There are two kinds of people filmy actors/ directors, politicians who live in a fool's paradise. Cricketers and sports people are dropped when they are out of form but directors, film stars are stubborn, they don't understand cues, so someone has to tell them in a simple language to exit, to leave gracefully even while they are at the top. Earlier one would go to Balakrishna's films expecting at least some kind of entertainment, but today's release forgets to deliver what it promises, in fact it drives you to tears.
Parama Veera Chakra is the best form of punishment any criminal should be given for consciously squandering money at the time of inflation. Balakrishna's respect, reverence for director Dasari must be deep, it is so deep that he couldn't say no to his film and parallely jeopardises his previous hit Simha and also pushes his fans into depths of despair.
The films of Balakrishna have become so passingly familiar that anyone with a least knowledge of Telugu films would predict that it wouldn't be replete with the thigh slapping scene and dialogue. The film actually begins after three hours, when either Murali Mohan or Balakrishna keep threatening that the story hasn't begun yet. But before that the saga in short is about a film star who finishes the unfinished task of an Army Major by stepping into his shoes; he's been wrongly implicated and killed. So you have the hero playing the dual role.
The first one hour seems to keep the sanity of the story, screenplay intact but after the interval, it becomes a nightmarish experience. Notice the hypocrisy of the director who talks against importing artistes from neighbouring states and has at least half a dozen people who make you feel you are watching a C grade Hindi film. Agreed, the hero has great talent for Telugu and felicity of expression but why would anyone be interested in watching him come up with a monologue that would last for five minutes.
Comedy in the form of a spoof on Robot leaves you with an uneasy feeling, there has been one or two films which have already used this not so funny interruption. Imagine calling Chitti as Cheddi, only a demented person can think of such a word. Sheela, Amisha Patel, Neha Dhupia all look so comfortable in the film and why wouldn't they? Vijay Kumar, Vijayachander attempt to laugh hard and make a fool of themselves. In short Parama Veera Chakra is a film by oldies, for oldies.
Don't lose faith, this film won't go waste, it can be used as a powerful ammunition to bomb Pakistan. If Dasari is aiming to win any award for this film, the audience please stake claim, you are rightful shareholders for being part of the film, the viewing experience. Some films might not be good, but you enjoy it. The reviewer is still hunting for that enjoyment.
