Waltair Veerayya (2023)

Waltair Veerayya (2023). 2h 35m | K-16

“Positives.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e1. Chiru sir and Ravanna.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eChiru sir was great as Veerayya. It almost felt like I was vintage Chiru be honest. He was very lively, likable, and after a point, sympathetic and gets us to emotionally connect with his character. Along with Chiru sir, Ravanna was also great and got us to connect with him in the minimal time he had. The scenes between them werenu0026#39;t written well, but it was still engaging due to their performances. The only bad thing in their performances though is their slang. Veerayyau0026#39;s Vizag slang and Vikramu0026#39;s Telengana slang were unnecessary and the director shouldnu0026#39;t have added it into the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e2. DSP BGM.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThough the songs were forgettable, I have to go it to DSP anna. Even though some BGMs were mediocre. Without his BGM, some scenes wouldnu0026#39;t have been that memorable. Especially the pre-climax scene.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e3. Interval Bang.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor people who havenu0026#39;t seen it, see the movie at least for that scene. Itu0026#39;s the peak of the movie, and everything was great in that scene be it the direction, cinematography, especially DSP annau0026#39;s BGM.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e4. Basic Story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe basic story of the character Veerayya was good albeit itu0026#39;s routine. It had the potential to become a classic commercial movie. It had space for good comedy, good action scenes, good emotional scenes, good scenes with Sruthi Hassan, etc. Etc., but unfortunately the reason with movie ends up being only decent and not great is only because of one person and that person is…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNegativesu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e1. Bobby.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYes, Bobby himself. Note that I said Bobby and not story, screenplay, dialogues, direction. Itu0026#39;s all because he was the one who did everything with everything to make a great movie and handled it like an amateur. Even though I liked the basic story, he couldu0026#39;ve done many things to make it less predictable and more entertaining. Even though he didnu0026#39;t write the screenplay by himself (he had help from Kona Venkat and K. Chakravathy Reddy), he had a hand in it and couldu0026#39;ve somehow convinced his aides and vice versa to make the screenplay way better. Seriously, there too many unneccessary points in the script of the movie which shouldu0026#39;ve been removed such as some side characters like poor Vennela Kishore, Pradeep Rawat and Anish Kuruvilla and some unnecessary reactions and songs and replaced them with more scenes that try to get us to emotionally connect with the gang and Shruti Hassan. It wouldu0026#39;ve made things more fun. Along with that, even though I liked how he introduced some more emotional depth and flaws to Veerayya in the second half, it was completely predictable and wouldu0026#39;ve been better if he took care of it. Along with that, he shouldu0026#39;ve written the pre-climax and climax scene of the movie way better. The only reason why the pre-climax is better than the climax is the BGM and the climax is too 80s-level melodramatic and the screenplay couldu0026#39;ve been way better in this parts. It was so mediocre that Neekemo and the scene before it comes out of nowhere and shouldu0026#39;ve been edited out. Coming to the direction, he shouldu0026#39;ve used many things in this movie way better. For example, DSP. The songs are mediocre and as a Chiru fan, he shouldu0026#39;ve at least made DSP give a good album–especially since Chiru-DSP is a famous combo known for great albums like Shankar Dada MBBS, Shankar Dada Zindabad, and Andarivaadu–,but what we got was completely mediocre, except the title track which I loved. But nevertheless, along with DSP, he shouldu0026#39;ve used his other technicians to make the movie look better from a CGI and cinematography POV, and along with that, he shouldu0026#39;ve directed the movie how the scenes demanded. It wouldu0026#39;ve made the movie an actual good movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, I think that this movie had the potential to become a classic in Chiru siru0026#39;s career, but was spoiled due to Bobby.”