Adurs Movie Review

Film: Adurs
OTM rating: 3.5/5
Banner: Vaishnavi Arts Pvt LtdCast: NTR, Nayanatara, Sheela, Brahmanandam, Asish Vidyardhi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sayaji Shinde, Tanikella Bharani, Raghu Babu, Raghu Karumanchi, Rama Prabha, Kondavalasa, Rajyalakshmi etcMusic: Devi Sri PrasadCinematography: Chota K NaiduStory – dialogues: Kona VenkatArt: Anand SaiFights: Stun Siva – Ram LakshmanEditing: Gowtam RajuScreenplay – direction: VV VinayakPresents: Kodali Venkateswara Rao (Nani)Producer: Vallabhaneni Vamsi MohanRelease date: 13 January 2010
Adhurs is a complete entertainer movie.
StoryThe story of twins who get separated at birth. A Brahmin lady loses her child just a few minutes after his birth. The news first comes to the notice of an old woman in the family and she secretly replaces the dead-infant with a healthy baby from adjacent mother who delivers twins.
The adjacent mother leaves the hospital with single child assuming the other one died. Thus one boy grows up in Brahmin family as Chari (Jr NTR) and another grows up at his mother as Narsimha (Jr NTR) and he becomes an undercover agent to a top cop.
How these two brothers unite forms the climax. Chandrakala (Nayantara) pairs up with Chari and another cosmo-girl (Sheela) becomes the love interest of Narasimha.
PerformancesJr NTR lives up to the expectations in everything. 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.
Brahmanandam hogs the limelight again in this movie as a Hindu priest who ‘maintains’ the family of Nayanatara. Brahmanandam has lots of footage and he in combination of NTR makes sure that there is enough entertainment. Nayanatara is paired up with Chari character and she is pretty good, slim and sleek. Sheela looted young hearts with glowing skin and sensuous garments. She is paired with Narasimha character. Mahesh Manjrekar is wasted due to poor characterization. Nassar, Sayaji Shinde and Asish Vidyardhi are alright.
Highlights
* Kondavalasa (in Amitabh Bachchan get up) as hero in Chakkera Takkuva (Cheeni Kum remake) brought laughs* ‘Maa Baava Kallallo Aanandam Choodali’ dialogue of Ananth also brought hilarious attention* The change of lyrics from ‘Where is that Panche Kattu, where is that pilaka juttu, where is that niluvu bottu…Chaari’ to ‘where is that panche kattu, where is that paatha bike, where is that old look…Chaari..’ is not good but should be accepted due to Censor reasons.* VV Vinayak appears in a single frame in the song ‘Sambho Siva Sambho…’and that resulted in loud whistles and shouts in theatres* NTR’s dances stood on the top* Brahmanandam’s comedy as lover to Nayanatara impresses.* Bad guy Mahesh Manjrekar also tried to make people laugh to some extent in the role of big Don.* All songs are good visual treats
Drawbacks
* Sayaji Shinde’s character is half baked. Audiences didn’t understand if he were a positive or negative character. On a whole, the characterization graph is not complete.* Climax is trash with senseless weapon theme. No one understood the logic and possibility of such a weapon that appears from air!!!
Story – screenplay – directionStory 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.
AnalysisFirst 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.
Bottom Line: A must watch movie for all, look out for NTR’s dances and his hilarious performance.