Release
date: 18 Oct 2012
Rating : 3.25/5
Director : Puri Jagannadh
Producer : DVV Danayya
Music Director : Mani Sharma
Starring : Pawan Kalyan, Tamanna, Prakash Raj
Power Star Pawan Kalyan is back with ‘Cameraman Ganga tho
Rambabu’ after scoring a massive hit this year in the form of ‘Gabbar Singh’.
The movie has been directed by Puri Jagan and the film has released in a
massive way across the world today. Let us see how the film is.
Story :
Rambabu ( Pawan Kalyan ) is a socially responsible guy who
earns a living as a mechanic. He reacts to news reports of atrocities and
personally goes to punish the offenders. This fire and passion is noticed by
Ganga (Tamanna), who then motivates and convinces him to join a Tv channel as a
journalist. Rambabu agrees and hops on board a TV channel owned by Dharmavarapu
Subrahmanyam.
During his work, he comes across Jawahar Naidu (Kota
Srinivasa Rao), an opposition party leader and ex CM, who is hell bent on
reclaiming the CM’s chair. His son (played by Prakash Raj) is an evil force and
Rambabu decides to take him on.
As the proxy battle turns ugly, the fight between Rambabu
and Prakash Raj assumes statewide significance. Rambabu must now muster all his
courage and his skills of persuasion to rally the people and prevent the
divisive force of Prakash Raj from taking over.
How Rambabu achieves this forms the rest of the story.
Plus Points :
Pawan Kalyan has done a superb job in this movie and he
shoulders the movie admirably well. His sheer force and powerful screen
presence is the biggest asset for the movie and Puri Jagan’s powerful political
dialogues have worked well when uttered by Pawan Kalyan. He has also showcased
his humorous side quite well.
In the current political climate of the state, some
dialogues will strike a chord. For example, “Aadiki dhoola ekkuvai kurchi
ekkithe meeku dhoola teeripoddi” etc. evoked a superb response from viewers.
Tamanna looks gorgeous. She only looks gorgeous (More on
this later). Prakash Raj and Kota Srinivasa Rao have done a good job as the
evil politicians. Nasser is dignified as Chief Minister Reddy. Tanikella
Bharani is alright. Brahmanandam and Ali bring a few laughs as TV channel
creative heads.
The film’s second half is a major asset, with powerful
political elements and highly charged emotional sequences. The way Pawan
rallies the youth of the state, the way he counters Prakash Raj and speaks
about National Integration etc are highly entertaining.
The comedy scene in the second half where Pawan and
Brahmanandam read the news jointly had crowds in splits of laughter.
Some scenes between Pawan and Tamanna have come out well,
especially where Pawan tries to be timid and shy on purpose.
The pre-climax episodes will give great cheer to Pawan’s
fans and Mani Sharma’s background score works like a charm.
Minus Points :
As I said earlier, Tamanna looks gorgeous in the movie but
her characterization is very disappointing. One wonders why women in Puri
Jagan’s films have to have extreme personalities. Ganga’s character is way too
loud and actually gets on your nerves at times.
Some scenes should have been toned down. Like the scene
where Prakash Raj and his MLA’s feel a tremor in the building towards the end.
Also, there is no substance in the plot. But for Pawan’s sheer magnetism and
some good dialogues in places, this movie has nothing in terms of story.
All the characters are superficial. Prakash Raj’s character
in particular had great scope for picturization as a cunning and evil
politician, but Puri only scrapes the surface. Also, there is no strong motive
for Prakash Raj to betray his father as both of them are on good terms and both
want to see Prakash Raj as the CM.
The first half could have been more entertaining. Gabriela
is irritating as a TV channel boss.
Technical Aspects :
Mani Sharma’s background score is a major asset for the
movie, especially in the second half and pre-climax scenes. But his songs are
not too good. Dialogues are very nice in places. Editing is neat overall, but
could have been crisper in the first half.
Fights have been shot well and they suited Pawan well.
Cinematography is good. Puri Jagan’s direction is not too impressive. It is
about time he spends more time (pun intended) on the development of characters
in the story.
Verdict :
‘Cameraman Ganga tho Rambabu’ is a movie that works
primarily due to Pawan Kalyan’s sheer force and powerful on-screen presence. A
good second half, solid punch dialogues and a terrific performance from Pawan
elevate the movie. Better script and more involving characters would have
helped the movie. The film will be a great watch for those who are interested
in politics, and a decent one for regular movie lovers.
Rating – 3.25/5
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