Post by bangaram on Dec 11, 2013 21:08:49 GMT
Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu, directed by Puri Jagannath (*ing Pawan Kalyan, Prakash Raj, Tamannaah)
I decided to start a thread on the Telugu movie Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu because I found myself really liking it even though I was kind of put off by the film synopsis at first. My experience with the director’s previous work didn’t help either since –barring Pokiri- I was not a big fan of whatever I had seen of him. Puri Jagannath, I have noticed, has mastered the art of making stylish movies with interesting premises that unfortunately never really live up to the expectations.
Anyway, CGR was my 5th film by this competent but oh-so-unnerving director and needless to say that I wasn’t expecting much if not Jagannath’s usual formula : a stalkerish protagonist, an annoying love interest and a big twist after the interval. Well, thankfully, it ended up being nothing of the aforementioned.
Rambabu (Pawan Kalyan) is a justice-loving mechanic that has an original passion: the media. Therefore, he religiously keeps up with the news ; and when he happens to stumble upon a sordid news item, he’s ready to take matters into his own hands to set right a wrong. Rambabu’s not-so-typical personality catches the attention of journalist Ganga (Tamannaah) who decides to take him under her wing and train him as a reporter.
There enters Rana (Prakash Raj), a corrupt politician’s son with political ambitions who, you’ll guess it, uses dubious methods to get his way. Of course, his behavior won’t go down too well with Rambabu andsparks bullets will fly.
As I said, with the exception of Pokiri, I’m not a big fan of the Puri Jagannath’s work. After seeing Pokiri, Desamuduru, the dreadful Nenu Naa Rakshasi and Iddarammayilatho, I had gathered that he was indeed a director that could deliver some nice and mindless commercial entertainers but that his movies were not particularly attention-grabbing/riveting. Surprisingly, in CGR, the clash between Rana and Rambabu that takes up the 2nd part of the movie allows Jagannath to offer some nice (though basic) commentaries on the sometimes ambiguous relationship between mass media and politics.
Now, I am not going to lie. I may have liked this movie this much just because of Tamannaah’s presence. But – and I’m trying my best to be objective- she was phenomenal! Her character Ganga (aka Cameraman Ganga) is a tomboyish, kind of clueless, journalist whose antics are absolutely hilarious. Tamannaah was perfect : her facial expressions, her mannerisms, her dancing…everything was spot-on! I am always surprised at her ability to shine in the limited screentime she has in most of her films. Here, she’s given slightly more room than usual to give some life to her character and she makes great use of this opportunity.
Pawan Kalyan and Prakash Raj were good too. The former, I found, portrayed very well his role of a judgmental hero a little rough around the edges.
All in all, CGR is a film worth your time if you are into safe and predictable entertainers.
I decided to start a thread on the Telugu movie Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu because I found myself really liking it even though I was kind of put off by the film synopsis at first. My experience with the director’s previous work didn’t help either since –barring Pokiri- I was not a big fan of whatever I had seen of him. Puri Jagannath, I have noticed, has mastered the art of making stylish movies with interesting premises that unfortunately never really live up to the expectations.
Anyway, CGR was my 5th film by this competent but oh-so-unnerving director and needless to say that I wasn’t expecting much if not Jagannath’s usual formula : a stalkerish protagonist, an annoying love interest and a big twist after the interval. Well, thankfully, it ended up being nothing of the aforementioned.
Rambabu (Pawan Kalyan) is a justice-loving mechanic that has an original passion: the media. Therefore, he religiously keeps up with the news ; and when he happens to stumble upon a sordid news item, he’s ready to take matters into his own hands to set right a wrong. Rambabu’s not-so-typical personality catches the attention of journalist Ganga (Tamannaah) who decides to take him under her wing and train him as a reporter.
There enters Rana (Prakash Raj), a corrupt politician’s son with political ambitions who, you’ll guess it, uses dubious methods to get his way. Of course, his behavior won’t go down too well with Rambabu and
As I said, with the exception of Pokiri, I’m not a big fan of the Puri Jagannath’s work. After seeing Pokiri, Desamuduru, the dreadful Nenu Naa Rakshasi and Iddarammayilatho, I had gathered that he was indeed a director that could deliver some nice and mindless commercial entertainers but that his movies were not particularly attention-grabbing/riveting. Surprisingly, in CGR, the clash between Rana and Rambabu that takes up the 2nd part of the movie allows Jagannath to offer some nice (though basic) commentaries on the sometimes ambiguous relationship between mass media and politics.
Now, I am not going to lie. I may have liked this movie this much just because of Tamannaah’s presence. But – and I’m trying my best to be objective- she was phenomenal! Her character Ganga (aka Cameraman Ganga) is a tomboyish, kind of clueless, journalist whose antics are absolutely hilarious. Tamannaah was perfect : her facial expressions, her mannerisms, her dancing…everything was spot-on! I am always surprised at her ability to shine in the limited screentime she has in most of her films. Here, she’s given slightly more room than usual to give some life to her character and she makes great use of this opportunity.
Pawan Kalyan and Prakash Raj were good too. The former, I found, portrayed very well his role of a judgmental hero a little rough around the edges.
All in all, CGR is a film worth your time if you are into safe and predictable entertainers.