Friday, May 17, 2019
Movie Review - Maharshi...
Movie: Maharshi (Telugu)
Directed: Vamsi Paidipally
Produced: C Ashwini Dutt/Dil Raju/Prasad V Potluri
Story: Vamsi Paidipally/Hari/Solomon
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cast: Mahesh Babu/Allari Naresh/Pooja Hegde/Ananya/Meenakshi Dixit/Vidyullekha Raman/Sai Kumar/Jagapathi Babu/Prakash Raj/Jayasudha/Tanikella Bharani/Rao Ramesh/Brahmaji/Nassar/Mukesh Rishi/Kamal Kamaraju/Vennela Kishore/Srinivasa Reddy/Pruthvi/Rajiv Kanakala/Kaikala Satyanarayana/Kota Srinivasa Rao/Annapoorna/Anish Kuruvilla/Aneesha Dama/Jhansi/Ravi Prakash
Directed: Vamsi Paidipally
Produced: C Ashwini Dutt/Dil Raju/Prasad V Potluri
Story: Vamsi Paidipally/Hari/Solomon
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cast: Mahesh Babu/Allari Naresh/Pooja Hegde/Ananya/Meenakshi Dixit/Vidyullekha Raman/Sai Kumar/Jagapathi Babu/Prakash Raj/Jayasudha/Tanikella Bharani/Rao Ramesh/Brahmaji/Nassar/Mukesh Rishi/Kamal Kamaraju/Vennela Kishore/Srinivasa Reddy/Pruthvi/Rajiv Kanakala/Kaikala Satyanarayana/Kota Srinivasa Rao/Annapoorna/Anish Kuruvilla/Aneesha Dama/Jhansi/Ravi Prakash
Maharshi - A mix of roles played by Aamir (in 3 Idiots - Brilliant Engineering Student), Salman (in Dabangg - Fearless with power to dent), Shahrukh (in Swades - Rich Returning Non-Resident); the character played by 'SSPMBG' in his 25th movie has the shades of all three super KHANs of Bollywood, a story penned by three writers, financed by three producers, with making time of three years, running time of almost three hours, a title of three letters (in Telugu), revolving around three main characters, along with loads of other characters with seasoned actors for unreasoned logic, songs and music without much magic and for the audience, no kick. The lines like "Success is a journey, not a destination" and "Farmers need respect, not any sympathy" are fine, but do not shine. The concept is good, about the one who produces food; however, it is not new and this movie seems like 'Srimanthudu-Two', the father in which becomes foe of the show-off hero in this film. 25 films as a hero in 20 years seem a journey with not much success by books; but by looks, still as a 25 year old hero even after two decades, is definitely a success for Mahesh, if not for Maharshi. It was Bekele then, Mo Farah now, someone later; similarly it was Lewis then, Bolt now, somebody later. Success might be a journey, be it short or long; but the travellers keep changing all along; and successful are those who know LEAFing (Learning, Evolving, Adapting, Flourishing) and passing on the fruits to the next before falling off and LEAVing the path/track. Those will earn respect irrespective of any aspect, like the old farmer shown in the film, a Maharshi (Maha-Rishi/Great-Sage) in his own right.
P.S: A scene in this film, a conversation between the hero and his professor about success, short sprint and long race; it was similar to the one which I had in my life with my manager, a decade ago. Similar references and responses, nothing in specific now; but for me, a moment of deja vu/wow.
# posted by Srikanth @ 5:49 PM 
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