Veera Movie Review

Raviteja who has been delivering successful films in a row is now back again as Veera. This film is directed by Ramesh Varma on Sanvi Productions banner. Mr. Perfect ladies Kajal and Taapsee played the female leads in it.

Here comes for the story Deva (Ravi Teja) gets appointed as a Security Officer to ACP Shyam (Shyam) whose family has threat from baddie (Rahul Dev). Veera is a good man who fights for his people. But his sister (Sridevi) doesn’t like him to see as a killer. Therefore he hides that from her. Deva saves ACP Shyam’s daughter from bad guys, but at the same time ACP Shyam comes to know about Deva(Ravi Teja) is not the one who is supposed to be his Security Officer, rest of the story tells you who is Deva and reveals character Veera and showcases relationship between ACP Shaym’s family and Veera.

Veera is a routine film blended with action, comedy and romance. Ramesh Varma who earlier directed Oka Oorilo and Ride has directed this film which is far different from his previous films. But is very similar to hundreds of Telugu films from the past. Veera heads in the eighties kind of narration with a song fight comedy song fight type of treatment. It lacks the soul and purpose to keep the audience glued to the screen. Highly predictable storyline and boring screenplay are the major drawbacks of this film. Anybody who is known for being immensely patient too will be tested by this torturous flick which never seizes on boring to the core.

Raviteja looked unenthusiastic and uninteresting throughout the film. His chemistry with Brahmanandam is usually sparkling but it lacked the bite in Veera. There are two shades to his character and both of them are very badly done. Tapsee(Aikkie) character is just for mere songs and has no importance. Kajal Agarwal (Chitti), though the character is important and part of the story, is not handled well. Comedy by Brahmanandam, Ali is Okay up to some extent and others is not catchy and is pain to watch. You will be greeted by huge casting with no importance to their character. Roja and Divyavani played two important characters and they proved that they have grown better with age. Sridevi gets her expressions right. Pradeep Rawat is standard.

Thaman SS music is routine. He is repeating himself very often. If he does the same very often he will soon see the exit door. A couple of songs are catchy and hum-able though. Abburi Ravi dialogs lacked the spice. He doesn’t have powerful lines to elevate the character of Veera. Chota K Naidu’s cinematography is fine. Editing by Gowtam Raju isn’t slick enough. Production values are good. So much money is spent and that could be seen on the screen.

Ramesh Varma isn’t a director material. His shot making and framing shows his inability. A reasonable director might have made a film out of this. Whereas Ramesh Varma made a disaster out of it. He should get back to basics if he wants to survive in the industry. Looks like movie targeted towards masses, but narration lacks grip. Ravi Teja has misjudged story line and he has to pay his image, this may happen occasionally as he is the only Telugu actor who acts in 4 to5 films per year and encourages new talent.

Movie Name: Veera
Starring: Ravi Teja, Kajal, Taapsee Pannu, Kick Shyam, Sridevi, Prakash Raj, Brahmanandam, Ali, Roja Selvamani, Chalapathi Rao, Supreet, Pradeep Rawat and Rahul Dev
Music Director: Thaman S
Cinematography: Shota K.Naidu
Editor: Goutham Raju
Producer: Indukuri Ganesh
Director: Ramesh Varma
Banner: Sanvi Productions Pvt Ltd.
Release Date: 20th May 2011