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Film: Oosaravelli
Cast: NTR, Tamannah, 'Kick' Shaam, Prakash Raj, Tanikella Bharani, Murali Sharma, Vidyut Jamwal, Payal Ghosh, Rehman, Jayaprakash Reddy, Raghu Babu, Benarjee, M S Narayana, Adwik Mahajan, GV, Ajay, Ahuti Prasad, Duvvasi Mohan, Raghu Karumanchi
Story: Vakkantam Vamsi
Dialogues: Koratala Shiva
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Lyrics: Chandrabose, Rama Jogaiah Shastri, Ananta Sriram
Director of Photography: Rasool Ellore
Art: S Ravindar
Editing: Gowtam Raju
Action: Ram- Lakshman
Line Producer: Chakravarthy Ramachandra
Presented by: B Bapineedu
Banner: Sri Venkateshwara Cine Chitra
Presented by: B Bapineedu
Produced by: BVSN Prasad
Screenplay and directed by: Surender Reddy
Release date: October 06, 2011
CBFC Rating: U/A

What's it about!

Tony (NTR) saves a girl in Kashmir and follows her to Hyderabad where she’s working as fashion designer. It is later revealed that her name is Niharika (Tamannah) and she’s in love with Rakesh, a politician’s son. Yet, Tony continues to love her and proves that Rakesh’s love is not true. But there is another side to Tony who is on a special mission. And Niharika too has a past.

Analysis

Director Surender Reddy shot to fame with his debut film - Atanokkade, a stylish revenge drama but later he tasted failures with NTR’s Ashok and Mahesh Babu’s Athidhi. To find success, he chose comedy and made an entertainer called Ravi Teja’s Kick - which paid off well at box-office. In Oosaravelli, he has tried to mix Kick style of entertainment and his original style of vengeance which turns out to be a hotchpotch exercise.

Basic plot is taken from Hollywood master Johnnie To directed Vengeance (2009) but both script writer Vakkantam Vamsi and director Surender Reddy have failed miserably in copying (adapting) it perfect. First half is filled up with silly comedy and second half has excessive and lengthy action episodes. The film basically falters in screenplay department - runs predictably and ends in same manner.

Performances

Generally, NTR steals the show with his screen presence and powerful dialogues in all his movies but in Oosaravelli has tried to underplay his acting prowess. He does his best in the first half though. But NTR’s look in the film is inconsistent - sometimes he looks stylish but in most of the scenes he looks in scruffy manner and his hairstyle is odd to say the least. He should stick to his Kantri/Adhurs look. He has also gained weight.

Tamannah steals the show in the second half, especially in the flash back scenes. She lacks in glamour quotient in this film but she scores in performance. Payal Ghosh as Tamannah's best friend is good.

Prakash Raj is wasted. Kick Shaym’s brief role is just copy of small portion of The Departed/Infernal Affairs. There is whole lot of actors – Jayaprakash Reddy, Duvvasi, MS Narayna, Vidyut, Murali, etc – but none of them make any impact to talk about.

Some of Koratala Shiva’s dialogues are good but when NTR mouths this - "Current Teega Naalaga Sannga Untandi" - one can’t stop himself/herself from laughing. One wonders how such silly and absurd dialogue is incorporated. Vakkantam Vamsi’s script is filled with stock situations, he fails to properly copy the Hong Kong film. Devi Sri Prasad’s songs are good on hearing but they are not that effective on screen. The only song that stands out on screen is - Bratakali, which is shot well. Cinematography by Rasool Ellore is okay.

Director Surender Reddy, generally presents his movies in ‘stylish’ manner, but in this film he has not shown much “creativity” that is worth mentioning.

Bottom-line

Oosaravelli is run of the mill revenge drama sprinkled with some comedy here and there but on the whole it is a huge disappointment. First half is okay but it drags on as the movie proceeds on.

Reviewed by JP

Rating: 2.75/5

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