Gopi & Tapsee's Telugu Movie Mogudu Review

Movie Review : Mogudu Rating : 2.25/5 Banner : Lakshmi Narasimha Productions Cast : Gopichand, Rajendra Prasad, Taapsee, Shraddha Das, Roja, Naresh, Raghava, Venu Madhav, Harshavardhan, Pragathi, Gitanjali and OthersMusic : Babu ShankarCinematography : Srikanth Producer: Nallamalapu Bujji Director : Krishna Vamsi Released Date : November 04, 2011

Story:   A stale tale, the story begins with Bujji (gopichand), the son of a well respected and influential farmer Anjaneya Prasad (rajendra prasad) who has a lovable joint family. Bujji is the darling of all and as expected, they want him to get married. After having few hiccups, Bujji comes across Rajeshwari (taapsee) and falls in love with her. Rajeshwari is the daughter of politician Chamundeshwari (roja). Both sides agree for the marriage but on the day the marriage takes place, an incident causes a break up between both families. Both Bujji and Rajeshwari go for a divorce. What happens after that forms the rest of the story. Presentation:  The director has come up with a predictable storyline and while the presentation was neat, the narrative was bad. The dialogues were poor. The script was written weakly and the screenplay was not upto the mark. Background score was good and only two songs were foot tapping. Cinematography was appealing. Locations were good for songs. Editing was matured but it was required during the second half. Costumes were natural and stylish while the art department was rich. Gopichand has come up with a subdued performance and he is part of the film not leading it. Rajendra Prasad was wonderful. Taapsee was good, she will score. Shraddha Das was sexy and did her bit as required. Naresh was natural. Roja was better and contained. Venu Madhav was not that appealing. The others like Pragathi, Harshavardhan, Raghava, Gitanjali etc contributed as expected. Conclusion:  Though the fundamental of the story is good and has the right kind of material to be delivered, the film suffered due to poor execution. While the first half was alright and manageable, the second half was bad, it began to get worse as it progressed. The technical values are good but the idea was lacking enough depth to be conveyed rightly. Overall, this is a film which might have good openings but it will fizzle out in no time at the box office.