Dasara Movie Review: Fiery Nani is brilliant in this predictable revenge drama – India Today

Director Srikanth Odela’s Dasara, starring Nani, Keerthy Suresh and Deekshit Shetty, is a visually beautiful revenge drama. With some clichés, Dasara has its coronary heart in the proper place, says our overview.

Nani’s Dasara hit theatres on March 30.

By Janani Okay: Nani has been in all places for the previous few weeks. Be it promotional occasions or social media, he went all out in selling Dasara as a pan-Indian enterprise. When the trailer of Dasara dropped, many felt that it reminded them of Pushpa and KGF. Nevertheless, Dasara was neither Pushpa nor it was KGF. It had Srikanth Odela’s stamp regardless of the predictable storyline.

Dharani (Nani), Suri (Deekshit Shetty) and Vennela (Keerthy Suresh) are childhood associates. They hail from a village referred to as Veerapally, the place males take the bottle. Their alcoholism impacts the ladies of their lives. Dharani and Suri are finest associates. A lot in order that Dharani will quit his love for Vennela, who’s in love with Suri. As Suri and Vennela take their relationship to the subsequent degree, it doesn’t go down properly with Chinna Nambi (Shine Tom Chacko). The village, the place coal mining is a lifestyle, is split due to Rajanna (Sai Kumar) and Shivanna (Samuthirakani).

Srikanth Odela is a debutant filmmaker, however he’s a promising expertise. With Dasara, he has constructed a semi-fictional world and has efficiently transported us to the village of Veerapally. He exhibits Dharani as a susceptible underdog. For a hero, he cries on display screen, has no bladder management and shakes up in worry when hassle knocks on the door. In distinction, Suri, his buddy, is his energy. Whereas Dharani is naïve, Suri is sensible. In the meantime, there’s a feisty Vennela, who’s a breath of contemporary air.

Dasara is a movie that depends on its drama. Srikanth Odela is in no hurry to dive into the story the proper method. In actual fact, it seems to be like he knew he had a predictable storyline in hand and determined to construct a world round it so he might create an immersive expertise for everybody. Dasara has so many layers. The movie talks about girls and the way they’re exploited, rampant caste politics and superstition.

Here is the trailer:

Whereas the world-building, and characterisations of the lead roles and music make Dasara pleasurable, sure tropes maintain the viewers again from utterly having fun with this brilliantly shot revenge drama. In a scene, Dharani takes a choice which impacts Vennela’s life. Nevertheless, Dasara has one other scene the place Vennela questions whether or not she has a say in her life as a result of she was by no means requested! And the hyper-masculine hero apologises.

The ability dynamics within the village of Veerapally hold you hooked. Nevertheless, among the preliminary stretches of Dasara might check your endurance. Nani’s Dharani holds again for probably the most a part of the movie, whereas Deekshit as Suri takes the cake. It’s most likely due to this that the interval sequence leaves you in a state of shock.

Nani is the soul of Dasara. From expressing his vulnerabilities to crying his coronary heart out and emoting in silence, he has given his career-best efficiency. Keerthy, too, has a meaty position within the movie. It’s truly Suri who stole the present along with his easy performing.

One thing that Srikanth Odela might have labored on is the characterisation of the villain, Shine Tom Chacko. It treads on a wafer-thin line and after some extent, it doesn’t create an affect.

Santhosh Narayanan’s music and Sathyan Sooryan’s visuals make Dasara what it’s. The movie might remind you of Dhanush’s Asuran and Rishab Shetty’s Kantara. Whereas the movie offers with a predictable story, it does have sufficient meat to carry onto its personal.

3 out of 5 stars for Dasara.