JayaDev Movie Review

Movie: Jayadev

Cast: Ganta Ravi, Malavika Raaj, Vinod Kumar, Vennala Kishore, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Ravi Prakash, Siva Reddy , Theenmar Satti and Others

Story, Screenplay, Direction: Jayanth C Paranji

Producer: Ashok Kumar K

Music: Mani Sharma

Cinematographer: Jawahar Reddy

Editor: Marthand K Venkatesh

Banner: Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Art Creations

Censor certificate: UA

Runtime:122 minutes

Release Date: June 30th, 2017

Watched at Anna theater, Mehdipatnam

Behind the Screens:

Andhra Pradesh HRD Minister, Ganta Srinivasa Rao’s son, Ravi is making his filmy debut with a Police Drama titled ‘Jayadev’ which was directed by Jayanth C Paranji who delivered super hits Preminchukundam Raa, Bavagaru Bagunnara, Premante Idera, Eeshwar, Lakshmi Narasimha, Shankar Dada MBBS etc earlier. Debutant Ravi had pinned high hopes on the film to make his mark in the film industry. Let us see how the movie is??

Story-line:

Jayadev (Ganta Ravi) is an honest Police Officer in Dosakayala Palli. A Police Officer Sriram (Ravi Prakash) gets killed and Jayadev is made in-charge of the case. It will be revealed that Sriram is killed for nailing down a goon, Masthan Babu (Vinod Kumar). Rest of the story is all about how Jayadev brings Masthan Babu behind the bars and do justice to Sriram’s family.

Performances:

Ganta Ravi is okay in action sequences. He should work on his looks. He needs to work out for rest of things like emotional, comic and humor scenes. He needs to improve his expressions. Since it is his first film, we may give him just pass marks. Heroine Malavika Raaj is limited for songs only. Vinod Kumar gets a crucial role after a long time and he is not apt to that role. Vennela Kishore, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Theenmar Satti, Ravi Prakash, and Siva Reddy are okay in the roles.

Analysis:

Director Jayanth C Paranji failed in all aspects. His screenplay and direction are bad. He failed with the bad story execution. The movie seems to be inspired by Tamil film, ‘Sethupathy’. The director tried to stay as honest as possible to that. The love track is badly handled. Some of the scenes which speak about the greatness of the police department have come out well. He failed to get good performances from artists.

Technical Values:

Mani Sharma’s music is total disappoint. Background score is impressive. Jawahar Reddy's camera work is just okay. Editor Marthand K Venkatesh had a chance to trim few scenes in the first half especially. Fights composition is good. The Production Values of Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Art Creations look very good. 

Thumbs up:

- Preclimax

Thumbs Down:

- Hero

- Bound Script

- Direction

- Bad execution

- Music

Final Verdict:

JayaDev film is all about powerful cop story. 

The first half is nothing to offer. Sriram’s murder and the incidents that follow it are a bit interesting. The second half of the film is very boring with nothing interesting. Preclimax is good.

Strickly skip this movie.

Review by Manikick

Rating : 1.5/5.0