Amar Akbar Anthony Review

Release date : October 16, 2018

Starring : Ravi Teja, Ileana D’Cruz

Director : Srinu Vailta

Producer : Naveen Yerneni

Music Director : S. Thaman

Cinematographer : Venkat Dilip Chunduru

Editor : M. R. Varma

Amar Akbar Antony is one film which needs to click at any cost as Sreenu Vaitla has been only giving back to back flops in the recent past. The film has finally hit the screens today and let’s see whether it lives up to all the expectations or not.

Story:

Amar(Ravi Teja) and Pooja’s(Ileana) parents are two best friends who are cheated by their business partners. They get killed in a bomb blast and leave Amar and Pooja homeless. Rest of the story is as to how Amar and Pooja grow up in life and take revenge on their parents murderers.

Plus Points:

Ravi Teja is good in the role of Akbar and evokes decent comedy. The star manages to do well in the film and tries to control the damage to an extent. Ileana makes a good comeback and does what is required of her.

Comedian Satya gets a good role and he does his best as spoof of A K Paul. His episodes evoke decent laughs and Vennela Kishore ably supports him with his witty humor in the first half. The first ten minutes of the film are pretty interesting and have decent family emotions.

Minus Points:

The film has gone wrong at the scripting level itself. Sreenu Vaitla has once again chosen a silly storyline with basic revenge drama and executes it on a disappointing note. He starts the film well but right after the first fifteen minutes, the film falls flat and never picks from there on.

Ravi Teja’s character has been given a disorder and this has been narrated in a unimpressive manner. This track is confusing, irritating and lacks any clarity till the end of the first half. Yet another basic drawback is that the film lacks any emotion after the first fifteen minutes as all the feelings are forced.

There was absolutely no need to set the film in the US. Sreenu Vaitla has taken things for granted as the logic goes for a toss in every possible way. Ravi Teja happily commits crimes all over New York and gets away with it easily.

There is absolutely no romance between Ravi Teja and Ileana and the music also does not help one bit. After a point in the second half, the comedians are used in a silly manner in very serious situations and this is where you feel like walking out from the theaters right away.

Technical Aspects:

Music by Thaman is very disappointing as not one song clicks but his background score was neat. Production values by Mythri Movies is top notch as they have spent a lot to make the film look rich. Production design was neat and so were the lyrics. Dialogues were funny in many areas and especially those written for Sunil and Vennela Kishore were good.

Coming to the director Sreenu Vaitla, he has got things wrong in a big way. Right from Aagadu, his comic sense and grip on the script have gone for a toss as he has been narrating his stories in a disappointing manner. Same is the case this film as well as Vaitla has made things go haywire after the first ten minutes. What he generates is irritation in the name of entertainment.

Verdict:

On the whole Amar Akbar Anthony is yet another disappointment from the hands of Sreenu Vaitla. The star director gets it all wrong as the film is a logicless revenge drama which falls flat in many ways. There are a few comic moments which might click with the mass audience but on the whole, this film fails to reach the expectations completely and has nothing great to boast about.