Shankam Movie Review, Shankam Cinema Review

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Gopi Chand Shankam Telugu Movie Review, Shankam Movie Story, Shankam Telugu Cinema Ratings, Shankam Film Ratings

Movie Name: Shankam
Movie Language: Telugu

Starcast: Gopichand,Trisha,Dharmavarapu subramanyam,ali, Ms Narayana, Venu madhav,Krishna Bhagavan, Chandra mohan, Ahuthi Prasad,Satyaraj, Kota srinivasarao.

Director: Siva
Producer: Bagvan J, Pullarao J.
Banner:

Music: Taman S
Cinematography:Betri,Vishal-Shekar.
Released Date: Sep 11th,2009

Story:
Set on the backdrop of Australia, the story begins with the happy go lucky Chandu (Gopichand) lives in Sydney along with his age-old bachelor uncle (Chandramohan). whose only aim in life seems to be to get into fight given his martial arts and fitness skills. However, action doesn’t happen but love happens to him when he sees Mahalakshmi (Trisha) and since then he chases her. Mahalakshmi (Trisha) lives with her uncle and aunt (Dharmavarapu and Rajitha) and works in a bakery which happens to her uncle’s business. Chandu develops crush on Mahalakshmi for a dramatic reason and slowly she too reciprocates for him. Finally she gives in but not before her another aunty (Telangana Shakunthala) comes and takes her back to India.and the real faction story runs behind her.

Chandu is the son of Sivayya (Satyaraj) and Mahalakshmi is the daughter of Pasupathi (Kota). A strong rivalry burns between Pasupathi and Sivayya. Chandu believes that his father was dead for many years. Why he believes so? Who makes him believe so? What’s the rivalry between Pasupathi and Sivayya? Why Chandu lives in Sydney? The answers for all these will be unleashed on silver screen.

Performances:-

Gopichand: He was given a cosmopolitan look in bigger way than in any other film. Gopichand looks bright and strong as ever but this time he tried more of comedy than action so it was new.

Trisha:She is at her best. She gained little weight and perfectly in tune with the taste of majority Telugu audiences. She has delivered best of her performance too.

Sathyaraj created an impact and was elegant, Ali was hilarious, Srinivas Reddy was good, Krishna Bhagawan was witty, Chandramohan was standard, Supreeth was wasted, Banerjee was intense, Dharmavarapu was okay, Venu Madhav was good, the others contributed in their own way.

Highlights:
Trisha
Production Values
Ali

Disappointments:
Vulgarity in comedy
Music
Flat narration

Technical aspects

The presentation part has been good. The dialogues were alright, the script was weak but the screenplay was apt. The songs were canned well but only two of them were melodious and worth taking home. Cinematography was top notch, editing was alright, costumes were perfect and the art department was adequate. The pace of the film was alright.

Director’s portrayal

The director came with a commercial concept but then his narrative missed the mark this time unlike his earlier movie. He was not able to get the right emotion and even comedy looked overdone in few sequences. It was essential that the film had seriousness but then it went on a light mode for a long time. He has looked at involving too much of comedy at unwanted times and this kind of dragged the movie. He needs to work on the comedy and the emotional scenes aspect.

Analysis:
The movie lacked required voltage and hence it’s average. Director concentrated well on the aspects of framing and bringing richness on to celluloid but didn’t bother much about narration.

Bricks and cement can make a mansion. But not when they are just made a heap. Engineering is required to make use of them in right way to build a mansion. Similarly a few comedy scenes, a few action elements and a little sentiment mounded like a heap will not be sufficient to bring out a commercial entertainer. They need to be rightly placed with right intensity and right flow. That is missing here.

The major pulling factor for this movie is Trisha. Gopichand fans expect energy and hence return back half hearted.