Adhurs Review

Movie :- ADURS

Punchline: panchekattu chari
Genre: Comedy/Action
Type: Straight
Banner: Vaishnavi Arts Pvt Ltd
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: Chota K Naidu
Story - dialogues: Kona Venkat
Art: Anand Sai
Fights: Stun Siva - Ram Lakshman
Editing: Gowtam Raju
Screenplay - direction: VV Vinayak
Presents: Kodali Venkateswara Rao (Nani)
Producer: Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan
Release date: 13 January 2010
Cast: NTR, Nayana Tara, Shela, Brahmanandam, Asish Vidyardhi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sayaji Shinde, Tanikella Bharani, Raghu Babu, Raghu Karumanchi, Rama Prabha, Kondavalasa, Rajyalakshmi etc

Review

Story:-
Saleem This is the story of twins who get separated at birth. Narasimha (NTR) gets raised by a single mother and he becomes an undercover agent to a top cop. Chari (NTR) is brought up by a family of traditional Hindu priests. A gang of baddies (Asish Vidyardhi and Mahesh Manjrekar) are in search of the family of a top scientist. The rest of the story is about the relationship between the scientist and the twins and the comedy
generated by switching between the characters.


Artists Performance:-
Adurs NTR: NTR donned two roles. He is extremely entertaining as Chari with Brahmin diction. He generated lots of comedy when he says ‘naakesaru’ repeatedly in the movie. His character as Narasimha is more like extension of his Kantri character (both looks and mannerisms). His dances are amazing and give you a mass kick in the title song that comes before climax.

Others:-
Brahmanandam hogs the limelight again in this movie as a Hindu priest who ‘maintains’ the family of Nayana Tara. Brahmanandam has lots of footage and he in combination of NTR makes sure that there is enough entertainment
.Nayana Tara is paired up with Chari character and she is pretty good. Sheela is glamorous and she is paired with Narasimha character. Mahesh Manjrekar is wasted due to poor characterization. Nassar, Sayaji Shinde and Asish Vidyardhi are alright.

Technical departments:-

AdursStory - screenplay - direction: Story given by Kona Venkat is contrived. It is an old-fashioned formulaic story of twins which had been presented to us umpteen number of times (Don, Rowdy Alludu, Mugguru Monagallu, Hello Brother etc). The scientist father angle is inspired by Krishh. The undercover agent had The Departed/Pokiri shades. Screenplay by VV Vinayak should have been better. VV Vinayak who brings emotion into his action films couldn’t do justice to mass character in Adurs. The action sequences and emotion involved in it is not properly established. However, VV Vinayak seems to have acquired a knack for getting his comedy timing well since his last film Krishna. The characterization he has done for Chari character deserves applause. I liked the ‘atma’ (mummy) twist given to Brahmanandam character in the second half. The second half and climax needs a lot of improvement.

Other departments:-
The numbers scored by Devi Sri Prasad are just okay. My personal favourites are ‘where is the panchekattu’ followed by title song. Cinematography by Chota K Naidu is alright. Dialogues by Kona Venkat are good in parts. Editing and other post-production activities should have been better. The graphics work done in this movie is sub-standard compared to big hero projects. Producer Vamsi has spent good amount of money in the movie, but it is not converted into the final product. There is no slickness in visuals and sound.

Analysis:-
First half of the movie is okay with some nice entertainment by NTR (Chari character) and Bramanandam. The second half of the movie where the real crux lies is not constructed well. The three serious villains (Sayaji Shinde, Asish Vidyardhi & Mahesh Manjrekar) of the movie conspire in the second half only to transform themseleves into comedy villains. The climax should have been better. Plus point of the movie is comedy by Chari character. The story and screenplay are the weaklings. VV Vinayak should have concentrated more on Narasimha character to get the balance in terms of emotion and action orientation. We have to wait and see how the masses receive it.

The plot:-
Jr. NTR plays a dual role in the film – that of a Brahmin Chari and another as Narasimha, a daredevil young man who is interested in becoming a police officer. Narasimha works for a top cop Sayaji Shinde and helps him in eliminating gangsters in the city.
The Brahmin guy Chari is a disciple of Bhattu (Brahmanandam). They both make a living by performing pujas and other religious ceremonies. Bhattu is almost 50 years old but he fancies himself as a young man and he runs after the young and beautiful Chandu (Nayanatara). He wants to marry Chandu and so requests Chari to help him in the matter.
However Chandu has other ideas. She falls in love with Chari and asks him to marry him. Bhattu is angry and he wants to take revenge on Chari for backstabbing him in the love matter.
Narasimha and Chari are separated at birth but meet later in Calcutta. The evil gangster Baba (Mahesh Manjrekar) promises the army Major Nazar that he will unite him with his family as soon as he completes his mission of developing the missile.
Sayaji Shinde’s daughter Indu (Sheela) is in love with Narasimha. Baba brings Narasimha to Calcutta to show Nazar that has family is safe. Bhattu who wants to take revenge on Chari plans to eliminate him after he is taken to Calcutta by the gangsters.
The rest of the film is about confused identities and the fight of Narasimha to save his father from the faraway island.

The actors:-

Jr. NTR lives up to the expectations of his fans with superb dances, fights and acting kills. He is good in both the roles. There are however no lengthy trademark Jr. NTR dialogues in the film that he is so famous for.
Brahmanadam appears in a very meaty role and hogs the screen presence almost on par with Jr. NTR. He manages to tickle the funky bone. He gets good support from Jr. NTR, MS Narayana, Mahesh Manjrekar and others.
Nayanatara is hot and Sheela is hotter. The two heroines between themselves fill in the glamour department perfectly.

The bottom line:-
Adhurs has good music by Devi Sree, some stunning dance movements by Jr. NTR, enough fights to please the front benchers. It is only the story that is weak. There is no novelty whatsoever in the story and it only Jr. NTR who makes the film interesting.
The title Adhurs applies just to Jr. NTR, the rest of the film is just average. VV Vinayak has put in a lot of effort but it somehow falls short of expectations and all the pre-release hype surrounding the film.