Film: Kantri
My Rating: 3.5/5
Cast: NTR, Hansika, Tanisha, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyaradhi, Kota, Dharmavarapu, Brahmanandam, Sunil, and others
Music: Manisharma
Cinematography: Sameer Reddy
Action: Stun Shiva
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Choreography: Prem Rakshit, Raju Sundaram
Art: A S Prakash
Executive producer: Sai Baba
Produced by: C Ashwani Dutt
Story, screenplay and directed by: Meher Ramesh
Release Date: May 9, 2008
CBFC Rating: U/A
Main Story:
Kantri Kranti (NTR) is an orphan who attracts the attention of the local don Seshu (Asish Vidyardhi) who in turn reports
to the kingpin PR (Prakash Raj) who is based in Hong Kong. Kranti attracts the attention of PR in no time and climbs up the ladder.
Then they fall out due to some differences. Later it is revealed that Kranti is not an orphan, but the son of PR himself. The rest of
the story is all about whether Kranti reconciles with his father or takes revenge on him.
Artists Performances:
NTR: NTR is looking ultra glamorous with light beard in the film. NTR is superb in the role of Kantri. He dances exceptionally well in
all the songs and his steps in Vayassunami and I go crazy songs are awesome. His dialogue delivery in the film has the perfect mix of mass
and class orientation. He could perform the stunts stylishly due to agile body.
Others: Hansika is cute and sexy as the female lead. But she needs work on expressions in certain scenes. Tanishaa comes in the second
half and has a limited role to play. Prakash Raj looks fresh with a new hair-do. Kota is entertaining as the father. The comedy done by Ali and
Krishna Bhagawan does stand out. Asish Vidyardhi, Murali Sharma, Sayaji Shinde, Subbaraju are adequate. Sunil and Brahmanandam have separate comedy tracks.
Technical Side: Story - screenplay - direction: The story of the film has the shades of Pokiri in the mafia aspect. But there is a nice twist in the film that
is revealed towards climax. Direction of the film by Mehar Ramesh is good in parts. He could able to stuff all elements in the first half and could narrate it in
a crisp way. The aggression of hero shown in Hong Kong episodes is conceived well. But the tempo goes down in the second half as there is no conflict angle in the
film once father and son unite. The screenplay in the second half would have been better. And the climax of the film appears dragged once the main twist of the film
is revealed. On a whole, Mehar Ramesh holds promise to become a good director if he works on the holistic perspective of the script.
Mani Music: Music by Mani Sharma is good. Mani Sharma gave Hollywood texture to the background music (especially the instruments used). Picturization of the songs is pretty good.
Allu Arjun's costumes would have been taken care of in 'parugulu teeyake pasidaana' song though the song is supposed to be whacky. The steps Allu Arjun did for 'elagelaga' are excellent.
Analysis: The first half of the film is good. The tempo goes down in the second half. The twist towards climax is interesting. But the fights that follow appear extended. The plus points of
the film are NTR’s energizing performance (dialogues, dances and emotions) and the first half. On the flip side, the conflict aspect in the second half should have been taken care of. We have
to wait and see how NTR is going to unleash his mass magnetic power on the movie lovers with this commercial flick this summer!
Pluse Points: Story and dialogues – Mani music, energetic performance by kantri NTR and well made first half.
We have to wait and see how this film fares at box office!!!
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