Brahmastram Telugu Movie
“Brahmastram - the ultimate weapon” has misfired. Not because it’s a rehashed version of Jet Li’s ‘Unleashed’ but because it’s movie based on fights and Jagapati Babu has no special fighting talents that can convince the audience. His image as a romantic husband and an occasional gangster is hard to be erased. While the director forces you to watch Jagapati Babu as a ruthless fighter and killer, in the back of your mind there is something telling you that he is not what you are watching. Add to that the emotionless face of Neha Oberoi and the limited range of acting of Jagapati Babu and you have Brahmastram that does not fire at all
Ashsih Vidyarthi raises Jagapati Babu in a small cell isolated from the world and only teaches him about how to fight. Strange, the character doesn’t even have a name. Ashish Vidyarthi trains and uses Jagapati Babu to fight and kill for his gains. But one day Ashish Vidyarthi is shot and their den is bombed. Jagapati Babu too gets wounded and lands up in his friend’s (Kalabhan Mani’s) place. There Neha Oberoi takes care of him and her love makes him a civilized man. But before he is transformed in to a decent man Asish Vidyarthi reappears and reminds him of his original identity.
A lean and mean Jet Li gobbling up raw chicken is believable, but the same being done by our own Jagapati Babu is hard to digest. The only part that looked appreciable in Brahmastram is the acting of Kalabhavan Mani as a blind man. Neha Oberoi looked like she has a problem with nutrition, with pallid eyes and a beautiful face that doesn’t emote well. Her role has nothing to write about. She should use her big and beautiful eyes to her advantage by putting some life into it.
Jagapati Babu might have been very excited about the role when it was narrated it to him. But the problem is such a role requires a lot of work from getting transformed from the script to the screen. Simply growing hair, grooming beard and make the biceps bulge a bit is not going to help at all. It requires imagination on the part of the director as well as the actor to shape a character that is raised as a savage.
Music and comedy of Brahmastram are pedestrian. For a star like Jagapati Babu it’s step down after a good performance in “Anaganaga Oka Roju”. May be the future holds good for him.
