"16 DAYS"Movie Review
Plot Yadagiri and Rami Reddy's rivalry is age-old. Reddy kills Yadagiri's son and all his hired killers; he sends his son out on a city drive in a van, as Yadagiri swears to kill him in time for his own son's 16th day ceremony. Gurumurthy is an orphan who comes to the city and gets a job, and is living in his friend's house. His friend owes money to Yadagiri, and Gurumurthy gets entangled in the goons' rivalry when he is carried to Yadagiri's place to shell out interest money. He tells them to use their brains instead of brawn to tackle the enemy so Yadagiri hires him to kill Reddy's son. He seeks a vagabond, Angel, to help it out of this mess. Story, Screenplay and Direction 16 Days sounds like a pretty interesting title. You think-maybe it's a really interesting, edge-of-the-seat thriller. With a bilingual cast, you are immediately reminded of a recent bilingual flick starring Vaibhav and SP Charan, Saroja. It's basically a gang war film, and an innocent stranger getting entangled in it. Actually, that's an interesting storyline. The execution, meaning direction by Prabu Solomon and the snazzy editing and sombre cinematography, has it's moments. And that's the best that can be said about the movie. The feeling is ambiguous, vague. The movie lacks some logic, lacks depth. A few screenplay bloopers bog it down-from something real to something unbelievable. The concept is actually strong, the characters are sharp but the focus is never present. The music is all lifted from English and Hindi songs, all gangsta' and rap songs. The underlying dark melancholic mood with the music is decent. The dubbing is not great. Non-Telugu accents are too jarring. Charmme's character, you can either love or hate. Yadagiri and Rami Reddy are believable characters. But Rami Reddy's son travelling in the van for his safety, then getting down to play games with the 'cockroach' a.k.a. Gurumurthy. The underdog with a survival instinct to beat everyone else and a final aggressive swipe at his detractors. A girl without a home, tagging people's homes and getting into any home that is unoccupied for the moment. Two rival gangs, a violent enmity and a son/heir who's a deranged physcho. See, the characters are made interesting. Wish the same could be said about the movie. CharmmePerformances Charmme hams the hell out of the already over-the-top character she plays, Angel. Aravind as an orphan trying to make it big in the big bad world is a skinny kid with a devilish smile and looks his part to the T. The goons and thugs have all done their two cents, while the guy who played Rami Reddy's insane son also hams it out. Music Gansta rap, bikini babes and the works. Oh and one romantic number. And the background's inspired from a few individual tracks too. Not bad, but 'inspirational'.End Credits :
Starring : Aravind, Charmme, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Others.
Action: Analarasu.
Art: Vairabalan.
Cinematography: Sukumar.
Editing: JN Harsha.
Lyrics: Bhaskarabhatla.
Music: Dharan.
Producer(s): P. Maheshbabu-DY Chowdary.
Writer & Direction: Prabu Solomon.
Banner: Cosmos Entertainments.
Release Date: 20th February, 2009.
Labels: Aravind, Charmme, Kota Srinivasa Rao, tollywood
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