Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu – Movie Experience
Once again, there is an idea (manipulative media and current day politics), and then there is an attempt at trying to weave a story around it, by using one single central character and the presentation turns out to be too much over-the-top and sleep inducing as well. With 2 or 3 good scenes, and some good dialogue thrown here and there, you cannot be in a position to compel the audience to watch a two and half hour long movie.
When talking about the experience watching “Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu”, I would be in the safest position if I choose not to dig into the logic behind how the movie unfurled. But, at the same time, the happenings in the movie did not allow me to settle down with a peace of mind either. One moment, the hero is asking questions to a lady about her gender bias. The other moment, he is fighting goons in a politician’s guest house. Meanwhile, he dances to some very below average music numbers. And, all of a sudden, he is in confrontation with the main villain, faces his wrath, and there is a mutual exchange of challenges. Oh yeah, there was a heroine too among this entire ruckus. And, this is only one half of the movie.
In the second half, there is another heroine (who the hell was that?) and there is a song with her (what the hell was that?). Only after all this, Puri Jagannath tries to do some justice to his writing skills. There are, to be precise, three episodes which catch your attention – the Jana gana mana dialogue, the Ordinary women dialogue and the 4-minute pre climax scene – and that is about it. And in the end, Puri again chooses to close the film in an even more baffling manner.
The two good things about the film are Pawan Kalyan’s intensity in a few scenes and Kota Srinivasa Rao’s portrayal of the opposition party leader. All the other actors hardly have any opportunity to bring more credibility to the film as the writer-cum-director does not leave any chance. Prakash Raj, Brahmanandam, Ali and Tanikella Bharani – all of them barely get a chance to do justice to their talent. And, the less we speak about Tamannah and her character, the better it would be.
It is some achievement to make a movie in less than 6 months on such a large scale, with so many high profile actors. And it is also, in my opinion, good for those who depend on the film industry to have two Pawan Kalyan releases in the span of 5 months. But, in order to accomplish that, Puri Jagannath takes a lot of things for granted and throws his atrocity upon us. One wouldn’t want to see such poor quality visual effects in a Pawan Kalyan movie which opens to such huge crowds, but I am not sure that was even considered for improvement before the release.
The overall experience watching CGR is not good and it is even more annoying when a very capable director continues to make bad films. I hope Puri Jagannath comes up with something convincing very soon, and until then, I will endure his works.