Movie:
ChattamMy Rating: 2/5
Banner: Visakha Talkies
Music: P M M Srilekha
Cinematography: Jaswant
Editing: Gautham Raju
Producers: Natti Kumar, T Rama Satyanarayana
Story,Screenplay & Direction: P A Arun Prasad
Cast: Jagapathi Babu, Vimala Raman, Murali Sharma etc
Release Date: 25th March 2011
Review
StoryGowri
Shankar (Jagapathi Babu) is a police inspector and he believes in doing
settlements, taking commissions for his work and is corrupted. He is
assisted by his constable Ranga Rao (Jeeva).
A case of acid
attack on college students and the kidnapping of a girl and her killing
brings some tension but things get complicated as the criminals in both
cases are also killed. In comes CB-CID officer (Murali Sharma) to
investigate the deaths and he is assisted by Gowri.
His investigations lead him to discover that Gowri is the killer. Why does Gowri kill them?
Why he decides to kill even the dreaded terrorist Hasab (Amit Dhawan)? All this forms the rest of the story.
Artists Performance:Jagapathi
Babu does his bit as required and it is a cakewalk for him. As such,
there is nothing impact creating from him and he goes about doing his
job mechanically.
Vimala Raman is there to add the glamour for
the songs and indulge in some skin show. Though she doesn’t have that
sort of body or curves to flaunt her sex appeal is quite natural.
Murali
Sharma is a natural performer. He is a strong talent who deserves more
chances. He does his bit effectively and has a strong screen presence.
Asha
Saini looks sizzling and seductive, she has that oomph which can raise
the heat. Jeeva was usual. Amit Dhawan was eccentric. Ravu Ramesh was
consistent. The others didn’t have much to do.
Highlights: * Last ten minutes
* Murali Sharma’s performance
Drawbacks: * Weak direction
* Predictable storyline
* Low technical values
* No grip in any scene
* No comedy
* Dull romance
Final Analysis:To
start with, director PA Arun Prasad must be appreciated for involving
the terrorist Ajmal Kasab in his film and the fact that our hero goes
and kills him. Apart from that, the rest of the film has taken the lead
from the acid attack cases on Praneetha (whose killers were encountered
by police as wished in this film) and the boiler killing of the little
girl Vyshnavi in Vijayawada.
Just like a director has his strokes
in a film, PA Arun Kumar shows his strokes by creating some raunchy
scenes and inferior comedy. Overall, the film’s attempt to convey a
strong message is appreciable but the logic and the way the message was
conveyed was not practical.
It is true that looking at the
present day functioning of law and order, citizens tend to incline
towards tribal law that states ‘an eye for an eye’ and a ‘life for a
life’. But the consequences of that are to be studied. That is a very
big debatable issue indeed.
At the box office, there is nothing that the film has to hold the audience so the chance of below average result is high.
Bottom-line: Watch it for last ten minutes!!