Film: Thoofan
Starring: Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Sri Hari
Director: Apoorva Lakhia
Producer: Flying Turtles, Reliance Entertainment
Banner: Flying Turtles, Reliance Entertainment
Music: Chirantan Bhatt ,Meet Bros Anjjan ,Anand Raj Anand
Vijay Khanna is aggressive young cop who
is unable to change his attitude looking at the deteriorating system
and this leads him in 22 transfers in 5 years. But Vijay Khanna doesn’t
change his attitude and he gets transferred from Hyderabad to Mumbai. He
gets the task on investigating deputy collector and soon he finds
himself locking horns with oil mafia don Rudra Pratap Teja (Prakash
Raj). Vijay Khanna also comes across Maya (Priyanka Chopra), an NRI who
is eye-witness of the murder case and seeks her help giving shelter in
his house. The rest of the story is about how Vijay Khanna fights
against the system and his battle with Teja.
Performances
Ram Charan has stepped
into the role of Big B and the actor fits into the aggressive cop role
quite well. With a good screen presence, he grabs the audiences with his
mannerisms.
Priyanka Chopra looked
good but her characterization could have been better and her scenes
looked silly at times. She looked hot in Pinky and Mumbai Ke hero songs
though.
Srihari goes overboard
at times while Prakash Raj gives a brilliant performance and Mahie Gill
is just okay. Tanikella Bharani appears in a significant role and others
were adequate.
Technical Analysis
Cinematography by Gururaj is neat while
the musical scores are good the bgm is a great minus. Editing is
inconsistent and dialogues lack the essence. Apoorva Lakhia fails to
impress as director though he made the screenplay look racy. Production
Values are good.
Analysis
The film had the similar plot as the
original though not scene-to-scene remade but Apoorva Lakhia has missed
on its essence in the remake. Thoofan is made on the modern day
settings, but nothing works for the film. The writing is bad and the
direction is poor while screenplay has loose ends. Misplacement of songs
is another negative aspect of the film. Few action sequences and Ram
Charan-Prakash Raj would entertain the mass masala movie lovers.
Romantic scenes between Ram Charan and Priyanka Chopra could’ve been
better. The second half has been a bit better than the first hour but
the climax has been abruptly ended.