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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Darling - A run of the mill

Darling is out and out prabhas movie which unfortunately didnt exploit the actual talent of Prabhas. Apart from few beautiful captures of kajal, there is nothing new in the movie.

First half of the movie is completely dedicated to switzerland, portraying kajal as a music lover and prabhas as a rock star. I felt he was more of a street side lover than a rock star. There was nothing new as there were umpteen movies which came around this same theme of guy chasing the girl.

Introduction of hero was one of the worst i've ever seen before. Heroines intro was not upto the mark in the lines of karunakaran.

Second half was much of a relief and brings a fresh breeze as kajal was seen in a completely new avatar. Family sentiment, comedy was dealt with in patches. Songs just pop out of random. Action sequences were forcibly included which wasn't necessary at all.

Coming to the performances, Prabhas and kajal did well, but their roles doesnt demand much performance. Prabhas danced well. Prabhu was fine, Prabhas friends gang were kind of successful in tickling the funny bone.

Photography was excellent, screenplay was good, since the story was an age old cliche, but there was much scope for improvement.

Overall nothing creative, same old stuff. Prabhas needs to have better judgement in choosing roles. These kinda roles can never put him in the big league.

Prasthanam - A voilent political conflict

Movie is too gud...story involves the conflicts and the struggle of human emotions in situations which invlove people who are close to them.

A struggle of a father, with two contrastly thinking sons, who wants to keep his power intact and at the same time wants a clean and good image in public.

A son, who stands by his adopted father, in his good and bad times...always thinks that dharma is above everything..

Another son, who feels the grunt of the society and more of insecurity among himself..

the conflict between these 3 characters was shown tremendously. Dialogues were deep and philosophical. Performances equally gud by the old horse Sai kumar and the newbees Sharvanand and sandeep.

Technical aspects were good. Locations were fine.

The only glitch i found is the heroines role and songs..which i felt was completely unnecessary..

Overall...more than worth a watch.