Yogi - Review!

Prologue:
Here comes yet another larger than life hero in the same mould as Chatrapati. It is as if repainted Chatrapati with a different background.

Story:
An innocent man turns into a Gangster. Yes we have seen it in many RamGopal Varma’s movies. No wonder that Vinayak’s inspiration is RGV. Eeswar Prasad, an innocent man from a village in Rayalseema comes to Hyderabad and gets involved in a murder case. The first murder starts with an altercation with a gangster and he ends up killing the gangster and surrenders to the police. This is the only place I felt police did their duty in the film. Rest of the movie police are either involved in comedy sequence or catching pick pocketer like Ali but safely ignored all the murder hero commits. Hero who gets released on bail acts as if he is permanently acquitted and takes a license to kill. He kills almost every one. It is a major turn around from a noble man who cares to save lives of strangers on grounds of humanity to turn into a killer.

Just after the murder it is surprising to see Chandramohan persuading him to become a gangster. Despite the reasons quoted, a crime is still a crime. There are no comments passed to director here as he is known to rationalize crime in similar basis by citing similar lame reasons. Sharada was proved a wrong choice for his mother. Unrealistic sequences between the mother and kid (our very own Hero) are in very bad taste. Especially the scenes where hero dances all of a sudden thinking of her mother made me feel that he needs an appointment with a psychiatrist. Nayanatara is a relief for many. Comedy tracks are refreshing but who cares even if they don’t fit in the theme.

Performance:
Prabhas as macho man is a treat to watch so long as he did not open his mouth. Nayantara became slim relatively. Ali, Venu Madhav and Sunil tried their best to save the film. Kota did as well as we expect him. Director did bad. Movie over all looked like a Chatrapati remodeled. (Encompassing part of the story in multiple flash backs)

Epilogue:
It is a bit harsh review. But it came out of the headache I got after watching the movie.

PS:
I did not expect a villager mom to know much of Hindu philosophy but sending a man with smile to grave did not get digested. As per Hindu Phil, death symbolizes changing of dress by discarding a body and occupying a new body. There is a stage when you don’t get new body, that stage is called Moksha or complete liberation. It makes sense to celebrate death as liberation from body but it did not make much to celebrate it with body when soul is already gone.