BADRINATH TELUGU MOVIE REVIEW

Allu Aravind who made blockbuster films like Magadheera spending crores of rupees on his nephew Ramcharan, set out to produce an equally big budget movie with his own son Allu Arjun as the hero. With V V Vinayak as the director and Tamannah as the heroine, expectations were sky high on 'Badrinath'. Set with the temple town as the backdrop, the movie was a love and action thriller.

Story

Bheeshma Narayana(Prakash Raj) is a martial arts and spiritual guru in Takshasila who is commissioned by Sadhus to train a few kids in martial arts. They want those kids to grow up and become 'Kshetra Palakas'(those who safeguard the temple). Bheeshma trains a group of kids but his favourite amongst them all is Badri(Allu Arjun). He excels in martial arts and on mastering his training, he gets to become the temple guard of Badrinath Maha Vishnu temple. Meanwhile, Alakananda(Tamannah) comes to Badrinath with her grandfather. She doesn't believe in god. Badri challenges that he will make her a devotee of Lord in a week's time. He also helps her in offering 'Pinda Pradanam' to her parents and moved by his act, she falls in love with him. She however doesn't convey the same to him. Her grandfather reveals her past to Badri. Her aunt married a goon called Sarkar(Kelly Dorjee) and that once Alakananda had humiliated her aunt. Her aunt now wants Alakananda as her daughter in law. Badri promises Alakananda's grandpa that he will save her. Meanwhile, Bheeshma wants to make Badri as the head of Takshasila after him. But for that, he has to remain a bachelor all his life. The rest of the story is on how Sarkar targets Alakananda and whether Badri fulfills the promise he made to his Guru Bheeshma.

 PERFORMANCES:

Allu Arjun looks perfect in physique, riveting in dance performance, apt in emotional scenes. He did his best to do justice but then his character should have been etched with more conviction.

Tamannah is a visual feast and she has given a literal Abhishekam with her milky white oomph factor. Her screen presence is significant and she delivered well during emotional sequences.

Prakash Raj did his bit as required. However, his role was not as powerful as it was hyped. His face was hidden in white beard and hair. Only eyes and nose are visible. Worst make up.

Kelly Dorjee was spineless as a villain, all that hungama about his profile looks hollow. Ashwini (the police cop in Rakta Charitra who gets her revolver licked by Bukka Reddy) is a talented actress but she got stiff in few scenes. Brahmanandam was okay, Krishna Bhagawan gave his regular satires

Highlights:

* Visual grandeur
* Tamannah’s Glamour Feast
* Bunny’s sincere efforts in action and dance
* Picturesque Locales
* Production values

DRAWBACKS:
* Significant directorial flaws
* Weak climax
* Non-situational songs
* Weak comedy* Average cinematography* weak plot


FINAL VERDICT: The film came with a lot of hype that it was the highest budget film and it would break all the records of Magadheera. But records come only if the story is good and you can't make a film good by just investing more money on it. On the whole another flick of the year, a below average film.
There is nothing new or great about this film. It is a very predictable story with nothing noteworthy to mention about.

Rating: 
Go watch the film if you want to get bored and want to waste your money and valuable time.


Cast & Crew : Allu Arjun, Tamanna, Nana Patekar, Rao Ramesh Rao, Kelly Dorji, Ashwini Kalsekar, Prakash Raj, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Sayaji Shinde, Kalyani, Kovai Sarala, Krishna Bhagavan, Raghu Babu
Language : Telugu,Malayalam and Tamil
Genre : Action, Devotional
Director : V V Vinayak
Music : M M Keeravani
Writer : Chinni Krishna
Rating : 2/5
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