- Film : Malligadu
- Producer : Studio Green
- Director : Ameer Sultan
- Star Cast : Karthi, Priyamani and others...
- Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja
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One such hero in Telugu cinema Industry who has not even done a single direct film, but is no less than all those Telugu speaking heroes. Katri has always being doing his set of films and loves to experiment with his roles. His debut film in Tamil is being dubbed as ‘Malli Gadu’ and released today. Looking more or less like a offbeat cinema, will ‘Malli Gadu’ would earn the same reviews even in Telugu? Let us know;
Other Ratings
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Deccan
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The Times of India
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BharatStudent
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Rediff
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Story
Malli (Karthi) is a trouble maker in that entire Village he lives. Even his Chinna Nanna (Saravanan), joins him instead of stopping him. Mallika (Priyamani) is Malli’s cousin who is madly in love with him, despite of knowing all his much annoying habits. Mallika’s father, on the other hand, hates Malli and his uncle because of his caste beliefs. Malli ignores Mallika’s love and concentrates mostly on becoming more and more notorious. Time passes by, and with an incident, Malli realizes Mallika’s love on him and then decides to get her in his life. The rest entire story is all about how Malli gets his cousin Mallika back in his life..
Analysis :
First half of the film is a letdown. Second half is slightly better. But Tamil nativity climax fails to impress. The plus point of the film is Performances, Music and Cinematography. The negative points are raw screenplay and feckless handling of the movie. There is also lot of sexual perversion in the movie which might not appeal to the familyaudience. On a whole, After successful movies like Yuganiki Okkadu, Awara, Naa Peru Shiva.. Malligadu is let down.
Performance :
Karthi performance was like veteran in his debut flick and gives a brilliant performance as Malli. Nellore slang for Karthi’s character didn’t fit. Priyamani dominated with her role in the movie, Even she dominated Karthi in some scenes. Her performance in the end is just splendid. Saravanan performed well in his character and rest of the characters for supportive. The only difference is Ameer narrates it in a RAW Tamil flavor which might not be accepted by Telugu audience, But that’s what made wonders in Kollywood. The film is quite slow in the first half and lags a lot in the second. Music by Yuvan Shanker Raja music is one of the major assets of the movie. “Na Gundellona” and starting childhood song were best compositions. Especially the BGM perfect fit to the scenes. Cinematography is First Rate. Editing could have crispier, post interval song and scenes can be edited easily. Malligadu is an Ordinary flick with extraordinary acting skills. Production values by studio green are good.
Final Word ‘Malli Gadu’, a worth watching film, for all those ‘realistic’ film lovers.
