Film: Naayak
Rating: 3.5/5
Rating: 3.5/5
Starring: Ram Chran, Kajal Agarwal, Amala Paul
Director: VV. Vinayak
Producer: DVV Danayya
Banner: Universal Media
Music: Thaman
Story
Cherry (Ram Charan), a software engineer and a happy go lucky guy falls for Madhu (Kajal Aggarwal), a local don Gandipeta Babji’s (Rahul Dev) sister while saving his uncle Jilebi (Brahmanandam) from Babji. On the other hand, a series of murders will take place in Hyderabad and CBI team suspects Cherry and when cops trap him, the situation leads to unexpected twist. How does Cherry gets free from situations forms the crux of the story.
Performances
Ram Charan has delivered a matured performance and his dances are a visual treat to watch out for. His voice modulation and comic timing are more improved. Ram Charan carried off the dual roles with much ease
Kajal Agarwal looked gorgeous and she acted well. Her scenes with Ram Charan have come out quite well.
Amala Paul has limited role but she looked good. She danced well in the Hey Naayak song while her Subhalekha Rasukunna song was one of the highlights of the movie.
Brahmanandam as Jilebi and Jaya Prakash Reddy rocked the screens in the first half with brilliant comic timing. Posani Krishna Murali is entertaining in the second half along with MS Narayana. Rahul Dev, Pradeep Rawat, Dev Gill are decent, Rajeev Kanakala makes his mark.
Technical Analysis
Chota K Naidu cinematography is brilliant and the songs scored by Thaman are superbly shot in the exotic beautiful locales. Thaman’s background score helps in elevating scenes. Akula Shiva’s dialogues are fine. Editing by Gautam Raju is good. Production values are lavish.
Analysis
Naayak don’t offer you uniqueness or freshness in terms of story but provides you the needed entertainment quotient with no boring moments. The pace of the movie is quite fast which helped in the proceedings. Director Vinayak played it safe with the regular commercial formula of the right mix of action, love and entertainment. While Ram Charan amazes with his dances, action and emotional scenes, actors Brahmanandam, Jayaprakash Reddy, Posani Krishna Murali and MS Narayana provides ample entertainment. All the songs have been brilliantly shot and the movie is technically sound. Despite few loopholes and cinematic liberties, the right mix of ample commercial elements works well for Naayak. The first half of the movie moves with good comedy by Brahmanandam and Jaya Prakash Reddy and Charan-Kajal scenes while interval block gets interesting and the film gets a bit predictable in the second half with the twist being revealed. Nevertheless, the mass elements and entertainment quotient is high in Naayak which would one expect from mass entertainers.
Final Verdict
Ram Charan scores it again with perfect formulaic entertainer!!!
Nayak-(Ram Charan scores it again with perfect formulaic entertainer!!!)
Reviewed by Prashanth kumar Nagation Jan 09 2013
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Reviewed by Prashanth kumar Nagation Jan 09 2013
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| Ruler movie |
We have earlier reported to our viewers
that Mega Power Star Ram Charan will act in the direction of Boyapati
Srinu. Now, the latest news is that the regular shooting of the film
will commence from February 2013.
Ruler is the title under consideration
though it’s not announced officially by the makers. KS Ramarao and
Alexander Vallabha are producing the film on the banner of Creative
Commercials.
The film is touted to be a romantic
entertainer with ample commercial elements. An official announcement
about the film launch is expected shortly and meanwhile, Ram Charan is
busy with bunch of films Naayak, Yevadu, Zanjeer in the pipeline.
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| Nayak |
Ram Charan’s Naayak is slated for a
grand scale release on January 9 and meanwhile, the film goes to censor
certification on January 3, 2013. The post-production works are under
brisk progress and the filmmakers are planning to get the first copy
ready soon.
Kajal Agarwal and Amala Paul are playing
the female leads in this commercial action entertainer directed by VV
Vinayak and produced by DVV Danayya on Universal Media banner. Chota K
Naidu is cranking the camera for Naayak and Thaman scored the music.
Akula Shiva provided the script.
Naayak is the first biggest release of
the year 2013 followed by Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu casting
Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu.
Mega Power Star Ram Charan is likely to
act in the direction of Boyapati Srinu who earlier directed Tulasi,
Simha and Dammu movies. Boyapati Srinu narrated a script to Ram Charan
for which the latter has okayed it.
The script work is under progress for
the film and Alexanader Vallabha of Creative Commercials banner will
produce the movie. They had lastly produced Dammu movie. The film is
touted to commercial mass entertainer with love story and action
backdrop.
The leading lady and other details of the cast and crew are not yet finalized. KS Rama Rao is the presenter of the film.
Ram Charan is currently busy with the
shooting schedules of Naayak and Zanjeer film while he will resume the
shoot of Yevadu in a while.
After Amitabh Bachchan did promotion for Gujarat tourism the results were very bright. Similarly, Shahrukh Khan is now doing the same for Bengal and feedback is good. Now that Chiranjeevi is the tourism minister, many are suggesting he should focus on south. Some are advising him that his son Ram Charan will be good as brand ambassador for AP tourism.
But Chiru is reportedly saying maybe it will not look good and he wants to ask Mahesh Babu. So, either of them might promote AP tourism. Same would be the approach for TN, Kerala, Karnataka. The top heroes of those states are to be approached. Irony is many in AP don’t know what are the tourism spots in AP. If a north Indian star mentions about that people will come here.
But first a Telugu hero should speak to create awareness for local crowds. For national campaigning of AP tourism, a Bollywood hero can be taken. If Chiru can do that he will get good marks among people. And if Cherry does it will create a very good image that mega family is working dedicated to promote our state’s tourism.
Actress Priyanka Chopra, who is playing the female lead in the "Zanjeer" remake, will join the cast and crew of the film this month in Hyderabad.
"We have planned for a 25-day schedule in Hyderabad. We will be going to Hyderabad on November 14th and will be back on December 5. So now Priyanka Chopra will be joining us in Hyderabad and this is her first schedule for 'Zanjeer'," Apoorva Lakhia, who is directing the film, said.
"We are extremely lucky to have her. It will be fun to work with her," he added.
Sanjay Dutt will also join them in Hyderabad.
"As far as Sanjay Dutt is concerned, he will just have a-half-day shoot in Hyderabad. His major portions will be shot in Mumbai in January," said Lakhia.
Amit Mehra is producing the film, which was originally made by his late father Prakash Mehra in 1973 with Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role.
For the remake, southern star Ram Charan Teja steps into Big B's shoes.
