Goutham Nanda Movie Review

Movie:      Goutham Nanda

Cast: Gopichand, Hansika, Catherine Tresa, Mukesh Rushi, Sachin Khedker, Vennala Kishore, Bhithiri Sathi, Venu, Chanti, Chandra Mohan, Nikithan Theer and Others

Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Direction: Sampath Nandi

Producer: J Bhagavan and J Pulla Rao

Music: Thaman SS

Cinematographer: Soundar Rajan

Editor: Goutham Raju

Banner: Sri Balaji Cine Media

Release Date: July 28th, 2017

Watched at Galaxy theater, Toli chowchi

Behind the Screens:

Gopichand who made a comeback with his Loukyam movie in 2014 is back to the flops with his next back to back films – Jil and Soukhyam. Two of his films – Oxygen and Aaradugula Bullet are struggling to release due to some problems. So hero keeping all his hopes on Goutham Nanda movie. Let us see how the movie??

Story-line:

Ghattamaneni Goutham (Gopichand) is the only son of a big shot billionaire (Sachin Khedkar). All the days he is enjoying with his friends in foreign countries. But then, one day he gets the question of what he is without his father. To get an answer, he changes his position with Nanda (Gopichand), a poor guy who has a starking resemblance to Goutham. While Goutham learns the value of life in Nanda’s house, Nanda turns greedy in Goutham’s place. What happens next in the story forms the rest.

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Performances:

Gopichand who has the image of a Mass Action Hero is convincing in a Stylish Avatar. He completely stylish in Ghattamaneni Goutham's role. He managed to bring good variations in both the characters. He did a decent job in emotional sequences too. 

Catherine Tresa is resticted to glamor scenes. Hansika is seen in a limited screen space and is okay in normal girl looks. Mukesh Rishi and Nikithan Theer are okay. Sachin Khedkar, Chandramohan, and Seetha are good in the roles.

Analysis:

As a story writer, Sampath Nandi succeeded. But as a director he was disappointed. He chose a good storyline but did not executed up to the mark. Gopichand’s Stylish Makeover deserves applause. He repeated the same mistake as previous cases by concentrating on grandeur and styling with out proper concentration on story execution. The movie has an interesting storyline but the revenge plot is very weak. The twists in the movie are good. 

Technical Values:

 

SS Thaman’s songs are okay but the background score is good. Soundar Rajan’s cinematography is very good. With his camera work movie got rich look. Editing should have been better and editor had chance to cut few scenes in the film. Lavish and rich look to movie due to extraordinary production values. 

Thumbs Up:

-Production Values

-Rich look

-Stroy Line

Thumbs Down:

-Story execution

-Parts of the scenes

Final Verdict:

Goutham Nanda movie is "High Emphasis on Style and grandeur, Low on Substance".

If director Sampath nandi concentrates more on story execution than grandeur look then it would be good film.

Bottom line: Old wine in new bottle.

Review by Manikick

Rating:      2.75/5