JULAYI

SCENE 1:

A father criticizes wayward living style of his son and makes fun of his theories of money making. Irritated the son declares given few thousands  he will make them lakhs in two hours.Infuriated, the fathers throws money on him and asks him to do the same. The son steps out and his mind is clear. He wants to invest the money i n cricket betting  to multiply the money his father had given him. 

SCENE 2:

A heavy rain makes him(the son) to wait at a place where a stranger is waiting for his pick up. The stranger is a thief and on his way to loot a bank  and waiting for his accomplices to pick him up. A vehicle approaches to pick up the the stranger. The son who is unaware of the robbery plan requests the stranger to drop him at the betting club.

SCENE  3:

A witty conversation takes place between both the lead characters...the son and the stranger. The stranger comes to know the mind of the son. How ever the son discovers the plan of the stranger after he gets down. In order to escape a possible arrest after a raid of the police on the betting  club the son offers the police a chance to catch the bigger culprits so that he can be free. 

SCENE 4:

The police catch  the stranger, (who looted the bank in the style of THE JOKER of The Dark Knight). In the process the stranger's brother gets killed. The stranger gets to know the reality behind the sudden police attack on them. He vows to kill the son. The police arrange an alternative hideout for him. 

Director Trivikram presents the above four scenes laced with witty humour and good music in a grand style in the first twenty odd minutes of the movie JULAYI.. Of course he is  "heavily"  inspired from English movies from  which he constructed certain sequences in this movie. You are pushed into a  belief that you are going to be a part of a nail biting thriller. You hope for a powerful conflict between the two ..the son and the thief. For the first time i thought some thing new is being offered on the screen after a long while.

To his credit Trivikram srinivas has written great lines(which he always does)   and shot certain scenes very brilliantly...in particular the  thread of father and sons duel on easy money. In fact the director cleverly links the argument between father and son in the opening of the movie where son questions and father remains silent. And   the father answers them in the second half where the protagonist discovers the ills of easy money. Really heart touching. And the subtle humour is always there in Trivikram movies.This one is no different. A healthy comic subplots are interwoven through out the movie. All the technical departments have done well. In fact there's no complaint here regarding the technical phase.

So you may ask me me; a good story line... great dialogues..great music... IS THERE ANYTHING TO COMPLAIN? 

Definitely a lot. 

Without an iota of doubt i conclude Trivikram has lost to the star power again.  He spoiled the entire story and a great deal of technical work including his in his raw madness to elevate the star. He is no Rajamouli who can make an  illogical fare with awesome inputs of heroism to elevate the hero. 

For example the hero is spoil  brat only for the first twenty minutes. After that he is a part of the police investigation team. If the idea is to show a way ward hero transforming him into a responsible guy, the hero is very much a responsible guy within the first 30 min. Can you call a guy a spoil brat who is assisting police to nab a great criminal?

Further the basic premise of the story..easy money is not at all perfectly dealt. The argument between the father and son definitely offers  a wide platform of thoughts to be discussed as an entire society today looks up to easy ways without recognizing the evil behind. Very sadly the point is pushed back and its really unconvincing when the father preaches the son about ills of easy money in the penultimate scenes. The son never falls for the loot amount at any stage even though he knows the money is hidden in a garbage.How come for a character who is obsessed with a desire of easy money to leave some thousands of crores? Never the hero is shown in that mood. 

The heroine is needed for the hero. So she is shown in the most unconvincing manner. The entire romance seems forced and its a part of the the story to pop up some good laughs.Its great  idea to make us and heroine to believe a shower  caused by a water tank  as rain. What happened to you Trivikram?

The hero and the villain can read each other mind ( a lift from the Sherlock Holmes: game of shadows ). Even Sherlock Holmes has to attend the classes of professor Moriarty to understand his methods. Then the  protagonist and antagonist in this movie  are definitely a class apart from Sherlock  Holmes and  Moriarty.

In finality you make a khichidi of some English movies......write some illustrious.lines .....add comic subplots......pump in a energetic beat and write everything to elevate the hero and then name it in some attractive manner. This is how the Telugu cinema is running these days.. 

People may enjoy the stuff. But to make such stuff we don't need a Trivikram. And as far as his lines are concerned  let me assure all the readers direction and writing are two different departments. Both should be neatly combined to make a good or great film.

The movie would have been a great film if the son ventured out to prove his father wrong,,,,got involved in a serious heist,,,,ran through a series of problems........got help from some ......and finally returns home where his father is ready with the answers for his questions.

Trivikram.....you again lost to a hero.