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Friday, April 19, 2024
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TELUGU DAMARUKAM
EDITOR'S PICK
`Dhamarukam`
- stretched and narratively lackluster
Rating: **1/2
In a desperate attempt to marry socio-fantasy with modern day fiction, director
Sreenivass Reddie doesn`t inspire with his partly visually pleasing picture
"Dhamarukam", which happens to be stretched and dreary overall.
The film presents itself as the frontrunner in the graphics department, but
sadly it isn`t. After its makers spent nearly two years on the output, which
largely relies on the visuals, it makes one wonder that is this film we eagerly
waited for?
In a mythological war between gods and asuras (demons), the entire race of the
asuras is wiped clean but for one, and he happens to be Andhakasura aka Ravi
Shankar, who swears to avenge the death of his people and in turn win over the
world.
A thousand years later, Andhakasura finds out that in order to take control over
the five elements of nature, he should wed and sacrifice a girl who is born with
the blessings of goddess Parvati, and she happens to be Mahi aka Anushka.
However, for it to happen, he should first kill a 12-year old boy - a devout
devotee of lord Shiva, who may be his only hindrance. The asura kills the boy`s
family and assumes that the boy is dead too. The boy is mysteriously saved and
grows up to become Mallikarjuna aka Nagarjuna, with extreme hatred towards
Shiva, whom he believes was responsible for the death of his family.
Will Malli eventually belive in god and save the girl and thereby the world from
the clutches of the asura, forms the rest of the narrative.
As a viewer, you are hooked for at least the first few minutes, but sadly what
follows is a typical commercial mass masala affair. The film could have been
easily chopped by at least 15 to 20 minutes had only the director avoided
sub-plots and the effort of teleporting the lead pair to groove to the songs in
exotic locales. While the comedy does serve as a breather in the overall
stretched plot, it isn`t the rib-tickling types that will leave you in guffaws.
The partly satisfying visuals do offer some strikingly captivating moments that
are worth a mention, and especially the scenes involving the technically
developed world of the asuras or even some portion of Andhakasura`s character.
Nag`s transformation from Sai Baba to an evil-fighting hero with ease and elan
is extraordinary, while his co-star, Anushka, who is known for her performance
in another socio-fantasy flick called "Arundhati", barely has any part
to play here. You wonder what her character in the film really is because she
claims to be a doctor, but isn`t of any use or even advice when her own father
meets with an accident.
Ravi Shankar, with his noticeable voice and menacing looks as the asura turns in
a brilliant performance that will definitely win him laurels.
"Dhamarukam" had a strong premise that could have made it one of the
best socio-fantasy flicks, but thanks to the director`s intent to make it a
commercial entertainer, we are disappointed on the whole.
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Sri Velugonda Srinivas garu has written the story of “Damarukam” almost 3 years back . When the director Srinivasa Reddy garu first met Venkat garu of RR Movie makers , he liked the story so much that he immediately sent the director to Nagarjuna garu to narrate the story , even Nagarjuna garu liked the story and they have started shooting for the film almost an year and a half back .
The damarukam team has been working from an year and a half to make sure that they make this film the best in every one’s career who worked for the film and also make this film the best in the Industry . Damarukam is the first Socio Fantasy film in Nagarjuna’s career and this is also the highest budget film in Nagarjuna’s career. The graphics of the movie are extraordinary and are being executed by fire fly .
A team of almost 150 members have been working for the graphics of this film from the past 1 year. The movie almost has 1 hour and 10 minutes of graphics. The first 17 minutes , 10 minutes at the time of the interval and 20 minutes from the climax are extraordinary and the whole film is made with utmost care as huge graphics are involved in the movie and a lot of care has been taken to ensure that the story line is not broken because of graphics.
The music for the movie is been given by Devi Sri Prasad and this would be the best of all the albums of devi Sri Prasad. This movie will also be the best under R R Movie makers in consideration of un compromising support of the producer , excellent music form Devi Sri Prasad , amazing graphics , the best ever performance by Nagarjuna , amazing story line , best cinematography of Chota K Naidu and extraordinary support of the whole cast and crew.
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