna D.K., Nani
Banner: D2R Films Pvt Ltd
Music: Mahesh Shankar
Story
Four young friends Raju, Vicky, Harish,
Bannu (Varun Sandesh, Sundeep Kishan, Naveen and Rakesh) who are in
financial troubles plan for bank robbery. With a pre-planned sketch,
they enter the bank with dummy weapons sporting masks and execute the
robbery. Though it works initially, they get trapped in a complicated
situation with cops surrounding them. The rest of the story forms the
crux.
Performances
Both Varun Sandesh and Sundeep Kishan did their respective roles well. Melanie is just okay.
Naveen is decent enough
and leaves his mark. Debutant actor Rakesh is entertaining. Devakatta
as IPS officer delivers fine performance, Rishi Muvva as Chevulapilli
is impressive. Other notable roles are essayed by Tanikella Bharani,
Pruthvi, Raj Pippala, Fish Venkat. Nani’s voiceover in establishing
characterizations is good and his song in the climax was shot well.
Technical Analysis
Cinematography is mediocre while the
music by Mahesh Shankar is a bit impressive. Dialogues fail to impress.
Sriraj Kalla’s fails in direction department despite interesting
concept. Screenplay is uninteresting while the presentation is tedious.
Editing isn’t consistent. Production values are okay.
Analysis
Though D For Dopidi takes off well
initially with good number of funny moments, it loses pace with the
proceedings and fails to grab your attention. Logic goes for a toss big
time and the proceedings look silly and absurd. The film drags on and on
in the second half. While the first half is a bit okay, it’s hard to
sail through the second half. The script is simple on bank robbery and
for such storylines, either gripping narration or entertaining quotient
works. Sadly, D For Dopidi doesn’t offer enough of the two. The writers
could have executed thrilling moments a way better and also, the fun
factor is plainly missing despite good characterizations. The key
robbery scenes are not handled well. In addition, the climax is so
boring.