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Nagarjuna made his debut as hero from Akkineni’s clan and has been maintaining the star image till date. In order to continue the tradition,Naga Chaitanya son of Nagarjuna has also made his entry into films with Josh. While Nagarjuna paired up with Radha, heroine of yesteryears, in many films, his son has got the opportunity to pair up with her daughter Karthika. Dil Raju, who is known as the most successful producer of the Tollywood, has introduced Vasu Varma as director of this film. Thoughthe filmis titled ‘Josh’, the fizz of youth, is very low.

Satya Naga Chaitanya is a youth from an upper middle class family. He is quite an intelligent boy and completes his pre-degree course (Intermediate) as a bright student. His father always supports him as he believes that whatever decision Satya takes would be wise. He joins the degree course and finds that life just doesn’t mean education and there is lot to enjoy. Suddenly, he declares that he doesn’t want to study and decides to leave for Hyderabad from Vizag. There, in Vizag, he stays with his maternal uncle (Sunil) and gets a job in a nursery. He had an accidental meeting with Vidya (Karthika), whose brother runs an Irani café near MGM College. Fed up with the students clashes and ragging, Vidya’s brother refuses to admit her in the college. So Vidya joins a nursery school as a teacher. But she dreams of joining college and enjoying the life.

Vidya and Satya develop friendship and then fall in love. On the other side, the students of MGM college are divided into two groups and they move under the eagle eye of JD (JD Chakravarthy), who was once a students leader and later became the youth leader of a political party. Whenever the party wants to organize dharnas, the students move at the directions of JD. Believing that JD is behind them, the students behave like goons. At times this leads to clashes. Once they hold a dharna and destroy the government property, buses and other vehicles. Satya lodges a complaint with the police that he has witnessed these unlawful acts. This causes heartburn among the students and they attack Satya.

In order to mend them, Satya too joins the college. Later, the students attack Satya and his friends, who are admitted to the hospital. Then Satya reveals that he did not join the college casually but to change the attitude of the students. He reveals the flashback where he too moved with a gang of friends and did lots of mischief. He never listened to the good words of the college principal Prakash Raj. Once, Satya participated in a bike race and took the principal’s son with him. During the race, Satya’s bike met with an accident and the principal’s son died in the incident. This incident made Satya realise the value of life, as no one complained against Satya, just because they strongly felt that a student’s character would be ruined.

Satya also realised that the defect is not in the colleges or in the education system but in the age group. So, Satya wants to reform the minds of the students. His efforts turn fruitful by the timethe filmreaches climax and everyone shed their violent behaviour.. At the same time, Satya teaches JD a lesson as well.

PLUS:

Storyline is the basic plus point ofthe filmas the director has chosen a novel subject with a hidden message. However, the film doesn’t appear as a message-oriented film as it runs as an undercurrent. Director Vasu Varma needs to be complimented for choosing such an off-beat story with a debut hero, despite it is a debut film for him and the heroine too. He has moulded the hero’s character with good precision and has tried to elevate his image with a slow and soft nature. Though facing the camera for the first time,Naga Chaitanyais very casual and has shown lots of ease in dances and action scenes. However, he needs to improve his body language further.

Karthika appears fresh and has not resorted to any kind of skin show, like the present generation heroines. She is quite homely and appears as the girl next door. For the first time, Red Eye camera has been used to shootthe filmwhich has helped the producer to avoid wastage of film as it is being shot in digital mode. A couple of songs tuned by Sandeep Choutha are okay. Though they are good to listen, their choreography lacks the josh in total. Camera by Sameer Reddy and editing by Marthand K Venkatesh are okay.

MINUS:

The director, who has chosen a brilliant story for his film, has failed to present it properly on the screen in the absence of experience. In fact,the filmappears good but it lacks the youthfulness. Especially, he has failed to project the hero in an enterprising way and the character moves with a subdued note as it runs in a slow nature. Moreover, the hero needs to improve his dialogue modulation. Of course, it might be because it is his first movie. Though the story has different elements like love and action, the love scenes between the hero and heroine too are not properly elevated and there are no romantic songs or scenes between them. Basically, the film has a slow run and this can disappoint the youth. But the film would attract the students as it has college in the backdrop.

REMARKS:

Basically, one should not compare one artiste with another because every one has their own style. Because,Naga Chaitanyarepresents two families from Tollywood, Nagarjuna and Venkatesh, he has lots of scope to improve his acting skills and can overcome all the hiccups he has faced in the first film. Let us hope that Naga Chaitanya would do much better in his next film. Karthika appears quite promising and once againPrakash Raj who has had a very short character in the film has excelled in the role. Comic relief by Sunil is good and the audiences have a hearty laugh in a couple of scenes.

