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Jeevi
rating: 2.25/5
Punchline: Old-fashioned film
Genre: Action
Can kids watch this film? Yes
(no vulgarity and no violence)
Banner: Friendly Movies
Cast: Prabhas, Arti Agarwal, Seema, Rajiv Kanakala,
Nasser, GV, Ajay Ratnam, Telangana Sakuntala, Brahmanandam,
Venu Madhav, Malladi Raghava, Ravi Babu, Benarjee, Narsing
Yadav, Ranganath, Siva Reddy, Ganesh
Camera: VSR Swamy
Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
Music: Mani Sharma
Art: Chanti Addala
Choreography: Sundaram, Raju Sundaram, Lawrence, Raja
Sekhar
Stunts: Peter Hynes, Ram - Lakshman
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Story: Rajendra Kumar
Screenplay & Direction: B Gopal
Producer: Chanti Addala
Theatrical release date: 21st May 2004
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Ramaraju
(Prabhas) is an orphan who is brought up by Peddayana
(Nassar) in Buttayagudem. When he was a kid, the daughter
of MP visits his place and they had fun in playing with
each other. Before leaving, she asks him to study well.
He takes her as inspiration and tops his studies. Later
on he joins the same college in which the Madhu (Arti
Agarwal) - the girl he met as a kid - is studying. They
fall in love. By then, the parents of Madhu fix her
marriage up. Ramaraju and Madhu elope. The rest of the
story is all about how they trace the couple in the
jungle.
Prabhas is entertaining in this mass role. He wore checkered
shirts in the first half. He is impressive in fights.
Arti Agarwal is ok as leading lady. Ramya Krishna did
an item song in the film. And Ramya Krishna looked far
better compared to Arti Agarwal in that song. Nassar
is good. Telangana Sakuntala overdid her character as
dreadful mother to Arti. Venu Madhav and Brahmanandam
did comedy roles.
Screenplay
- direction: Screenplay of the film is shabby. Direction
of the film falls short of what we expect from B Gopal.
Taking of the film is very old-fashioned. B Gopal seems
to be loosing touch with what people want from him.
He concentrated more on accessories and ignored the
main content.
Other
departments: Story by Rajendra Kumar is routine
one that offers no freshness. Dialogues by Paruchuri
brothers are clichéd most of the times. Certain
mass dialogues are written just for the sake of it without
bothering the impact and relevance. Fights in the film
are good. Cinematography by VSR Swamy is average. Music
by Mani Sharma is OK. However, two tunes are inspired
from Hindi flicks. One tune is reused from original
'Adavi Ramudu' film. The last song of the film is picturized
well.
Analysis:
First half of the film is ok. Second half is boring.
The plus point of the film is good action sequences.
This film suffers with bad story and direction. 'Adavi
Ramudu' is a disappointment from B Gopal and Prabhas.
It is a bad decision on the part of Addala Chanti to
take over the sick project. This has chances of doing
well in B and C centers, though!