Balupu Telugu Movie Review, Rating

Music: Thaman SS
Camera: Jayanan Vincent
Art: A.S. Prakash
Editing: Gautam Raju
Story : Kona Venkat, K.S. Ravindra
Dialogues: Kona Venkat
Fights: Stun Shiva
Choreography: Raju Sundaram
Lyrics: Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Bhaskarbhatla
Chief co-director: S Suresh Kumar
Screenplay - direction: Gopichand Malineni
Producer: Param V Potluri
Release date: 28 June 2013
Punchline: Ravi Teja’s comeback film
Genre: Action/Romance/Comedy
Type: Straight
Banner: PVP Cinema

Cast: Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Anjali, Lakshmi Rai (SA), Prakash Raj, Ashutosh Rana, Brahmanandam, Naasar, Sesh Adivi, Shafi, Ajay, Ali, Satyam Rajesh, Thagubothu Ramesh, Jaya Prakahs Reddy, Sekhar, Rao Ramesh, Prabhas Srinu, Aditya Menon, Raghu Babu, Brahmaji, Supreet, Sana, Rajasri Nair etc

Story

Ravi (Ravi Teja) is a happy go lucky guy whose father (Prakash Raj) is in hurry to marry him off. Ravi comes to know that Shruti (Shruti Haasan) and her bachelor uncle Crazy Mohan (Brahmanandam) are playing with the emotions of unscrupulous bachelors. Ravi wants to teach Shruti a lesson. In the process Shruti falls in love with him. Meanwhile, henchmen sent by Vizag gangster Poorna (Ashutosh Rana) are searching for Shankar and Nanaji. The rest of the story is all about how all these threads converge into the basic plot.

Artists Performance

Actors: Ravi Teja: Ravi Teja has two get-ups in the movie. Beared one for Anjali thread and a fresh look for Shruti Haasan’s thread. Ravi Teja is in his elements in this movie. He provides great entertainment with a well-conceived character and well-written dialogues. Ravi Teja is energetic in comedy and mass scenes. Ravi Teja has not been getting a right film in the past few years and Balupu will give morale boost and a well-deserving success to Ravi Teja.

Others: This is Shruti Haasan's next release after Gabbar Singh and she provides fun in the film with glamor and verve. Anjali is the pretty good in a key role. Her strengths have always been spontaneity and fluency in contemporary Telugu. She has used both these strengths in this movie. Lakshmi Rai has played the role of herself and she is used for introducing hero character and for the first song. Prakash Raj’s character has two shades and performed excellently. Brahmanandam has given very good entertainment with his inimitable Gangnam and Jumping Japang dance. He uses facebook and plays temple run on his iPad in this movie. Ashutosh Rana is good. Adivi Sesh has a small yet important part and he does justice. Prabhas Srinu does well as Adivi Sesh’s sidekick. Thagubothu Ramesh adds up to the momentum in the pre-climax episodes. Ali has another comedy role. .

Technical departments

Story - screenplay - direction: The story of the film is not new. But the story writer (Bobby & Kona Venkat) added a new twist to it by playing with the names. It’s a formulaic story that guarantees success if executed well. The writing team has added nice entertainment quotient to the film by keeping the mass elements in tact. Direction by Gopichand Malineni is good and he has fair understanding of mass pulse. Screenplay is neat and with an interesting interval block..

Other departments: Music by SS Thaman looks good on screen. Background music is neat. Dialogues by Kona Venkat are very good. They added a lot to the character of Balupu. There are many nicely written dialogues that entertain us. Cinematography by Jayanan Vincent is okay. Editing is neat. PVP - a highly successful serial entrepreneur has become one of the biggest financiers of South India and has produced his first straight Telugu film Balupu. He has selected a script that has something for everybody. Production values are excellent.

Analysis

First half of the film is entertaining. Second half has story, mass elements and emotions. The pre-climax and climax episodes are entertaining. Ravi Teja whose previous hit was released in January 2011 didn’t find success at box office despite having seven films in a span of 2 and half years. Balupu will provide oxygen to his career. Balupu has all ingredients (with a dominating portion of entertainment) to become a decent hit. You can watch it!!.