Julayi Review

‎123telugu.com Rating : 3.25 /5

Director : Trivikram Srinivas
Producer : D.V.V.Danaiah
Music Director : Devi Sri Prasad
Starring : Allu Arjun, Ileana,Sonu Sood

 Stylish Star Allu Arjun has hitthe screens today with ‘Julayi’. The film has Ileana as the heroine and Trivikram Srinivas is the director. The movie has been released today in a bigway and a lot is riding on thefilm for both Allu Arjun and Trivikram. Let us see how the movie is.
Story :
Ravindra Narain (Allu Arjun) is a very smart guy who believes in making quick money. His father Narayana Murthy (Tanikella Bharani) isagainst this attitude and believes in hard work. Ravi crosses the path of Bittoo (Sonu Sood) accidentally, while the latter is about to commit a bank robbery to thetune of 1500 Crores. An alertRavi teams up with Police Commissioner Raja Manikyam(Rao Ramesh) and apprehends Bittoo. This infuriates Bittoo and he swears revenge on Ravi.
A concerned Raja Manikyam sends Ravi off to Hyderabadunder a witness protection program. He asks Ravi to stay in the house of his friend,ACP Sitaram (RajendraPrasad). He comes across Madhu (Ileana) in Hyderabad and falls in love with her. As this is unfolding, Bittoo makes his own plans to extract revenge. He works with MLA Varadarajulu (Kota Srinivasa Rao) and Travels Murthy (Brahmaji) to achievehis objective.
The rest of the story is about how Ravi and Bittoo face off. Who wins in the end? What happens to Ravi’s love story? That needs to be seen on the big screen.
Plus Points :
Allu Arjun is at his energetic and stylish best in the film. His costumes are cool and his mannerisms are nice. Arjun has used Trivikram’s punch dialogues well. He has performed well in the fight sequences and his dances are brilliant as always. Once again, Allu Arjun shows why he is regarded as one of thebest dancers in the industry.
Ileana looks great and has agood romantic track with Allu Arjun in the first half. Her performance has shades from her role in “Jalsa’. Rajendra Prasad is classy and shows yet again why he is such a highly respected actor. He is brilliant as ACP Sitaram. Kota Srinivasa Rao is good.
M.S.Narayana brings about afew laughs. Brahmanandam rocks as thief Brahmam. He has a brilliant episode in the second half with Hema and his mannerisms there are howlarious. Sonu Sood is good as Bittoo and he excelsin both the villainous episodes as well as in funny episodes towards the climax.Brahmaji and Tanikella Bharani are alright. Rao Ramesh is decent.
Trivikram’s dialogues deserve special mention. They are outstanding and are used to great effect in the first half. The pace of the first half is very good, and the movie just breezes by with some good Trivikrammark comedy. Songs have been choreographed nicely and they gel with the tempo in the first half.
Ali and Posani make cameo appearances and they are good.
Minus Points :
The second half is a letdownwhen compared to the first half. The pace of the narration dips a bit. When Trivikram is at the helm, audiences expect stylish andwell shot fight sequences. In Julayi, the fight sequences tend to be a little over the top . Cars crashing into eachother unrealistically and Scorpios flying are not what we expect from you Trivikram sir.
Romantic track with Ileana has been left incomplete and it has not been properly tiedup. Dharmavarapu is routine.
Comedy in the second half may not be easily understood by B and C center crowds as it is subtle.Also, there are some unrealistic aspects in the story line. Allu Arjun behaves like an extra constitutional authority throughout the movie. He keeps accompanying police officers and shoots criminalson the road in broad daylight. Why does the policedepartment put up with it even though Rajendra Prasad is an ACP?
The climax sequence is routine and some of the scenes are again unrealistic.Perhaps Trivikram wanted toplay to the masses. The placement of the songs in the second half could have been better.
Technical Aspects :
Cinematography is good . Editing is neat in the first half but it could have been better in the second half. Choreography is neat. Trivikram has done a good job in the first half as a director. He could have donebetter in the second half. As a dialogue writer though, Trivikram scores full marks. The dialogues explode like bullets and they will strike a chord with urban movie lovers.
Devi Sri Prasad’s music is good and background score is decent.
Verdict :
Julayi has a great first half going for it. Trivikram’s stamp can be seen all over itand this half makes for some great entertainment. A slightly below par second half and unnecessarily over the top sequences spoil the flavour a bit. Still, Julayi makes for some good entertainment overall. Allu Arjun and Rajendra Prasad excel in this film and you canhappily catch Julayi just for them. From a commercial perspective, we have to waitand see how the movie scores in B and C centers asmass crowds might not understand some of the subtler elements in the film.