Movie : Gaddalakonda Ganesh
Rating : 3/5
Main Cast : Varun Tej, Atharva, Pooja Hegde, etc.,
Director : Harish Shankar
Producer : 14 Reels Plus
Cinematography : Ayananka Bose
Music Director : Mickey J Mayer
Release Date : September 20, 2019
Other Reviews: Great Andhra: 2.75/5 Idle Brain: NA 123Telugu: 3/5
Highlights:
- Varun Tej
- Story line
Drawbacks:
- 2nd Half
- Lengthy Runtime
Story & Final Verdict:
After The Blockbuster success of F2 Varun Tej teamed up with Harish Shankar for a successfull remake of Tamil Movie Jigarthanda Which released in 2014, The movie was firstly named as Valmiki and after several issues and protests the team decided to change the movie name to "Gaddalakonda Ganesh" and released this friday.
Abhilash (Atharva), an aspirant filmmaker wants to make a movie on a real life gangster. He follows with a biggest gangster Gaddalakonda Ganesh (Varun) for his script and starts following him. But Ganesh comes to know about someone following him and recording all his events. How ganesh deals with Abhilash and his friend and did abhilash completes his movie and how the problems to be solved rest must be watched in bigscreen?
Coming to performances and technicalities , Varun Tej steals the show with his mass appearence, The film is all about Varun Tej. He has brought Gaddalakonda Ganesh character to life with his terrific portrayal. His look of eighties also is impressive. This is the best performance of the Varun Tej by far. Atharva as abhilash is good as the aspiring filmmaker. Pooja Hegde has a brief role to play and she steals the show with her beauty. Mrinalini Ravi is just okay. Satya is good in a lengthy comedy role. Brahmaji has some fine moments of humor. Tanikella Bharani, Supriya and Annapurna have their moments too. Harish Shankar knows the pulse of the masses well. He makes sure to mix all the commercial elements into this plot. People who had seen Jigarthanda may not agree or entirely like the way Harish has dealt it, but the right mix of commercial elements and the way he had shown Varun Tej makes the difference.
Mickey J Meyer's score is surprisingly energetic. The theme music he has done for Ganesh's character is superb. The remix of Velluvochi song and the superhittu song are highly impressive. Cinematography is very good, but editing is not crisp. The film's runtime is too long. Production values are good.
Coming to conclusion, Varun Tej steals the show and those who watched jigarthanda will also love this movie and those who love mass films Gaddalakonda Ganesh is a must watch for all the mass audience this weekend.