Raghuramayya
(Satyaraj) is a 75-year-old man who is diagnosed with lung cancer and is in his
last stage of life. He informs this to his family and his grandson, Sai (Sai
Tej) takes lead and comes down to India and promises Satyaraj that he will make
him spend the last few days of his life in peace with his family. But
Satyaraj’s sons have no time for their dad and reluctantly come to India. What
happens after that and how the family knows the real value of parenthood is the
whole film all about.
Sai
Dharam Tej’s role has been designed quite well in the film and he has done a
very good job. Tej looks dashing and also performed well in key emotional
scenes. All his scenes with Satyaraj have come out quite nicely and are a major
key.
Maruthi
and his films are always known for comedy and this film has good doses of it.
Even though the concept behind the comedy looks over the top, it cracks you up
nicely. The main credit goes to Rao Ramesh who is superb as the sarcastic son.
The manner in which he gets irritated and evokes comedy was very good.
Raashi
Khanna gets a good role. The manner in which a comic angle has given through
the Tik Tok videos is very good and Raashi does well. Hariteja is neat in her
role. Murali Sharma is also very good in limited role.
Last
but not the least, Satyaraj was superb in his role and gives a whole new edge
to the film. The manner in which he emotes in all the key scenes is very good.
The
story line of the film is water thin and it resembles some few old films.
Maruthi has given his own treatment and has narrated it in an entertaining
manner at regular intervals. But in all this, he left out key emotions and made
the film silly many times.
The
family of Satyaraj is shown in a way too selfish manner which looks a bit over
the top. There should have been one character among them who does not like what
is happening with the senior member of the family. After a point Satyaraj and
his role haven been.made quite dull as the senior actor does not have much to
do other than watching what is going on with him.
Yet
another drawback is that the climax is rushed up. Sai Tej gives a class to
everyone during the climax and things change on their head and everyone is
happy. This looks a bit absurd and hurried up.
Technical
Aspects:
Thaman
is in full form and this shows through his music and superb BGM. Production
values of the film are top notch. Dialogues are pretty good. The camera work is
very good as Rajahmundhry and its surrounding areas have been showcased well.
Editing is perfect.
Coming
to the director Maruthi, he has done an okay job with the film. He has narrated
the film with good dose of comedy but his grip on emotions is weak. The main
and crunch conflict point between the selfish sons and Satyaraj is not
highlighted at all. A few more emotional drama from the beginning would have
made matters a bit more breezy. But he creates ample comedy to keep the viewers
engaged.
On
the whole, Pratiroju Pandage is a typical family drama that has a predictable
story and decent fun. A hurried up climax and lack of gripping emotional drama
takes the film down a bit. But the comedy generated at regular intervals is
pretty good and keeps the viewers engaged and ends this film as an average
watch this weekend.
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