Katamarayudu movie review: Pawan Kalyan's film is funny, violent, enjoyable in parts...
Katamarayudu is the remake of Tamil blockbuster Veeram, which had Thala Ajith Kumar as the main man.
When Pawan Kalyan's Sardar Gabbar Singh turned out to be a damp squib at the box office last year, expectations for Katamarayudu rose to mammoth proportions.
One can draw several parallels between Ajith Kumar and Pawan Kalyan. Both are practical and realistic. They don't appear in the media often. Their films mostly pander to their respective fans. Both have charismatic screen presence. The only difference is that Ajith doesn't have political ambitions, at least for now. So, when Pawan decides to remake a film, who better than Thala Ajith, whose Veeram was an out-and-out money-spinner at the box office?
Pawan in Katamarayudu gives what all is expected by his fans. He does that in style or what fans wish to call 'Pawanism'.
In some ways, Katamarayudu is more palpable than Veeram. Take Pawan's introduction for instance. The director holds back and plays with the audience before he unleashes Rayudu on them. First, he just shows Rayudu's footwear, which itself receives chest-thumping reception from fans. Then, Rayudu's back is exposed with a blurry background. Now, he cuts to a raging bull, whose face fades out, and paves the way for our powerstar Katamarayudu (Pawan Kalyan). For any potboiler, the celebration is important both on and off screen. That's how a 'superstar' should be introduced. In Veeram, we had Ajith appearing blandly.
Katamarayudu is templated and is targeted for a family audience. Therefore, brother-sentiment, family-sentiment and lover-sentiment are prerequisites her, though inconsequential. As for fans, does a storyline actually matter?
Much like Veeram, the film follows the lives of Katamarayudu, his four brothers (Ajay, Siva Balaji, Kamal Kamaraju and Chaitanya Krishna) and his lawyer friend (Ali). Rayudu doesn't believe in marriage nor in women. The reason being, never mind. It's too funny to be taken seriously anyway. In fact, there's a problematic line in the film, which gets thunderous applause from fans. Rayudu says, "If we do certain things, we're called factionists. But if women do it, they're called feminists."
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