Tuesday 1 May, 2007

Dhee (Kotti Choodu )


Another mega entertainer from Srinu Vaitla. One of the best entertainers in the recent times and one of the best movies I have seen since Bommarillu. At the end of the movie Srinu Vaitla, Brahmanandham, Srihari, Sunil and Vishnu come out winners. Though Vishnu has done a decent job, I feel some other actor like Ravi Teja would have done wonders to such an author-backed role. I have no doubt that Ravi Teja, with his tremendous energy and unique mannerisms would have made this movie one of the all time entertainers.

The movie starts introducing 2 powerful gangs, that of Shankar Gowd (Srihari) and Bhillu (Supreet). Srihari kills Supreet's son, Ajay. Through out the movie, Supreet tries to avenge the death of his son by killing Srihari's sister, Genelia. Genelia is made to continue her studies at home when Srihari comes to know about Supreet's intentions. Vishnu is a streetsmart guy who prefers brain over brawn. Vishnu enters Srihari's house as an accountant and wins his confidence by displaying his wits. As it is expected, Vishnu falls in love with Genelia to take the story forward. Here is where Srinu makes it different from other movies by not taking the usual path of hero and heroine eloping. Vishnu and Genelia get married without Srihari's knowledge. However, Srihari comes to know that Genelia has a boyfriend. It is then a hide and seek game between Srihari and Vishnu to know who the boyfriend is till the climax when it is time for the villian (Supreet) to give the twist thus bringing the movie to an end.

Brahmanandam did extremely well throughout the movie and plays a major role entertaining the crowds. Srinu Vaitla continues his rib tickling 15 minute booze episode. This time instead of the hero, it is Brahmanandam who does the honours. Given a role like this, Brahmanandam shows what he can do. During the booze episode, sunil gets a chance to shake a leg and he does it very well. Genelia continued her Bommarillu role and mannerisms in this movie too. Jayaprakash Reddy did well too in a role which needed just expressions and he showed how one can make people laugh without saying a word. Srihari is good in his role with his telangana accent. The way he lifts his hands and says "Gidhi final" is good. Chandramohan does a good job as Vishnu's dad. Prema as Srihari's wife has no role to play. Tanikella Bharani and Shafi are sufficient in their roles.

Music is good though it is not great. There are couple of songs which are good.

Srinu should have given some attention to Genelia's dubbing. There was absolutely no lip sync between what is said and what her lips read. Vishnu should seriously consider shredding a lot of weight. Srihari did a good job and should continue to take up different roles instead of the going in for the same action hero subjects with revenge as central theme.

Overall, Dhee is definitely worth watching for complete 3 hours of entertainment. Have fun :-)

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