Film: Bheemili
Rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Mega Supergood Films
Cast: Nani, Saranya Mohan, Kishore, Dhanraj, Vinay, Santosh etc.
Story: Susheendran
Editing: Nandamuri Hari
Music: Selva Ganesh
Camera: Chittibabu
Presented by: R B Chowdary
Producers: N V Prasad, Paras Jain
Screenplay, direction: Tatineni Prasad
Release date: 09/07/2010
Known for its family-oriented films, Supergood, this time, has come out with “Bheemili” based on the theme of Kabaddi sport. It was a roaring success in Tamil, but it failed to repeat the same in Andhra.
No team can play with same vigour at all places at all times and emerge victorious. Some times, it may bag the cup and at others, it might collapse.
So, this Kabaddi team of Supergood Films could not put up the same show in Telugu as it did in Tamil. Of course, team members are not the same and so is the captain. So, the entire game has changed and the form has gone for a toss.
“Vennila Kabadi Kulu” which was a super hit in Tamil, miserably failed to redo the magic in Telugu as “Bheemili Kabaddi team.” One does not know whether the team has really won the hearts of fans on screen, but it definitely played a cruel game with the audience off the screen in cinema theatres. It really tested the patience of the audience for two and a half hours. Such kind of tragedies might melt the hearts of Tamil brothers, but the dose is definitely not enough to bring tears to our Telugu audience. We need a bigger shock.
For those who still want to know more about the film, here is the story in brief:
There is this Kabaddi team in Bheemili town, which never knows how to win a match, leave alone a tournament. For the team members, it is just a sport for fun. Such a team gets a rare opportunity to participate in a state-level Kabaddi tournament. The enthusiastic team gets the support of a coach.
And there is a parallel love story in the backdrop of the same Kabaddi game. This love story gets a sudden break at interval, but its climax is linked to the finals of Kabaddi tournament. Now, the question is whether the Bheemili team which does not know how to win even a match, would emerge as state-level champion? And whether the love story would have a happy ending?
Performances:
Nani, who played dynamic roles in his first two films, is seen as a silent guy with rural background in this film. For him, it is a different role and he gets full marks for his action. He changed his body language to suit the role and simply involved himself in it. And he once again proved that he is among the few present day actors who can really act.
Saranya Mohan is aptly suited for her role. However, in long shots, she poses an inconvenient look as if she is a school girl wearing a saree. She disappears at interval and reappears only in the climax. Yet, she has done justice to her role.
Kishore, who played the Kabaddi coach, totally justified the tough role given to him. It resembles that of Shahrukh Khan in Chak De… All others are more or less debutant actors. As if to give an odd-touch to the team, some funny characters are included in the team and individually, each of them performed okay. But it would have been a better performance had they been known faces.
Talking about Selva Ganesh’s music score, except the item number, all other songs are in tune with the story line. More than the songs, the background score is good and it stands as the plus point of the film. The theme music composed for romance threat haunts the audience even after they come out of the theatre. Dialogues are just normal and nothing worth mentioning about them. Especially when the coach inspires the Kabaddi team members, the dialogues completely lack the required punch, as a result of which the emotional scene lost its impact.
The camera work is good and some shots in the backdrop of village atmosphere stand out. As regards editing, it is very sharp in the second half, but there are some avoidable scenes in the first half. Though it is a low budget film, Mega Supergood Films ensured that the film does not lack quality. Perhaps, the rich experience of the producers ensured that the budget has not crossed its limits.
Analysis:
Tatineni Satya, son of TLV Prasad, has been introduced as a director with this remake. Though it is not proper to judge his abilities as director with just a remake, one must say Satya has failed to bring the soul and feel of Tamil film in the Telugu version. Had he groomed the hero’s role properly, the audience would have felt his victory and defeat in the climax scene. If the audience did not feel themselves connected with the hero, the fault lies with the director.
The major problem in re-making a film from Tamil to Telugu is the nativity. And the director failed to bring in this nativity while remaking the film in Telugu. He just imitated as it is in every factor – from star casting to set property. As a result, the audience feel as if they are watching the dubbed version of the film.
There is no compulsion to give a tragic climax to the film. There is no striking element anywhere in the film and hence the Tamil director’s idea of having a shocking climax clicked there. But in Telugu, it did not work out because the narration did not have sufficient stuff to that effect. Certain elements like hero not being aware of heroine’s name and missing of heroine in the second half till climax might have been new, but they failed to impress the audience. The climax has not been publicized, but one need not be surprised if it creates an impression that Kabaddi is a life-threatening game.
Verdict: A team that has collapsed.
Written By Vihari
