“Sye Raa Narsimha Reddy” Film Review
Producer- Ram Charan
Director – Surender Reddy
Story – Paruchuri Brothers
Budget – 200 crore
Released date – 2 October 2019
Languages – Hindi , Kannada , Tamil and Malyalam
Star Cast- Amitabh Bachchan, Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara, Tamanna Bhatia, Anushka Shetty, Mukesh Rishi, Sudeep Kicha, Ravi Kishen, Vijay Sethupathi
Genre- Action Drama History War
My Ratings – ****
BCR News (Swati Bhat/Mumbai): The film is based on the life of Narasimha Reddy, who revolted against the atrocities of the East India Company in 1847, 10 years before the Indian Rebellion of 1857.The film revolves around Narasimha Reddy (Chiranjeevi) who rules Uyyalawada. Following his guru Gosayi Venkanna’s (Amitabh Bachchan) advice, he becomes a fierce warrior and leader. The just ruler is committed to doing the best for his subjects. Though he falls in love with the beautiful dancer, Laxmi (Tamannaah), he realizes that earlier in childhood, he was actually married off to Siddhamma (Nayanthara). Angered by the atrocities that his people are subjected to by the East India Company, Narasimha joins hands with other rulers, like Avuku Raju (Sudeep) and Raja Pandi (Vijay Sethupathi) and starts a rebellion against the tyrannical British.
Unfortunately, the film which has been released in five languages including, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi, falters off and on thanks to its unwieldy length of almost three hours but it is a sheer delight to watch Chiranjeevi. The precision with which the gigantic war sequences have been shot makes you awe stricken. Both Tamanna and Nayanthara have their own moments in the film though they are very few and far between while Ravi Kishen is able to show his flair for as a villainous ruler. Sudeep’s chemistry with Chiranjeevi makes you wish there were more scenes of them together but poor Mukesh Rishi has been wasted in a half baked role, which does not at all call for his histrionics.
From the first frame, till the last, the film stands out with its attention to details in every frame though one wishes that the film had been nicely edited and made crisper. To the credit of director Surender Reddy, he has been able to weave emotions in the tale and extract tears from the audiences without going overboard or being melodramatic to the core. Though there are scenes which automatically remind you of the recently released Kesari and the storytelling has its flaws, what needs to be lauded is that the makers have been successfully able to pull out this tale from the pages of history by mounting it on such a massive canvas for the audiences to see.On the whole, it is a must see film. It will be able to get maximum number of eyeballs in pan India but more so in Hyderabad and Telengana where Sye Raa Narsimha Reddy is revered like Veera Pandiya Katta Bomman is revered in Tamil Nadu.
