Allu arjun's Badrinath Telugu Movie Review

Movie: Badrinath

 Cast: Allu Arjun, Tamannah, Prakash Raj, Kelly Dorjee 

Banner: Geetha Arts

Editor: Gautham Raju

Cinematographer: S Ravi Varman

Story: Chinni Krishna

Music: M.M.Keeravani

Producer: Allu Arvind

Screenplay and Direction: V.V.Vinayak

My Rating: 2.75/5

Story
The age old ritual of ‘Kshetra Palakudu’ is revived among the Hindu saints and gurus. They approach the veteran Bheeshma Narayana (Prakash Raj) and he decides to mould one child to be the protector of Badrinath.

This is Badri (Allu Arjun) and as fate would have it, he is chosen to be the protector of the Badrinath shrine. The story takes a turn with the arrival of Alakananda (Tamannah) an atheist due to her reasons. Few sequences revive her faith in the god and also trigger love in her for Badri.

However, Bheeshma wants Badri to take over as his successor and the condition is that he must remain a ‘Brahmachari’ for the rest of his life. On the other hand, there is the evil Sarkar (Kelly Dorjee) along with his wife (Ashwini) who want to get Alakananda married to their son so that they can grab her property. What happens after that forms the rest of the story.

Artists Performance:
Allu Arjun looks perfect in physique, riveting in dance performance, apt in emotional scenes. He did his best to do justice but then his character should have been etched with more conviction.

Tamannah is a visual feast and she has given a literal Abhishekam with her milky white oomph factor. Her screen presence is significant and she delivered well during emotional sequences.

Prakash Raj did his bit as required. However, his role was not as powerful as it was hyped. His face was hidden in white beard and hair. Only eyes and nose are visible. Worst make up.

Kelly Dorjee was spineless as a villain, all that hungama about his profile looks hollow. Ashwini (the police cop in Rakta Charitra who gets her revolver licked by Bukka Reddy) is a talented actress but she got stiff in few scenes. Brahmanandam was okay, Krishna Bhagawan gave his regular satires, Dharmavarapu was regular, the lad doing Ashwini’s son’s role was dull. Venu Madhav came and went.

Plus:
* Bunny’s action and dance * Visual effects & Tamannah’s Glamour
* Picturization & Locations
* Production values

Minus:
* Weak climax 
* Non-situational songs 
* Weak comedy

* Average cinematography

Final Analysis: Not Reached the Expectations.

* It is a weak story line with Computer Graphics hungama. No grip in emotions.
* Hero never connects with heroine’s love till the end. Then how the circle can be completed?
* The stubborn sage Prakash Raj gets convinced with three lines from Tamannah.
* Hero saves heroine by the word from his guru but not out of love.
* Is villain Kelly Dorjee good or bad? The confusion is glued to that character.
* Why the hero chops hundreds of heads and bodies? No emotion or sentiment packed in that as hero has no love towards heroine.