Film: Ranga The Donga
Rating: 1.5/5
Banners: Golden Lion Films & God Father
Films
Cast: Srikanth, Vimala
Raman, Ramya Krishna, Telangana Sakunthala, GV, Jayaprakash Reddy,
Chakri, Sivaji, Nagendra Babu, Chitram Seenu, Jyothi, Bhuvaneshwari,
Sakshi Shivanand etc
Music: Chakri
Cinematography: Poorna Kandru
Editing: Goutham Raju
Story, screenplay, direction: G V Sudhakar Naidu
Producer: C R Manohar
Release date: 30/12/2010
Mighty star
Srikanth comes up with yet another attempt to prove himself as a mass
hero while fighter Sudhakar Naidu tries his hand at wielding the
megaphone.
Story:
Ranga
(Srikanth) is a notorious thief and he along with his group (Sivaji and
others) spends their life stealing from the corrupt cops.
Ranga
has got a grandma (Telangana Sakunthala) with whom he has fights all the
time. He also has a love affair with inspector Mangamma (Vimala) and
also a strong passion for faction cinema, factionists etc. His life
takes a turn when he comes across Bhavani Prasad (Srikanth again), a
real life factionist.
Who is Bhavani Prasad? What is the link
between him and Ranga? What happens from there forms the rest of the
story.
Performances:
Srikanth
has given a decent performance in both roles but then the body language
is quite mild. Somehow he needs to pump energy in his body and show some
speed.
Vimala Raman is a seductress. Though she is not endowed
with curves, she has a raw sex appeal that is enough to entice the
audience. Performance wise, there is nothing for her. It is about time
she thinks twice before she chooses such roles or else her days are
numbered.
Ramya Krishnan tries to be stiff and strict. Though
she enlarges her eyes at all times, the impact was not that great.
Telangana
Sakuntala was alright, Sivaji was okay, the actor who did the villain’s
role was apt, Jayaprakash Reddy brought few smiles, Chakri looked
drowsy, Sakshi Shivanand looks pale in the item song, Jyothi,
Bhuvaneshwari, Taslima Sheikh made their presence felt for the special
song. The others were there to fill the screen.
Highlights:
* Srikanth handsome looks
*
Vimala Raman glamour to an extent
Drawbacks:
* very weak direction
* second half
* poor songs
*
technical jerks
* stale content
Analysis:
The
movie carried 3rd grade stuff with weak characterizations. Every
character does over-action and the director has to be blamed for that.
The Godavari slang for Vimala Raman is irritating. Wearing Jasmines in
Police Uniform with long plait is the most useless thought of the
decade.
Director has learnt the technique of film making but he
didn’t even learned ABCD in bringing conviction to the scene. He has got
no assessment of audience pulse. He has shown what he wanted to show
but hardly considered the taste of audience and their receptiveness.
The
director failed miserably in depicting that punch or getting the
momentum. Inexperience was showing in many scenes as the screenplay was
very weak. Too much of build up dialogues on faction looks silly and
annoying.
Comedy quotient was literally nil and though few
technical shots were appealing the film, it lacks the conviction to
engage the audience into the plot. One fails to understand how actors
like Srikanth agree to such projects.
At the box office, few
scenes might appeal to the auto drivers and rickshaw pullers at the B
and C centers but overall, this is a dud
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