Pavan kalyan Panjaa Movie Review, Panjaa Movie New Updated Review

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INTRO:
After debacle Komaram Puli, Power Star Pavan Kalyan fans anxiety over Panjaa, a low profile maintained movie during shooting is finally over.

PERFORMANCES:

Pawan Kalyan appears all through with beard and is uber cool. He plays Jai – the shield and not a henchman of mafia leader Bhagawan (Jackie Shroff), in the latter’s terminology. The power star is ragingly dashing and stylish as gangster.

He did everything with perfection – right from wielding the pistols, hunting knives and weaponry to communicating emotioins. He forgets not to give a hint of his mannerisms in Khushi and is a rage in all the fight episodes. The songs didn’t have him much to groove, but he sweeps us of the floor with folk and mass beat in Paparayudu. The title song is then something to look forward to.

The actor is peerless at certain nuances like love, romance, leg-pulling, vengeance and comedy of course, to cite a few. He puts up a one-man show and with subtlety.

The next best things are Kingfisher Calendar girl Anjali Lavania and Adivi Sesh of Karma fame. The supermodel (Jahnavi) is debuting with the flick and has the onlookers drop their jaws with her skin show and performance. She looks more like an international artiste in the song - Vairaa cheyyi vai… Dubbing suited well for her.

Adivi Sesh (Munna) as the spoilt son of Bhagawan is mind-blowing. The actor substantiates the fact that he really has a long way to go in the industry and is here to stay.

Sarah Jane Dias (Sandhya) is passable as lead lady and needs to concentrate more on expressions, the sad ones in particular. There is no lip sync for her on some occasions, but can be ignored in view of the fact that language is a barrier. Jackie Shroff puts his best foot forward while fitting in the role of Bhagawan. Atul Kulkarni (Kulkarni) as the former’s opponent is splendid. Sampath Raj is too good.

Tanikella Bharani, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao did justice to their characters. Subbarjau is quite supportive. Ali is wasted and brings only a couple of laughs, while Brahmanandam draws whistles for his act in Paparayudu song. The others fill the screen.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:

PS Vinod is outstanding in his area of cinematography. The frames and shots are quite rich and appraisable in the case of songs and action scenes. He captured the greenery in the second-half of the film more glamorously.

Rahul Koda’s screenplay is good in parts and Sreekar Prasad’s editing is satisfactory. Dialogues did have the punch when needed and in fact, they help establish the hero’s character. Ravi Abburi deserves applause for this.

All the musical compositions are situational and picturized creatively, especially Vairaa cheyyi, Kshanam kshanam, Ela ela and the Panjaa. Paparayudu has some well-choreographed mass moves that would quench the thirst of the innumerable frenzied youth who are craving for PK’s dance show. The title track comes just before the tail-end titles and is really hip.

Yuvan Shankar Raja did wonders with his BGM and elevated the action episodes. His music is swaying. Art work by Suni Babu is praiseworthy and styling by Anu Vardhan is winning.  Sham Kaushal choreographed the fights in an artistic way.

The story is a modified version of Pawan’s Balu and some predictable twists of course. Known for his adroitness in helming action, Vishnu Vardhan comes up with yet another hair-raising warfare. However, he should have handled the storyline in a better way and focused more on filling the void and presenting the package more convincingly.

PLUS-POINTS:

Pawan Kalyan

Anjali Lavania

Adivi Sesh

Fights

Cinematography

Vairaa Cheyyi, Paparayudu, Kshanam, title song

MINUS-POINTS:

Loose screenplay

Conventional storyline

Lags in plot

Unsurprising twists

Predestined string of scenes

Second hour

ANALYSIS:

The titles are presented along with the sketch works of the actors and stills, which makes a mark at the very beginning. And Pawan is introduced against the backdrop of bomb blasts. He really comes up as a thunderstorm and caters to both the class and mass audience. He flaunts elegance and panache as ‘power manager’ (the redefined mafia gangster) and brings in his mark in stunts.

There are a couple of dialogues which throw light on his role – one who stands by his words and is loyal to his boss. Daanne loyalty antaaru.. ante vidheyatha…, Vaddu chachchaddu… (don’t die), chetlu paga theerchukuntaya… (does plants/trees seek revenge?) – are a few of his dialogues that leave an impact on one and all.

Moving on to the other actors and aspects, Adivi Sesh is magnificent as baddie and terrific while showing off attitude and going on a rampage and killing spree. Anjali has bright future, while Sarah needs to get trained in emoting melodramatic scenes. Jackie though is the main villain, is somehow deprived of much screen space. Atul reprised his earlier roles of criminals, but is impressive.

The movie kick starts with power-packed action episode and Yuvan did a great job through his background music that elevated the tempo during fight sequences. The screenplay gets dull in other scenes. The twists and turns in the story get obvious as the reels progress. There are several scenes inspired from flicks like Venky (bathroom scene). The plot itself is derived from Pawan’s Balu and so does the characters. The second-act being the big deterrent.

Brahmanandam gets cutouts in Paparayudu, which is filmed rather appealingly. It is the case with other tracks as well. Direction is quite mundane, except for stunts. Vishnu Vardhan should have been inflexible while penning the script and narrating the tale.

VERDICT:

Having learnt a lesson with Teen Maar (that failed to go down well with the B and C centres), Pawan this time ensured he meet the expectations of the masses. There is finesse in the approach of his character, but he maintained the essential ingredients required to keep the crowds glued to their seats.

The craze that the protagonist has got among the public is certainly preserved, but it would have been better if the plot is original, screenplay is gripping and commercial elements are given enough attention. The movie demands a big hand, more becasue of Pawan who spreads his charm and power through a one-man show.

OFF SCREEN:
Director has failed in bringing life to the narration. No energy found in background score. Songs are OK. Most of the songs are trimmed during show (not sure whether it is same in all screens). Dialogues by Abburi Ravi are inane.

FINAL TOUCH:
Nothing special I found in Panjaa, except Pavan Kalyan in new look. Opening shot of the movie and the first song of the movie are well shot. Action sequences could have been better. Though Pavan Kalyan used bit of his martial arts skills in action sequences, are not impressive and not captured well. Story and narration reminds you of Pavan Kalyan’s old movie Balu(2005).

Rating: 3/5
Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Anjali Lavania, Sarah Jane Dias, Shesh Adavi and Others
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Lyricst: Ramajogaya Sastry,  Chandra Bose
Cinematogrpaher: PS Vinod
Editor: Sreekar Prasad
Art: Sunil Babu
Screenplay: Rahul Koda
Dialogues: Ravi Abburi
Director: Vishnu Vardhan
Producer: Neelima, Shobhu, Nagesh Muntha, Prasad Devineni
Date Of Release: 9th Dec 2011

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