Kushi

Kushi, a romantic comedy starring Vijay Devarakonda and Samantha, delivers entertainment with exceptional performances. The storyline, set against the backdrop of religious beliefs and atheism, attempts to emphasize the importance of rituals, especially in marriage. However, it falls short by neglecting scientific principles. The film shines in comedy and boasts impressive cinematography and visuals. While lacking memorable soundtracks, character development and relationships are well-executed. Ultimately, Kushi leans towards comedy, making it a decent choice for laughs but not for a profound narrative. I'd rate it 6/10stars.

One more kinda movie from Vijay Devarakonda.

Story line is combination of ante sundaraki and sakhi.

Unnecessary dialogues and background music was copied from old Kushi in some scenes. Aishwarya Rajesh has done better acting compared to Vijay and Samantha.

Not sure what they were trying to show to audience in this film.

The 2 rating I gave was for some jokes and one action sequence.

It is not a theater watch. It will be OTT soon. I felt like I wasted 3 hrs watching this film. Interval ads are better than the film.

I don't even understand why this movie was named as Kushi.

Going forward please don't use hit movie names for such kind of flops and ruin the names of those movies.

The movie's plot may appear quaint, perhaps suitable for the 1980s era, yet it struggles to resonate in contemporary times. The screenplay lacks originality, with each scene and sequence treading a path of monotony and predictability, reminiscent of tropes prevalent over the past three decades. The dialogues, sadly, fall into the realm of familiarity.

Vijay Devarakonda's presence feels ill-suited, as he comes across more like Samantha's younger sibling than a fitting co-star. Their on-screen dynamic appears contrived, with Samantha's tendency to overact being a recurring issue, her appearance in this film is more artificial. On the contrary, the supporting cast executes their roles competently.

While the production design, costumes, and makeup all exude a sense of opulence, they lack vitality. The cinematography can be deemed satisfactory, though the editing could have been more succinct. Clocking in at a runtime of 2 hours and 45 minutes, the movie's duration is excessive for a romantic comedy and proves tiresome for an unengaging narrative.

Although a couple of songs manage to make a decent impression, the background music becomes overly pervasive in certain instances.

"This film portrays Orthodox Hindus as superstitious and unintelligent, while depicting Atheists as arrogant. However, it contradicts the idea that Orthodox Hindus are willing to marry their daughters to individuals from different castes and beliefs easily. It also suggests that Rationalists will contribute to environmental pollution and disrupt public peace by playing loud music, bursting crackers in front of government offices, and dancing."

I was with the majority here who wants to see both VD and Siva comeback strong, but, unfortunately, we have to wait for their next outings. Kushi is definitely not their comeback.

That being said, the movie is not completely bad either. It has it's beautiful moments too.

The first one hour of the movie is silly where the writing could have been way more better. Interval is the only decent to good part of the entire first half.

The second half started well with few good scenes & laughter and eventually faltered during the pre-climax and climax. Siva could not find the right balance between the two layers he tried to present in this movie.

Siva's stories are always familiar but they all used to have an x-factor in them. Kushi lacks that X-factor. Also, thinking back now, Siva made his entire second half favoring a certain gender. So, maybe, this movie will work for them.

But for me, this movie did not work except for few comedy scenes in the second half and the screen presence of VD.

Kushi is just a pan India film for name sake but it has no aspects of being pan Indian film except music and songs. Kushi has better first half especially the Kashmir Sequence but then after the story loses its pace and runs towards routine boredom. Second half seems to be old style of Bollywood film. The film lits up in its climax and delivers a good message but this message couldn't find to be impactful because of the loose writing. Overall performance of Vijay is better. Samantha also gives her best despite of her disease and being medically weak. The bond and relationship between the characters is good. Songs are the soul of the film. Shiva Nirvana sir had a good chance to deliver a romantic drama after majili but he failed due to lengthy and loose narration. Direction is good but it is not the best. Overall it is one time watch movie. But you will not feel re-watch it.