Cast: Naga Chaitanya , Karthika, Prakash Raj , JD Chakravarthy, Brahmanandam, Sunil, Surya, Sitara, Hema, Anand and others.

Credits:

Camera: Sameer Reddy

Editing: Marthand K. Venkatesh

Lyrics: Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry and Chandrabose

Music: Sandeep Choutha

Presents: Smt Anita

Producer: Dil Raju

Story, screenplay, dialogues and direction: Vasu Varma.

Banner: Venkateswara Creations

Released on: August 5, 2009

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Magadheera Review

C 1600 Aravalli, the kingdom of Udaygarh. Two lovers die; one a warrior and the other a princess, confessing their love for each other. Their love remains unfulfilled. And the person who cremates them -- Sher Khan (Srihari) says aloud that they will be reborn again to unite. Fast forward 400 years, and lo, they are. A reincarnation story is not often seen in Telugu cinema and SS Rajamouli uses this theme for Ram Charan Teja's second film Magadheera . Well, Rajamouli's Magadheera, a fantasy tale should be seen on many grounds- it's a magnum opus production with great technical work. It's a high-budget extravaganza which shows in almost every frame. It's directed by SS Rajamouli, one of the top directors in the Telugu industry. It's got fine music by MM Keeravani, brilliant camera work by Senthil, good art direction by Ravinder, good styling and costumes by Rama Rajamouli and is edited well by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. The graphics are excellent for a Telugu movie. Overall, the movie is a mainstream one with good packaging. The tale goes back and forth into the past and the present. The period, the contemporary look and styling of the film is in sync with the depiction. The accomplished and skilled warrior Bhairava (Ram Charan Teja) wants to marry the princess of Udaygarh Mitra (Kajal Agarwal) ) and even wins her in the race against competitor Randev (who is the senapati and the villain, the traitor who allows the enemy Sher Khan into the kingdom) but bows down to the wishes of her father and does not. Bhairava is so consummate a warrior that he even killed 100 warriors of Sher Khan (who has been over riding kingdoms before he eyed Udaygarh) before dying like a true warrior. Bhairava's valour impressed Sher Khan so much that he even cremated him. Cut to modern times where Harsha (Charan) rubs his fingers against a girl in a white churidar and feels a vibration, and realises it's the princess. He remembers his past birth and goes in search of this girl who after a chase reveals her name as Indu (Kajal). Randev is reborn as Raghuvir, Indu's cousin. Raghuvir sees Indu and is smitten by her. Will the lovers reunite in this birth? As far as story is concerned, there's nothing great or new about Magadheera. It's the production and direction which makes up for this. Rajamouli's deft direction plugs the loopholes and knowing the pulse of the audience crafts a mainstream film. In reincarnation stories it's best to forget reason and logic and see the story for one can never question and find answers to them. What's strange is that only the boy remembers and feels the vibrations, and not the girl. There is some kind of similarity to Arundhati in terms of the reincarnation element of the story and the presence of the Aghora. Keeravani's music sounds good on screen. The Bangaru Kodipetta song with Chiru doing a cameo with Mumaith Khan is sure to draw audiences. Keeravani and Kalyani Malik's background score is also in tune and does not overshadow the image. Kim Sharma's item number seemed unwarranted though. Senthil's camera pans a landscape which is 'period' and 'present' in a beautiful way. The sepia tones and the white stark landscapes against a blue sky are stunningly captured. The difference in colour tones mark the periods well. The magnificent sets created by Ravinder especially of Udaygarh are a treat to watch on screen, plus his art direction. Rama's Rajamouli's ensemble's and the styling is rich and elegant and worth a watch. Her effort shows off on screen. Ram Charan seems to be a chip of the old block when it comes to dancing. For, he is very flexible and dances well like his dad. He's got a lot to do in this film from horse riding to sword fighting to singing and dancing. He's done them all pretty well though one felt that he needs to hone his skills of acting further particularly in expressing emotions. Also, one feels he need to have more josh to be a warrior -- at times one felt he was rather subdued. Kajal Agarwal was quite a surprise package. She was sweet and charming and looked like an 'ethereal' princess. She carries off both the roles fairly well. Srihari was at his usual best performing both roles (later he's born as Solomon-the fisherman). The song with all the technicians making their appearance at the end is innovative and Rajamouli should be appreciated for this. Rajamouli has packaged Magadheera well as a mainstream film. Have a look at it for its technical brilliance.

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