Film: Alias Janaki
Starring: Venkat Rahul, Anisha Ambrose, Nagendra Babu
Director: Dayaa K
Producer: Neelima Tirumalasetti
Banner: Sangamithra Arts
Music: Shravan
Story
Janaki Ram (Venkat Rahul) works for GHMC
and is an honest guy who stands by the principles of his father (Naga
Babu) but his attitude brings him a lot of problems. Janaki Ram comes
across local Don Mysa (Sathru), who tries grab hold of lands illegally
and the former opposes to it. Janaki Ram’s superior officer (Tanikella
Bharani) tries to control him but he fails and Mysa decides to take on
Janaki Ram which leads to struggles between him and Chaitra (Anisha) his
girl friend. How does Janaki Ram fight back and teaches the baddies a
lesson forms rest of the story
Performances
Debutant Rahul Venkat,
Chiranjeevi’s nephew fails in emoting carrying flat expressions
throughout. He needs to work on his expressions as well as looks.
Anisha looked good and has performed
well, though was wasted in a poorly written character. Shatru as Mysa
was good, Naga Babu and Tanikella Bharani were impressive. Sri Ramya is
okay. Others were adequate.
Technical Analysis
Cinematography by Sujith Sarang looked
classy, music by Shravan is the only asset for the film and songs Kadal
Prema…, Koncham Koncham and Maarinde were shot neatly and are
ear-pleasing. Background score is also impressive. Dialogues are crisp
but looks forced in the screenplay. Sreejith Sarang, the editor could’ve
done a better job. Debutant Daya’s direction is not up to the mark.
Production values are standard.
Analysis
Alias Janaki storyline is routine with a
weak script and debutant director Daya further failed in the execution
part. Alias Janaki could have been a safe project as a feel good
entertainer with a message, had the screenplay been taut and racy. The
screenplay has been inconsistent with illogical proceedings. The love
scenes are not properly established and the chemistry between the leads
never workout, rather focuses on unnecessary aspects. Even the emotional
scenes don’t work towards the proceedings. Poor performances and bad
execution makes Alias Janaki tedious watch.
Final Verdict
Alias Janaki has nothing new to offer instead the poor performances and bad execution makes it a dull watch.