An utterly predictable tale of friendship
Assessment: Ajay Bhupathi managed to go away film buffs shocked and shut down naysayers when his debut movie RX 100 made waves in 2018. Particularly so, as a result of the movie made Ajay and the movie’s leads Kartikeya and Payal Rajput well-known in a single day. Come 2021, expectations have been excessive on his sophomore movie that didn’t simply promise a singular story but additionally marked the comeback of Siddharth to Telugu cinema. Which is why it’s a disgrace that Maha Samudram falters to face out.
Arjun (Sharwanand) and his buddy Vijay (Siddharth) have massive desires in life. The previous desires to run a enterprise, earn an trustworthy dwelling, whereas the latter is jaded by experiences in life. He’d slightly be a corrupt police officer who can extort cash from the bigwigs who run smuggling rings. Mahalakshmi aka Maha (Aditi Rao Hydari) teaches classical dance to kids and desires of an exquisite future with Vijay sometime even when he by no means reciprocates the identical. Smitha (Anu Emmanuel) is a regulation pupil who additionally desires of a future with Arjun.
Then again are Dhanunjay (Ramachandra Raju), a ruthless gangster who’s the kingpin of the smuggling ring in Vizag. His elder brother Gooni Babji (Rao Ramesh) yearns for a day when he’ll be revered and feared as a lot as Dhanunjay is. Additionally craving for a similar day is a small-time smuggler Chenchu Mama (Jagapathi Babu) who holds an affect on Arjun. Selections of 1 man deliver down the home of playing cards that leaves everybody affected, for higher or worse. With Arjun discovering himself bearing the accountability of Vijay’s errors, will these two ever return to the peaceable lives they as soon as led?
Siddharth forgoes the chocolate boy picture he has in Telugu to sink his enamel into a gray character whose thoughts is vulnerable to waver. Egocentric and indulgent to the tee, the actor does job of pulling off the character with ease. Sharwanand too doesn’t discover it onerous to get into the pores and skin of a personality whose intentions are noble even when doing one thing unlawful. Ajay takes issues a step additional by evaluating him to the samudram the movie is about at, relentless, robust and giving. Aditi Rao Hydari excels at taking part in the gorgeous tragic heroine who will make your coronary heart bleed for her; she appears gorgeous in Cheppake Cheppake. Anu will get the brief finish of the stick in a personality that’s the least memorable. Rao Ramesh offers the Gooni Babji character his all in relation to the physique language and dialogue supply; he’s a delight to observe. Remainder of the solid is nice too.
Regardless of what job Ajay does at sketching out his characters (he really excels on the minute detailing), his screenplay falters at preserving your consideration hooked. Nearly as good because the story appears on paper, the movie is completely predictable and each ‘twist’ will be smelled from a mile away. You may think about the way it’s all going to play out by the point the interval rolls round and regardless of how onerous he tries to drag the carpet from underneath you, he fails. He takes up all the pieces from romance to friendship, gangsters, backstabbing, misunderstandings and extra in a single movie however none of those tracks go away you absolutely happy. It makes you marvel if he took up an excessive amount of in a bid to inform a singular story. Raj Thota’s cinematography is a delight and Chaitan Bharadwaj does job with the BGM, his music is a hit-and-miss barring one quantity.
However on the finish of all of it, the beats of Maha Samudram appear acquainted. We’ve usually seen a lead that can bear the load of the world on his ready shoulders as a result of it’s the correct factor to do. Is that well worth the 2-hours-33-minutes runtime? You resolve.
