Cast : Venkatesh
Ram
Anjali
Shazahn Padamsee
Director :
K. Vijaya Bhaskar
TKWood Rating : 3/5
Behind the Movie Masala:
Stricken with a row of flops, both heroes Venkatesh and Ram require a
strong hit. They relied on a proven Bollywood subject of ‘Bol Bachchan’
for this remake in the hands of director K Vijaya Bhaskar. Let us see,
how good was this remake film offered to us by Suresh Babu and Sravanti
Ravikishore?
In the Movie Masala: Story
begins with introduction to brother, sister - Rahman (Ram) and Sania
(Anjali) losing the house in a legal case. They are forced to live the
city and land in the town of Bhimarajapuram with the help of uncle
Narayana (MS). In the town, there lives a powerful and most influential
man Balaramudu aka Balram (Venkatesh) whose family has fought against
British and now this man loving their English. Accidentally, Rahman is
introduced as Ram to Balram by Subbu (Ali) in order to save a Hindu
temple from the hands of antagonist Naga Raju (Posani). Very soon, Ram
becomes a loyal and honest servant to Balram winning the trust. One by
one, Ram and Subbu’s Masala Drama Company is forced to fall in a trap of
lies introducing a dummy mummy (Kovai Sarala), dupe character of Gay
Rahman (Ram) while Eddu Kameshwar Rao (JP), the right hand Balram grows
in suspicion.
Meanwhile, romantic tracks develop
between Ram-Balram’s sister Meenakshi (Shazahn Padamsee) and
Balram-Ram’s sister Sania aka Saritha. What is the climax? How Balram
reacted to the cheating game played by Rahman and Subbu?
Values of the Movie Masala:
Being a Makki-Ki-Makki remake of Hindi hit ‘Bol Bachchan,’ director K
Vijaya Bhaskar took care in not to miss the Telugu nativity. Dialogues
written by Anil Ravipudi for Butler English of Venkatesh stood as the
central highlight of the film. Comedy portions are dealt well by Vijaya
Bhaskar only in parts. Screenplay was overall neat. Direction could have
been better in pre-Interval and climax portions. I Andrew’s
cinematography was bright while editing by MR Varma was crisp n sharp.
SS Thaman’s music sounded good and catchy for title song, ‘Ninu
Choodani’ and ‘Meenakshi’ songs. Production values of Suresh Babu and
Ravikishore are reputable.
Performance wise, Venkatesh is the power
house of ‘Masala’ tickling the fun bone with butler English. In action
scenes, both Venky and Ram gelled well. Ram has got a character with two
shades. One of honest and humble employee Ram and other one is a gay
Rahman. He showed a visible contrast handling the both to match his
energy levels. Anjali was as usual cute and homely. Shazahn Padamsee is
disfigured and does not get a meaty role. JP’s timing was ‘Horribly’
Superb as a side kick to Venky. Kovai Sarala was over reactive. Into the
rest of artists like MS, Ali, Suman Shetty, Posani etc did well.
Out of the Movie Masala:
Exactly like the original ‘Bola Bachchan,’ even this ‘Masala’ is made
without much of the story. It’s the pace in narration and strong comedy
episodes drove the movie. Vijaya Bhaskar was not on par with Rohit
Shetty yet this flick is surely bearable and worth watching once. If at
all, second half was dealt better then ‘Masala’ could have become a sure
shot blockbuster. Result is, ‘Masala’ now stands as an average film
with good first half and below average second half. Kovai Sarala’s item
dances was painful for all types of audience.
With lot of empty space at BO, the
responsibility lies on the shoulders of Venkatesh’s English and Ram’s
all-round performance to make ‘Masala,’ a safe project. Good openings
are expected due to alert promotions made by entire casting of the film.
For B and C centers public, ‘Masala’ is an all right film but for
Metros, it’s on the other side. Especially, for those who haven’t
watched ‘Bol Bachchan,’ this one can be a Paisa Vasool.
TKWood Verdict of Masala: Audience…Watch This for Venky’s IMAX Performance
TKWood Rating: 3
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