Film: Young India
Rating: 1/5
Banner: Siri Media
Cast: Dasari Narayana Rao, Brahmanandam, Swapna, Venu, Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad along with 81 new Telugu artistes
Music: Keeravani
Editing: Gautham Raju
Cinematography: Ramana Raju
Story, dialogues, screenplay, direction: Dasari Narayana Rao
Producer: K Ramakrishna Prasad
Release date: 15/05/2010
Darsakaratna Dasari Narayana Rao has come up with his 149th directorial venture and according to him, this is meant to be an eye opener for all. How much openings it will get, let us see.
A group of youngsters Abhi, Venky, Razzaq, Rai attempt to commit suicide as they have their own share of tragic flashbacks. However, Keerthi (Sowmya) gets to the spot and the group reveals their stories. She gets them to her father Naidu (Dasari) who is an SP with a Tamil accent. He gives them his piece of mind and this aimless group suddenly emerges to be a new movement called ‘Young India’ fighting against injustice. What happens after that is anyone’s guess.
The lead cast comprises of eight youngsters in total and the rest of the 75 artistes fill the screen. they have done their best to infuse life into their characters but the etching was weak. Since it is their debut attempt, certain drawbacks were seen so they must polish their skills if they are looking to make careers in the industry.
Dasari Narayana Rao was usual with his eccentric dialogues and one fails to understand why he had to take up a Tamil accent. Anyways, he was present at the key instances and was busy beaming with pride while the youngsters keep praising him.
Brahmanandam was annoying and his stereotype expressions and body language gave painful expressions than smiles.
The other supporting cast was okay and did their bit as required.
Analysis:
Dasari is an experienced veteran and is revered in the Tollywood circuit. While one can appreciate his attempt to spread a message, he must realize that at the end of the day, it is the audience that matters and not his whims and fancies.
Some of the general statements that came out during the movie from the audience is “it is better to wear a rug and sleep outside in the sun than watch this film”, in the end a dialogue is said that a girl is attempting to commit suicide, someone in the audience said “maybe she has just seen the film and that’s why she is doing it”.
Apparently, Dasari seems to have built an ivory castle for ‘self dabba’ that he has lost grip of the fundamentals of film making. At any given point of time, it is about his propaganda and his attention seeking while the plot of the movie goes for a toss. While the conceiving and presentation is nowhere near perfection, the final nail in the head is hit by the poor writing and production values. This was meant to be a message oriented flick then one fails to understand how Dasari can encourage youngsters to pick up automatic rifles and blow the guts out of evil doers. All in all, it is a terrible experience for the viewer who will grow old by ten years within film duration.
Don’t risk yourself watching this film
-Reviewed by Venkat Arikatla ([email protected])
