Guru movie review

Movie :  Guru

Cast: Venkatesh, Rithika Singh, Raghu Babu, Nassar, Tanikella Bharani, Zakir Hussain, Mumtaz Sorcar and others

Direction: Sudha Kongara Prasad

Written by Harsha Vardhan (dialogues)

Story and Screenplay: Sudha Kongara Prasad

Based on Irudhi Suttru (2016)

Music Director: Santosh Narayanan

Cinematography: KA.Sakthivel

Editing: Satish Suriya

Producer: Sashikanth

Banner: Y Not Studios

Certificate: U

Runtime: 116.30 minutes

Release: March 31,2017

Watched at SVC Sangeetha theater, Patanchervu

Behind the screens:

Victory Venkatesh who has become choosy and is coming with different entertainers. He is doing remakes of hit films, now he is coming to entertain movie lovers with Guru, the remake of Hindi-Tamil bilingual entertainer Saala Khadoos. Let us see what impact the film made on movie lovers. 

Story Line:

Boxing coach Aditya Rao (Venkatesh) gets shunted from Sports Authority of India (SAI), Delhi to Vizag due to clashes with head coach Dev Khatri (Zakir Hussain). Junior coach Punch Pandu (Nassar) promoting his own students who don’t know anything about boxing. Aditya Rao much to his delight finds out Ramudu aka Rameshwari (Ritika Singh), arrogant sister of Lux (Mumtaz Sorcar) talented enough to shine if given training.  To find out whether he can make the arrogant Ramudu win the World Boxing Championship against all odds, watch Guru on screen. 

"Indian boxing nunchi politics thesthe galli galli ki oka champion dorukutharu"

Performances:

Venkatesh worked very hard for sporting a new look as a boxing coach. His salt and pepper looks are apt to the character. He played his role to perfection bringing variations. He is terrific as a tough uncompromising no nonsense coach and then as a frustrated boxer.  His dialogue delivery, body language, and expressions are terrific. Ritika Singh stole the show with her powerful performance throughout the film. She elevated the film to a new level with her performance.  Her expressions showed as a girl suffering poverty and boxer who fight against the system is mindblowing. Her dialogue delivery and body language are ultimate. Nassar performed well in his limited role. Others like Raghu Babu, Tanikella Bharani, Zakir Hussain, Mumtaz, Zakir Hussain performed accordingly. 

"India ki medel thesukuravadniki ne okkadi kalu nakadam enti mana desam loni 120 kotla mandi kalu nakadaniki nenu ready raa"

Analysis:

Director Sudha Kongara came with a different film to inspire many especially those in Tollywood to think out of the box.  She highlighted the emotions in the lives of various human beings and the struggle they have to go to win fighting against the corrupt system. Sudha Kongara’s story, screenplay and direction are quite good.

Technical Values:

Music by Santosh Narayanan is just okay. His background score is good. The film has a couple of songs. Venkatesh's song 'Jigiri jigiri..' and the song filmed on Ritika attracts all. Editing could have been better in the second half. Few dialogues are too good. The cinematography is good. Production values are good. 

Thumbs Up:

- Ritika Singh and Venkatesh

- Gripping screenplay

- Story

- 2 songs

Thumbs down:

- Few scenes

Final verdict:

The first half is full of entertaining and action elements. Venkatesh’s song, mannerisms and Ritika Singh’s performance thrill everyone. Interval bang is good.

The second half is all about how the duo fight against all odds. Right from the beginning to end, movie running with the gripping screenplay and fully engaging which makes the good impact. 

Strongly recommended film to watch in theaters.

Just go and watch you will like it!

Review by Manikick

Rating:  3.5/5