Devudu Chesina Manushulu Movie Review

Way2movies brings you Devudu Chesina Manushulu movie review.Puri Jagannadh directed Ravi Teja’s Devudu Chesina Manushulu has hit the big-screens on 15th August on the eve of Independence Day.

Story: Lord Vishnu (Brahmanandam) and Goddess Lakshmi discuss about a story where Vishnu Murthy decides to show a live story of two orphans. Raviteja (Raviteja) is born in Hyderabad who becomes a land settler while Ileana (Ileana) in Bangkok who turns a taxi driver. The screenplay turns a direction with Papayya (M.S.Narayana) throws an arati thokka (Banana peel) on the road which leads Ravi Teja head to Bangkok on a settlement between the between Circle Inspector Subba Raju (Subba Raju) and Bangkok Don Prakash Raj (Prakash Raj). He sees Ileana in Bangkok and falls in love but very soon, they quarrel and get separated due to misunderstanding. Now, Goddess Lakshmi is unhappy with the events and Vishnu murthy wants to complete the story by rewinding it preventing Papayya from throwing the arati thokka on the road. How Ravi Teja and Ileana get united forms the crux.

Performances: Ravi Teja delivered a decent performance and his mannerisms and energy levels are as usual noticeable. But such talented actors need to look up for interesting and varied roles. It is high times he needs to focus on the selection of scripts.

Ileana looked sizzling in the film and provided ample glamour quotient in the songs. Performance wise, she is regular.

Prakash Raj, Subbaraju showed ease in their performance. Ali is hilarious in few scenes, MS Narayana is brief and Fish Venkat is good. Jyothi Rana is hot and Gabriela sizzled in an item song.

Technical Analysis: Shyam K Naidu’s cinematography is decent and standard, editing is crisp and the run length is good. Raghu Kunche’s music was good and a couple of songs were well-shot while the background score is good. Direction is unconvincing while the screenplay goes flipside after the interval. It is inspired from a Tamil film 12 B but this wasn’t entertaining. Dialogues are pretty average. Production values are standard.

Analysis: As Puri Jagannadh informed in the audio, DCM does not have a story or perfect script. The characterizations were cliché, the screenplay isn’t gripping. Logic has gone for a toss big time and the narrative doesn’t have any flow. Songs are misplaced ad effects the flow. Brahmanandam and Kovai Sarala roles are not convincing. Screenplay is bad and and Puri Jagannadh has even disappointed with the dialogue.The climax is poorly made. It is only the first half, you were provided some entertainment while it’s hard to sit in the second half of the film.

Final Verdict: Passable First half & Horrible second half!!!

Film: Devudu Chesina Manushulu

Starring: Ravi teja,Ileana,Brahmanandam,Kovai Sarala

Director: Puri Jagannadh

Producer: B.V.S.N. Prasad

Banner: Sri Venkateswara Cine Creations banner

Music: Ragu Kunche

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Presents – Bellamkonda Suresh

Producer – Sakhamuri Panduranga Rao

Screenplay and direction – Vijaya Bhaskar

Dialogues – Abburi Ravi

Lyrics – Veturi, Bhuvanachandra and Chandrabose

Camera – Jagan

Editing – Marthand K Venkatesh

Music – KM Radhakrishnan

Cast: Tarun, Ileana, Jagapathi Babu, Charmi, Pradeep Rawat, Mallikarjuna Rao, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Sunil, Venumadhav, Narsing Yadav, Sudha, Sana, Hema, Annapurna and others.

Released on: April 11, 2004

Though the producer is ready to invest his money in film production, he would have to choose a good story and at the same time he should have an efficient director, who can do justice to that story while presenting on the screen. In order to provide good entertainment and at the same time to make a safe bet on the film, some wise producers would opt for a successful film of other language and remake it. Vijaya Bhaskar, who gave big hits like, Nuvve Kaavaali, Nuvvu Naaku Nachav and Manmadhudu came forward to direct the remake of a successful Bollywood film Bunty Aur Babli. Tarun, who gave good hits in his early days of career, is lagging behind several of his co-stars and is awaiting a hit. Vijaya Bhaskar, whose combination with Tarun was a hit, again roped in the latter as the hero for the film, with Ileana, the latest heartthrob of Telugu audiences in the female lead. Their combination again proved a success and brought a big smile on the face of Tarun at last.

Ramu (Tarun) is the son of a school teacher (Chandra Mohan). He is a B Com graduate passed in third class, but he doesn't want to do a job. Instead he wants to do a business, which his father can not afford. Jyothi (Ileana) is the daughter of an industrialist (CVL Narasimha Rao), who wants to become a model. However, her grandmother (Annapurna) wants to get her married against her wishes. So, Ramu and Jyothi leave their houses and meet in a train and travel together to Vizag. They lose their luggage in the train and will have no money to survive. As they are cheated by some others, they decide to cheat others and earn money. They change their names as Romeo and Juliet and successfully implement their plan. They earn money by cheating others and also by stealing costly articles. Later they leave for Hyderabad. During their journey, they meet a small kid, who is suffering from kidney disease. After reaching Hyderabad, they continue their stealing and keep leaving a mark 'R/J' while stealing. The police appoint DCP Yugandhar (Jagapathi Babu) to trace Romeo and Juliet.

They cheat the manager of a big electronic shop (Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam) and earn Rs 3 lakh. The shop belongs to Veerraju (Pradeep Rawat). After that, Romeo and Juliet want to stop cheating and stealing, and start some business with the money. Then they come across the advertisement about the girl and her kidney disease. They go to the hospital and give away Rs 3 lakhs that is with them and still the girl needs Rs 6 lakhs for surgery. Then, Romeo plans in a big way and cheats Veerraju, who is dealing ganja, cocaine, heroin and other such narcotics. Veerraju pays Rs 20 lakhs to Romeo and soon learns that he is cheated. Then the chase begins for Romeo and Juliet. How Romeo and Juliet escape from the clutches of the goons of Veerraju and the police led by DCP Yugandhar forms part of the remaining story. Like many other films that came on the Telugu screen, the DCP help the hero and heroine to escape, before Veerraju blasts the police station in revenge.

PLUS: The screenplay scripted by Vijaya Bhaskar is the major plus point of the film. The film dotted with good comedy and the entire film has been brought out as a laughing riot. Tarun has improved a lot in performance and showed excellent comedy timing all through the film. Ileana too looked gorgeous in all kinds of outfits. However, the director chose to portray her character in a romantic way, but in a very neat manner. It seems she learnt a lot that mere showing skin doesn't work. She looks very romantic, amazingly without skin show. The entire story revolves around these two characters. Jagapathi Babu's performance is neat and the action scenes were quite stylish. The director moulded this character also in a typical way. Choreography of songs is excellent and one need to appreciate the taste of the director and producer in bringing out such a good choreography, especially with Ileana. Pradeep Rawat, Chandra Mohan and others have done justice to their roles. Comedy by Brahmanandam and Dharmavarapu is apt.

MINUS: When one had to look for entertainment, he should not look for reasons. Many scenes in the film are beyond logic. Music by KM Radhakrishnan is not that effective though a couple of tunes are foot tapping. The director should have shown a little more interest in doing the chase scenes. But for minor lapses, the film is good to watch.

REMARKS: Tarun, who had no notable hits in the recent past, at last has a smile in his face with this film. Like its Hindi original, Bunty Aur Babli, this film could be considered above average to hit range. Vijaya Bhaskar needs to be complimented for his effort in giving a hit to Tarun.

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