Review of Magadheera

Magadheera (2009)
7/10
Technically superior (for a telugu film) but patchy screenplay/script
28 September 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This film really had the potential but fell short due to a lot of issues. First of all the graphics are pretty good for a telugu movie but there is obviously scope for improvement and it will come in time but that does not take away the hardwork and boldness on part of the director/producer to bring such standards to telugu movies. Apart from that the story is drawn from a standard rebirth tale that has been narrated in many movies. Performance of charan is average (esp. dialouge delivery), The way his character remembers its past life is pretty naive, some more time could have been spent on that, and how does the heroine believe the guy loves her without knowing her?. the whole chopper episode is a bit confusing(its supposed to go to a hospital, but goes to Vizag and then Rajasthan!!!), Cheap stunts (bike, lighting fire with foot), Unnecessary scene and senseless dialouges with chiru(for the masses i guess), Fight sequences in killing 100men are repetitive with hero just standing there and slashing his sword for most of the time, It could have been made a bit more interesting with some intelligent moves, The whole concept of planets lining up and (meteor crash!!) could have been shown differently (the animation shown in the sky is hilarious).

On a positive note the chariot race episode, chemistry between the lead pair, dialouges, music and depiction of actress Kajal are good. As far as special effects are concerned this is just the beginning and the standards will improve as the demand will increase in coming years. Overall there is entertainment, good visuals and hence commercial value
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