Mirchi

Name: Mirchi

Genre: Action/Drama

Cast: Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay, Koratala Siva (Director)

Synopsis: Jay (Prabhas ) was practicing with guitar when a girl came running and asks him to save her from some goons. Jay without fighting them resolves the conflict and goons gone back. Girl tells Jay that her name is Manasa (Richa Gangopadhyay). Later on, they became friends. Manasa told Jay that he should go and leave her as she can’t bear the pain of separation. Jay goes back to India and with love and affection changes the mind of her brother. He takes Jay with him to his village and there Jay with all love and affection changes the village way of thinking and make them more affectionate. Later on Manasa expresses her feelings for Jay. Jay tells her about his past. In the flashback, he was born to their Rival’s family. His father was a good man and wants to change people for the betterment. His mother doesn’t want to stay in that village so she left him. When Jay finds out that, he goes there and fell in love with a girl called Vennela (Anushka Shetty). Jay starts to take revenge on his father’s rival’s family. Jay and Vennela decided to marry each other. When the marriage was going on inspector came there and tell his father that his enemy is killing everyone as his son has also taken revenge on them. When the fight ends Jay’s mother died. Jay’s father blames him for his mother’s death and expels him from home. Now at present, Manasa’s Uncle has challenged Jay for a fight. If Jay defeats him and his men, then he will not fight again. Jay defeats them all. After being defeated, Manasa’s uncle asks Jay that can he beat his arch enemies’ son and if he does that he will marry Manasa with him. When Jay hears this, become very angry and told him that the person whom he is asking him to beat is none other than himself. He beats him. Later all family members tries to console and convert him. Jay’s father watched all this and welcomes Jay back to the family and reunites with Vennela. 

Review: It’s a telugu movie with strong and charismatic performance of Prabhas. Movie, most of the time remained focused of Prabhas only. Script of the movie lacked uniqueness and it’s just like some old wine in new bottle. Richa and Anushka’s performance were good but very less focus was given to them. Songs of the movie are good but direction of the movie was not at all effective. Ending of the movie could have been made better. As a whole, movie is above average with some entertainment and action.   

Stars given: 2.5 out of 5.

Bhai

Name: Bhai

Genre: Action/Drama

Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Richa Gangopadhyay, Prasanna, Veerabhadram Chowdary (Director)

Synopsis: Bhai (Nagarjuna Akkineni) is a dangerous henchman of the Hong Kong don called David. David’s son James and Tony doesn’t like that most of the David’s operations are being done by Bhai alone. David gives Bhai a task to kill a police officer of Hyderabad who is disrupting David’s operation there. During Bhai’s operations in Hyderabad, a girl Radhika (Richa Gangopadhyay) meet him and later on fell in love with him. Bhai rejects her proposal. On further investigation Bhai find out that the Police officer is none other that is own brother when he sees his father alongside his brother named Arjun (Prasanna). He didn’t kill Arjun and walks out from there but his visuals of aimimg gun at him are being taken. Some armed men attacked Arjun but they were killed by him. Bhai was shocked we he came to know that one of the armed men who was killed is none other than Tony. David on being known to this truth is now wants to take revenge and wants to kill Arjun. Munna one of the Bhai’s aide asked him that why he didn’t complete the job. Bhai tells him about his past. His tells him that his real name Vijay son of Raghava who lives in a village near Warangal. His father was a respected man in the village. Vijay has two siblings Arjun and Geetha. There was an annual fest in the temple which was being hosted by Raghava but his rival Venkat Reddy doesn’t want this fest to happen. Reddy sends his son to destroy the fest by setting the fest on fire. Raghava found that Reddy’s son was trying to set the fest on fire and locked him up. Reddy’s son died due to some injury which he got unintentionally by Raghava. Seeing his father goodwill at stake Vijay takes the blame and was arrested. When Vijay got released from jail, he beats the hell out of Reddy’s men. When Raghava came to know this, he got very angry and expels him from house. Vijay then goes to Hyderabad and there he starts working for David and till now he is working for him. Bhai and his aides, now try his best efforts to save Bhai’s family from David and his son James.

Bhai meet Geetha, his sister who was going to marry her lover Sandeep, a US citizen. He reveals his true identity to his sister and on her request he and his henchmen went to her home as marriage planners. Radhika too joins them as florist. As Bhai has now deep loving for his family, his sister and uncle who know the true identity of Bhai’s that is Vijay is called as Bhai. On the day of marriage, Reddy call Raghava and said that Sandeep is his foster son and he will not attending the marriage as he is forced to be kept at house. Bhai rescues Sandeep and this make Raghava and Reddy come along the same platform and marriage becomes successful. Bhai and Munna kidnapped James. Then there was fight between them but somehow James escapes from there. When James and David were trying to go back to Hong Kong they see one of the persons who beat James. Later on, that henchman of Bhai as well as Munna commits suicides. David came to know about the conspiracy of Bhai against them. Arjun sees that recording where Bhai aims him to kill and decides to arrest Bhai but Bhai manages to escape and attend his sister’s wedding. Arjun was suspended by this and was kidnapped by James. Bhai later on pretends to be surrendered and later on confronts them. He saves Arjun from them and spares rest of them to go back. His takes Arjun back to Raghava’s home. Raghava came to about Bhai’s past from his uncle. He rejoices with Bhai. In the end Bhai accept Radhika’s love.

Review: The film is a little bit above average. Story of the movie is not something unique and creative. Whole of the movie is based on Nagarjuna performance only which no doubt is good one. Other characters roles in the movie are less and that too not solid one. Fight sequences are good. Songs of the movie are average. As a whole, movie is just an average with a good performance of Nagarjuna.

Stars given: 2.5 out of 5.