Cast: Gopichand, Malavika Sharma, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Naresh, Nasser, Poorna, Vennela Kishore
Crew:
Cinematography by Swami J. Gowda
Music by Ravi Basruru
Edited by Thammiraju
Written & Directed by A. Harsha
Produced by KK Radhamohan
Bhimaa Movie Rating: 2/5
Gopichand has gained huge fame as an antagonist and then became a leading actor. He developed good mass following with films like Ranam, Yagnam, Lakshyam, Loukhyam. He hasn’t been able to find a big success at the box office despite his continuous efforts. He teamed up with successful Kannada director A. Harsha for his new release, Bhimaa. Let’s discuss about the film in detail.
Plot:
Bhimaa(Gopichand) enters into a village Mahendragiri as new SI, after a local thug leader Bhavani(Mukesh Tiwari) kills the previous one. He immediately warns Durga to stop his illegal activities in a month. Meanwhile, he meets a local teacher, Vidya(Malavika Sharma), who is researching on ayurveda medicines under Guru Ravindra Varma(Nasser). Ravindra Varma keeps searching for rare quality plants and roots to make innovative medicines.
On the other hand, Bhimaa’s brother Rama(Gopichand) doesn’t like his brother one bit. His love (Priya Bhavani Shankar) dares him to marry her by eloping with her. Rama is quite opposite to Bhimaa and completely despises any quarrel. Mahendragiri has an unique temphe where dead people can get their last wish fulfilled when anyone of their family member wilfully decides to offer their body to them in the name of Lord Shiva. What is the connection between Bhimaa, Rama and Mahendragiri? Watch the movie to know
Analysis:
Gopichand is good in this dual role film. He is able to bring variations in both characters believably but his script selection is not supporting his talent. The film has too tacky and old school humor. Also, it tries to tell the story in a non-linear screenplay yet we do not feel like we lose out on any detail ever, even if we miss something. The reason behind it is the old story and treatment. Had the treatment been unique and fresh, the same story with a different screenplay could have been engaging.
Malavika Sharma looked beautiful but could not handle complex scenes. Priya Bhavani Shankar has been wasted. All others tried their best but the too loud treatment and scenes hampered any impact. Even the love of the makers for commercial masala troupes did not really yield an engaging output. The fights are over the top and scene doesn’t really have such strength or depth to really hold the emotion together for such unreal fights to work. The screenplay seems to be running at a pace but it almost seems like makers threw everything at the wall and wanted something to stick.
Unfortunately, nothing did stick and everything went overboard to the level of unbearablility. Every scene gives us a dejavu feeling and even dialogues don’t have great punch. These kind of films need the screenplay to be new and scenes to be fresh without over relying on tried and tested troupes. The love tracks with heroines have been designed so over the top that you do feel cringe at many places. Even Ravi Basruru music did not help this stale product to shine. On the whole, maybe it is better to avoid such too over the top and over melodramatic scripts by the actors.
Positives:
Gopichand’s performance
Malavika Sharma’s oomph factor
Negatives:
Repeated scenes
Repetitive action episodes
Lack of coherent script
Not strong enough antagonists
Bhimaa Movie Bottom-line: Offers Nothing New!