Robinhood

'Robinhood' movie review: Nithiin, Sreeleela's action-comedy is a misfireThe Venky Kudumula directorial is a costly reminder of how scale and big names cannot salvage an underwhelming product. It is one thing to not take yourself too seriously when you are making a comedy and another when the irreverence serves as a mask to camouflage a lazily-written and a casually-executed film. To make up for a shallow plot and the limitations of its leads, the film is desperate to elicit laughs. Apart from Nithiin and Sreeleela, the presence of multiple comedians, actors from at least half a dozen film industries, an in-form composer and a cameo by Australian cricketer David Warner try to salvage a mess. The Telugu film Robinhood, much like its title, leaves little to your imagination. An orphaned protagonist, Ram (Nithiin), takes inspiration from a school pledge to claim that the entire country is his family. In his childhood, he uses this excuse to rob the rich and helps run orphanages that are starved of funds (which is reminiscent of the Ravi Teja-starrer Kick). It is amusing that it takes the cops over a decade to focus on this case and nab the culprit. As the cat-and-mouse chase unfolds, the action shifts to the return of Neera Vasudev (Sreeleela as the daughter of an Australian CEO) to India, whose path crosses with Ram. The film later delves into the conspiracy behind Neera's return, her familial roots and a gangster who threatens to wreck havoc on their lives. It takes the predictable route of the hero rescuing the damsel in distress, outsmarting the gangster and evading the cops. While director Venky Kudumula's earlier films - Chalo and Bheeshma - did not have pathbreaking storylines, the tongue-in-cheek humour and relatable characters brought in freshness to the narrative and ensured that viewers got their penny's worth. In Robinhood, he opts for a larger-than-life canvas, makes a messiah out of a wayward protagonist and creates a caricaturish villain (played by a Mumbai import). The conflict point is also tiresome. The comedy, expected to be a breather in a tense story, also falls flat. The execution is largely uneven and confusing. The tone of the film changes as per convenience. The audience is expected to dread the bad guy who gets a pompous introduction, laugh for the hero's silly one-liners, be warmed by his romantic overtures and dreamy duets filmed in picturesque locations, feel sorry for the victims in a village, hoot for the slow-motion shots in the action sequences and groove to a tasteless 'special' number (featuring Ketika Sharma). It is just all over the place. A comedian wears a tee that reads 'mountains' as he heads to a hill station named Rudrakonda. A man runs a firm named 'India's No. 1 Security Agency' because it will rank high on Google! A security agent, who makes a mockery of himself, sports a shirt with the logo 'Ree-boku.' Zebra is called the oldest animal on the planet because it is... wait for this... 'black and white', and another man mistakes 'forefathers' as 'four fathers'. These are a few examples of what Robinhood sells in the name of humour. Robinhood is tolerable, to an extent, when it pitches itself as a low-stakes action comedy, even if it has highly exaggerated characters and pointless situations. Yet, it runs out of steam quickly. In a story which is all about a girl's attachment to her roots and how a man stands up for her, the emotional link is completely amiss. There is little to hold the narrative together, and the performances are too laidback and mechanical for a 'damage control' act. Nithiin has performed far better in his earlier films. Here, he utters his lines with indifference and the slow-motion shots do little to add spunk to the lifeless proceedings. Sreeleela's character is reduced to a fashion parade. Rajendra Prasad's experience is wasted in a silly, over-the-top role that fails to make an impact. Vennela Kishore's sarcasm and verbal banter with a perennially frustrated expression lacks punch. Several worthy actors such as Lal, Brahmaji, Devdatta Nage and Tom Shine Chacko are also wasted. The blink-and-miss cameo by David Warner is needless and unintentionally funny. Visually too, the film struggles to make good use of its setting to add to its appeal. GV Prakash's music (including the much-publicised 'Adhi Dhaa Surprise-u') is mediocre. Yet, for a film that seems over-stretched by at least 40 minutes, its major issue is the inefficient writing. Robinhood is a reminder not to underestimate the audience and that no scale or big name can fill the void of a decent script.

Verdict: Below Average.

I m disappointed with Hindi dubbing of movie. I love to watch Telugu movies I am from Himachal Pradesh but I don't know Telugu language please tell me how will I understand movie half dubbed in native language.

Because of this dubbing I really can't understand movie correctly major and important dialogue of movie were dubbed in ative language the experience of watching this movie in Hindi is very bad I respect that you are taking insertive to protect your language but why it comes with Hindi dubbing as name clearly shows Hindi dubbing the movie must be fully dubbed in Hindi so that and users like me who don't understand native language.

Despite unnecessary commercial elements, Robinhood is pretty decent movie. The movie did not meet expectations. 2 songs were good and enjoyable but unnecessary to film. The film has romance, comedy, action, and songs but they did not blend well as the movie had no clear story. Romance scene does not fit to story but engages somehow. I watched for Sreeleela and she did okay and I was expecting fun character unfortunately there is not much of a character for her. I really do not know how she was confident. It is that boring performance she does and does not show variation. I loved Bhagavanth Kesari so much of her performance, but not up to mark. The movie is pretty much of time pass oriented movie still little acceptable but I really want more than that. Nithiin did good and so as other actors as well.

Overall: Pretty average to decent film.

This movie is a combination of Comedy, Fight and Romance. The style of Nithin was extraordinary. If you want only fight scene it's not for you. Waiting for this kind of movies for long time.

India forgot to create this kind of combined movie. They just created war and war. But this movie had something that I wanted for a long time. Action, Romance with comedy. And the orphans part is also a good idea. People need to know this.

I love the Nithin's style while fighting. We all knows fights are fake although Hollywood movies can do some realistic fight scene but Indian movies should avoid this as most of action fight are actually unrealistic.

Why named Ronin Hood. There is no any quality in Hero Nitin Shri Lila (or Nithin Shree Leela ? Whatever ) like Robin Hood. I think he is more like a lady face. So Title is not only wrong but also everything is boring and stupid. Also a Bad part of it, dubbing is bad or worst. Don't west you time and money.