Movie Review: Tuntari
on Mar 11, 2016
Nara Rohith's "Tuntari" movie got more hype than any other film of his in the recent past. And with director Kumar Nagendra's "Gundello Godari" still having that good impact on audiences, expectations soared about this flick. That too with the film being remake of "Maan Karate", a story written by AR Murugadoss, it's expected to run well at theatres. Let us see how this is.
The CONTENT:
A group of five friends(Vennela Kishore, Poojitha and others) get hold of a future copy of a newspaper that will be released 4 months later. Finding that one Raju will win a boxing tournament and 5 crores cash-prize, this friends group then finds Raju (Nara Rohit) in Vizag who is a jobless rash-living youth. They set up him to become a boxer by paying him monthly salary. In the mean time, Raju falls in love with Siri (Latha Hegde) and the friends group helps him. Finally Raju enters race and wins all games, only to clash with 'Killer Raju' (Kabir Duhan Singh). Kishore and friends group then get a doubt if they found wrong Raju or their Raju (Nara Rohit) can't beat Killer Raju for sure. What happens then is the story.
The EFFORT:
On-Screen:
Nara Rohith tried his hand at mass dialogue delivery, but somehow failed to get that body language. While his comedy dialogues are good, a timing in his delivery is missing. At the same time, his bulging tummy didn't made him look like a hero material. But his trademark voice is the biggest saviour of all. Newcomer Latha Hegde has to learn a lot, though she looks beautiful. Except in couple of songs, she failed to pack a punch. Other actors like Shakalaka Shankar, Vennela Kishore tried their best to bring laughs. Rest of the cast is just okay.
Off-Screen:
Director Kumar Nagendra has chosen a good script, but what knocks us is the he executed. Probably his budget limitations hasn't allowed him to chose some best actors. Had he packed the film with set of finest actors, then the result would have been little better.
Sai Karthik's songs are another average treat, while he rocked with background score as usual. And the art-direction of the film is good in some places like songs, while other scenes looked flat. Rest of the departments did well.
The PLUSES:
Story
First half comedy
The MINUSES:
Predictability
Lack of hair rising moments
BREAKDOWN:
Definitely this is an ordinary story from AR Murugadoss, with many logics going for a toss. But the way he has woven a big idea around a simple story is amazing. However, when the story is transformed to screen, some wow moments are needed to make the film splendid. That's what missed in the original, but Kumar Nagendra haven't improvised it here.
Movie starts on interesting note, as the fantasy element fantastically takes over us. As a sage predicts a future very differently and the group of friends suspecting it, and then believing it due to various happenings, it all sounds interesting. There enters Nara Rohit, promising a racy mass treat ahead. The film's graphs rises and falls due to slow pace, but the comedy quotient keeps us on toes. Interval bang has a small twists, which sounds good, but not superbly exciting.
As the film got into serious mode in second half, some twists and highly emotional moments are expected to stun us. But the love track of hero with heroine disturbs us a little. Then the songs that don't actually create any interest are much more barriers for the movie's flow. And when the movie gets to the main act, it's villain Kabir Duhan who dominated all the way with his look. Final boxing ring fight creates certain interest, but it lacked that quintessential drama. Finally all these flat scenes make the climax finished and people yawn.
Biggest doubt one would get after watching the film is, "Why is this film named Tuntari?". Only Nara Rohith and director Kumar Nagendra could answer that, because there are no such Tuntari acts he actually does in the film, though it's a mass and B-C centre centric character.
As there are no other happening movies at box office, "Tuntari" will get a week happily. And if the Tamil dubbed movies releasing next week fail to click, then Nara Rohith will have one more week. Only to pass the time, this Tuntari will help you, but not to entertain you amazingly.
Final words: Only boxing gloves, no punches
Rating: 2.5/5
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