Damarukam Review

King Nagarjuna’s Latest movie “Damarukam” completed its censor activity on 12th October and received U/A certificate , After seeing the movie Censor board people thrilled and appreciated the entire team for the hard work and the Amazing VFX Graphics. This movie is carring a very postive responce from the film nagar as well as from the sensor board

Andhakasura is a dreaded demon who wanders in an invisible form even after the expulsion of entire demon tribe. He comes to know that when planets in the sky forms a particular shape (Panchagraha Kootami), he takes shape and gets the power of ‘Panchabhoothalu’ and becomes super powerful. He should marry a girl Maheswari (Anushka) born at that moment to become the emperor of the entire Universe. Only Lord Shiva can eliminate him. So, he executes the elimination through the hero, Mallikarjuna (Nagarjuna).

For the first time in his career, Nagarjuna is doing a socio-fantasy entertainer. Unlike a hero-centric movies in Tollywood, Damarukam is backed by an excellent story and Nagarjuna had embedded himself in to the character. His dedication is clearly visible in the six pack sequence and Aghora scene.

Anushka looked prettier on screen as ever but she did not get to act much in the movie. Her styling is good and she easily got in to the skin of character. It would have been nice if the director had used her performance.

Ravi Shankar is excellent as Andhakasura. His get up, voice modulation, body language and every thing are near to perfect. It is no exaggeration in saying he overshadowed Nagarjuna in several scenes.

There is some healthy comedy in the movie involving Brahmanandham, Raghu Babu, MS Narayana and others.

Technicalities in Damarukam:

It is always tough to direct a star hero in Telugu and that to when directing a hero like Nagarjuna who is going down to horizon in his biggest budget movie is even tougher. And before this project, Srinivas Reddy has nothing to his credit as a director except this well written script. After watching the movie, it can be easily said that he has done good justice to his role in the movie.

Graphics is certainly core component of any socio fantasy movie. Enough care is taken to get things right in aspect too. There were several moments in the film like the intro scene, Nandi scene and the climax scene have too good graphics.

Devi Sri Prasad is one of the major assets of the movie. All the songs were chartbusters and equally good when seen on screen. His rerecording had taken the movie to next level. No doubt DSP had made his 50th movie monumental.

Camera work by Chota K Naidu is good. Being a senior lensman, he is the perfect choice for the sociofantasy movie. The grading and picture quality is excellent and colorful.

Highlights of the Movie:

• Main Highlights are the Graphivs with the Length of 1 Hour 10 Minutes
• Climax 30 Minutes is amazing and the audience will open their mouths
• First Half will be the comedy and romantic track between Nagarjun and Anush and the second half will be the Graphical Treat
• Reppalapai, Nestama and Shiva Sankara songs are really came well
• Devi Sri Prasad has given the Mind Blowing BGM to the movie
• As usual Nagarjuna will rock with the Acting

There were few predictable moments in the movie. Few moments between Brahmi and Prakash Raj also looked pale.

Towards the end of his career, Nagarjuna had bagged the much required success. The movie is well made and is expected to do good commercially. Given the huge money involved and unseason, we have to see what would be the range of the movie.

Finally Movie is really came out well and there are many ingrediants for this movie for becoming a Blockbuster hit. Hardwork Never Fails. This movie is shoot around 2 years.