Race Gurram

After getting flops from their previous works, both the director Surender Reddy and Allu Arjun are actually back with a bang! The narration is very good and though the story line looks very ordinary, the direction took it into another level. Cinematography is a class apart, especially in songs like 'Down down dappa' , 'Cinema Sopistha' and few fight scenes as well, were shot greatly. As the story progresses, it picks up pace and with the entry of Brahmanandam, it goes to a new high. Highlights for the film are Shruthi Hassan's intro and characterization , Arjun's 'Deevuda' expression , Pre-Interval and Climax episodes. Thaman was only good at the catchy BGM which takes off in the Interval and continues till the end. A complete Emotional Family entertainer all the way! Go and grab a ticket, 3 hrs of racy entertainment is assured.

Right from the word go, I was cursing myself for coming to watch this movie. The family sentiment seemed contrived, acting too loud, romance illogical, and the list goes on. But surprisingly, after almost 3 hours, I left the theater satisfied (how is that even possible?).

Scripted and directed by Surender Reddy, Race Gurram starts off just like any other commercial Telugu movie, with phony sequences and loud acting. While the first half seemed dull with mediocre screenplay, Surender manages to pull half the later half exceedingly well. The overall direction though could have been much better.

On acting front, it's more or less a cake walk for Arjun. His body language is superb, and he performs with ease. But what needs mention is one performance: Brahmi a.k.a Kill Bill Pandey, take a bow! He is absolutely entertaining.

Overall, the screenplay in the second half, Bunny's strong screen presence and Bramhi come to the rescue in this mediocre film, and you walk out of the theater satisfied. So just for that, you can give it a watch.

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Time killing movie Amazing comedy with action &romance It's also best collection of Allu Arjun

Ram(Shaam) and lakshman aka lucky(Allu Arjun) are brothers who never get with each other since childhood. They always fight like tom and jerry. Ram is a sincere and respected police officer whereas lucky is unemployed who wishes to work in america. Lucky falls in love with spandana(shruthi hassan) who is daughter of a millionaire bheem prakash(prakash raj). Maddali shiva reddy(ravi kishan) is a local gangster who is going to join politics. When lucky meets bheem prakash to talk about his relationship with spandana, bheem prakash said that his brother ram said to him that lucky is unemployed living with his brother's income and refuses this relationship. Furious lucky has a fight with ram in the house and gets slapped by his mother. Lucky swears revenge to make ram lose his job. Ram gets evidence regarding siva reddy's criminal activities. He is supposed to present it before siva reddy signs the nomination for election. But at that time lucky steals ram's jeep in which the evidence was so that ram will get suspended. Siva reddy gets to know about ram's plan and hires goons to kill him. But the goons attack lucky who was in ram's car. When lucky comes to know that they were planning to kill ram his brotherly love awakens and bashes those goons and beats siva reddy black and blue before he signs for nomination and siva reddy is in coma. Siva reddy's father peddi reddy(mukesh rishi) is in search of the guy who put his son in coma and lucky himself appears infont of peddi reddy and explains him that why he did it and requests him not to trouble his family hereafter. Lucky plans to get ram hitched and searches for ram's love interest shwetha(saloni). Ram and shwetha unite and their wedding plans are started. At that time siva reddy wakes up from coma and comes to know lucky met his father. His father says that he spared so that you could take revenge on your own when you wake up. Siva reddy becomes minister without election and starts plotting against lucky and his family. First, he makes ram charged in a sexual assault and make him lose his job, then he demolishes their house and expose lucky to ram that he had stolen the jeep that day due to which ram throws him from the family. That moment, lucky is attacked by siva reddy's goons and is tied upside just like he tied siva reddy. Lucky challenges siva reddy that he will dethrone him soon. Will lucky win the challenge? For that watch race gurram. Race gurram has 80% comedy and 20% action/mass. Allu arjun's character is an extension of his julayi character. The real highlight is bhramanandam as kill bill pandey who shines in the last 20 minutes. Shaam's fading career got ressurected with rg. Thaman's music is good after repeated listening. Ravi kishan sometimes gets on your nerves. Surender reddy uses his stylish making in parts. But the movie is too long. Comedy is crass. There are lots of over the top sequences. Shruthi hassan's character was initially very interesting but she is soon turned into a typical heroine. I wished her character to be the same like in the beginning. Before rg, allu arjun was only a mid range hero in tollywood. But after rg, allu arjun is today an A list actor of tollywood. But I never felt anything great in rg.

Race Gurram (Race Gurram) is an entertaining movie, if you enter the auditorium with a clear mindset that you are going to watch a comic film and not a movie which takes itself too seriously. The best part of the movie is it is the first time ever that a major telugu star has underplayed his role in the climax sequences and let comedian Brahamandam take center stage and letting character actor Rajeev Kanakala do something which is unthinkable in a telugu motion picture-nope no spoilers from me sorry.

Ram (Shaam) and Lakshman A.K.A Lucky (Allu Arjun) are brothers whose sibling rivalry is something which would put cain and abel to shame and give them a massive inferiority complex. Ram does everything better and is a successful police officer and Lucky does nothing worthwhile and lives off his brother and parents.

Lucky falls in love with Spandana (Sruthi Hassan-at her best) a girl with a terminator hangover and has a very good control on all emotions. Lucky changes her and makes her a lady version of himself and at this point Ram puts a spoke in their love wheel.

Lucky bays for revenge and does something which causes him to cross paths with Siva Reddy (Ravi Kissen) a rowdy sheeter turned politician. A showdown lands Siva Reddy in a hospital and he vows revenge on Lucky.

Apart from the sibling rivalry and Sruthi Hassan's characterization, the movie has nothing new to offer, but the way the screenplay works its way around the minor nitty gritties is what makes the movie interesting.

Allu Arjun plays the same tried and tested role to perfection and his "DEVUDA!" is good and is used in the right situations. He is excellent in the climax sequences and during the interval bang sequence.

Sruthi Hassan as Spandana is a treat to watch in the first half an hour of the movie-she is amazing in the bank robbery sequence and also gives us a glimpse of her tapori side in the "cinema choopistha mama" song. Shaam does the same boring act for the umpteenth time, sad to see such a good actor being typecast.

Saloni is cute with the telangana accent and gives out a good performance especially in the running sequence with Allu Arjun. Ravi Kissen does the same thing which all tollywood villains have been doing, yell and yell and then drop down dead.

It is Brahamanandam as Kill Bill Pandey who actually steals the show-his scene with Siva Reddy is the best in the mo vie-especially the dig at Prabhas.

Music by Thaman is strangely bad for an Allu Arjun movie, apart from the cinema choopistha song-none of the songs are good on the ears. Direction by Surender Reddy is good, but I wish the screenplay could make up its mind whether it wanted the movie to be an action thriller or a light action comedy.

Watch the movie for the laughs-----just don't take the movie too seriously-just walk in and expect Allu Arjun doing an Allari Naresh and you will love the movie