Mahesh scores one for Tollywood

Forget what the critics have to say. Don’t bother about the ratings. Just go to the theatre, see the movie. Watch the audience roll in laughter, and clap in delight. Feel nearly three hours go past you in a trance. Once you are out of the movie hall, you’ll find it difficult to get the movie out of you. Srinu Vaitla’s Dookudu starring Mahesh Babu will put the faith of Tollywood movie making back into your heart.

After watching the Suriyas, Ajiths and Vikrams steal the thunder from right under our noses, we can now say it with pride – our heroes, with the right script, can deliver – even better. Dookudu is a big thumbs up for Tollywood brand commercial cinema. The heroism has attitude.

The villainy has menace. And the comedy has nativity. Above all Sriniu Vaitla as the director has demonstrated command over the subject. The way he handled the father and son sentiment is, to say the least, neat. No guesses for the actor who holds all this together – Mahesh. He is gifted with ungodly good looks and a screen presence that can make stones swoon. As if that is not enough his timing for comedy seems to be getting better with each movie. The nonchalance with which he shifts emotions can make other actors in the frame insecure.

But Prakash Raj and Nasseer as the goodies are veterans. As are Kota and Sonu Sood as the baddies. There is nothing new to say about Brahmanandam and M S Narayana. Their laughter can light up a bottomless pit. In that context Srinu Vaitla’s casting and characterization are superb. The one with the least experience – heroine Samantha is hid well.

If anything she has the least screen presence with Mahesh. Nothing, they say, succeeds like success. We now know that Mahesh’s tweets were anything but emotional.He knows enough cinema to judge the good and the ordinary.

Dookudu, even a cynic will admit is merely not good from a commercial point of view. It is good from an industry perspective too. If the extremely happy faces of those coming out of the theatre are any indication, it looks like the festival season has arrived slightly early for Tollywood.

Courtesy: 123telugu.com