Film: Balupu
Starring: Ravi teja, Shruthi hassan, Anjali, Brahmanandam
Director: Gopichand Mallineni
Producer: Prasad Vara Potluri
Banner: PVP Cinemas
Music: Thaman SS
Story
Ravi (Raviteja), a bank recovery agent
lives with his father Nana (Prakashraj) in Bangalore. Nana hopes to get
his son married to a beautiful girl and Ravi comes accross Shruthi
(Shruthi Hasan) and her uncle Crazy Mohan (Brahmi) who cheats the people
around them with silly acts. When Ravi decides to teach a lesson to
them, Shruti falls for him. Both the couple’s parents arrange for their
engagement and Vizag Purna (Ashutosh Rana) enters the scenes revealing
the actual identities of Ravi and Nana as Shankar and Nanaji. What is
their flashback? Who is Anjali revealed by Vizag Purna, forms the rest
of the story.
Performances
Ravi Teja as always
delivers an energetic performance and with his typical style of dialogue
delivery, Ravi Teja effortlessly engages the audiences. He dances with
unmatched energy.
Shruti Haasan looks
glamorous in the movie and she has pleasing screen presence. She sizzled
in the songs and has proved that she can pull of glam doll roles well.
Anjali with an
innocence in her role as a doctor managed to do the most impressive job.
Her role is crucial part of the film and the song Ninnu Chusina was
shot well.
Brahmanandam strikes
equally and in fact he is an asset for the film. Crazy Mohan role in
Balupu is one of his best in the recent times. Prakashraj plays his part
earnestly while Adivi Sesh, Ashuthosh Rana leaves a lasting impact.
Thagubothu Ramesh is okay but Ali’s comedy looked forced.
Technical Analysis
Jayanan Vincent camera works is good
with colorful visuals. Thaman’s musical though not chartbusters, they
make a decent listen. However the background score is loud. While the
direction is good, screenplay is impressive in the first half. Editing
could have been better in the second half. Dialogues are okay and might
work with masses.
Production values are rich.
Analysis
Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan and
Brahmanandam comedy scenes are hilarious. Ravi Teja, Brahmi scenes have
always worked on-screens and this time Shruti joins the duo. The Haasan
girl appears in ultra glamorous outfits.
Brahmanandam is an asset for the film.
His dances and antics on Gangnam style and Dil Jamping Japak tracks
along with leads, followed by Iddarammayilatho spoof dialogue (Matallev
Matladukovdallev) are sure to leave you in splits. The comedy is
sensibly paced in the first half.
The pre-inteval portions are well shot
with a good twist raising expectations on the second half. Emotional
scenes are high in the second half and the film moves on a predictable
note in the latter half. However, the pre-climax scenes involving Ravi
Teja, Brahmi are hilarious and highly entertaining. Balupu follows
regular commercial movie template with a routine storyline, yet
Gopichand Malineni and his team makes it fun and entertaining.