Khaidi No. 150

Well, the anticipation was that of Megastar returning to big screen after 10 years. Nothing else. if you have watched "Kaththi", then it will be obvious that you will like it better than the telugu version. As it is a remake, I have to compare the two movies, or else the whole sense of remake would be simply be stupid. The only good or better that happened with this movie is Chriru, rest all is just a ride of stupidfest of the writers, director and as well as the musician. I have one simple question. "Why would you remake a movie which is already a blockbuster in other language and with this level of globalization many people have watched it. why?". This doesn't make any sense at all. Coming to the writing, its just the hero worship of the protagonist rather than focusing on the story or the script. Few characters were created just for that, for example: Doberman. If a Star comes to big-screen after a long gap, all he needs is a powerful story with gripping screenplay, definitely not this kind of a movie. So, please make some sensible movies and employ some sensible writers and please come out of the notion that you should entertain the mass audience. there are other kind of people too who watch movies. Please. Have some sense.

Khaidi No.150 (2017): Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Chiranjeevi Mega Star.....This is a fanatic slogan for every movie lover in those times.Konidela Shiva Shankara Varaprasad,an once unknown person ruled Tollywood for almost 2 decades as Chiranjeevi.After a gap of 10 years,Boss is back with his new movie Khaidi No.150 which is a remake of Tamil blockbuster and one of my favorite movie Kaththi.Khaidi No 150 which has been in the news for over a year has hit the silver screens today. Can Chiranjeevi reclaim his glory and position with this movie?Does he have the same charisma and screen presence?

Plot:

Kaththi Seenu (Chiranjeevi) is a happy go lucky crook who escapes from jail and plans to leave the country for good. One fine day, he comes across an accident and helps the man who gets affected by it.The twist in the tale arises when Seenu finds out that the man(Shankar) he saved is the exact look a like of him. He cleverly sends back Shankar to jail in his place and silently enters his life to earn more money.There, he comes to know that Shankar's life is miserable as he is the only man who is helping the downtrodden farmers of his village. Upset by this, Seenu decides to own Shankar's problems and launches a huge fight against the corporate companies who are behind all this. How does he solve all these problems forms the rest of the story?

Plus Points:

1)Mega Star: One word which I can truly say is that Boss is really back.Chiranjeevi did not lose any of his charm and still has the same charisma and josh.His comedy timing is marvelous and he is the sole reason for this movie to shatter all box office records.Chiru's performance during the emotional scenes and climax bring a lot of depth to the film.His dances may not have heavy steps but has many of his signature moves (Veena step too) Chiranjeevi proved well enough that he has Adhe Energy Adhe Charisma..

2)Flashback: Flashback episode is the only part of the movie which successfully carried the necessary emotion.Chiranjeevi brought necessary emotion in the role of Shankar and all the scenes in his village are handled well.That felicitation scene is brilliant and carried the same feel of original.

3)Cinematography: Popular cinematographer Rathnavelu shot the film in a rich manner and he also made Chiru look young in many frames.Chiranjeevi stylists deserves special mention for bringing stunning look for Chiru.

Minus Points:

1)Music: DSP terribly disappointed with his lame imitation of Kaththi theme.He could have tried his own Background score or used the original theme as it is.But he tried a Kichidi version of Kaththi theme which resulted in a childish video game score.Even his songs may impress mass audience but they are just rehash of his old songs.Background score is the major highlight of Kaththi but here it failed miserably and spoiled many scenes,even the famous Coin Fight scene too.Songs placement is so bad.

2)Casting: Except Chiru,Ali and the old persons rest of them failed to impress.Kajal is bad and her costumes are worse.Villain Tarun Arora is so lame.He did not match anywhere near Neil Nitin of original.

3)Comedy: The comedy track between Chiru and Brahmanandham,Chiru and Posani are totally outdated and irritating.Why the heck do they even tried to add these unnecessarily.

4)Dialogues: Except few dialogues,most of them are not at all striking and fails to impress.

So,Khaidhi No.150 is a proof that Mega star never lost his charm even after this long gap.But other than him,this movie is just a mediocre remake of Kaththi.One Time Watch

My rating 6/10

Well I am not a die hard fan who watches on first day. I bought a ticket to watch from one of my friends.. So don't take it as a review by a fan who is biased. Mine is an unbiased review. It is a great family entertainer. This movie does not have any vulgar scenes. So you can have fun watching this with your family. Chiru fans seemed less vocal and well behaved which I didn't expect on the very first day of his comeback movie. So I watched the movie pleasantly.

Now coming to the review: 1. Chiranjeevi- Great actor for a reason. His comeback was highly anticipated from the audience and he did a great job. His style, dance and action were great. There is no scene in the movie which showed any decline of Chiru's performance. He is still great. I can't believe he is 60+ years old. I appreciate his dance moves for such an aged person. He looked young and energetic. His action is awesome. The interval fight scene stands out! 2. Kajal- Looked hot and did good acting. Her role was limited and she gave her best. 3. Ali,Brahmanandam: Great fun watching them. Specially Brahmanandam garu's character was a complete surprise. 4.Others: All the other actors did well and the villain was decent.

Positives: 1.Highlights of the movie were the 1st half interval scene & 2nd half coin fight scene. 2.Dance moves of graceful Chiru is always a treat. 3.Songs are beautiful with great costumes. 4.DSP gave great background music. Raised the movie level. 5.VV Vinayak's direction was excellent. I was more impressed with the movie than the trailer. The trailer looked average but after watching the movie I really appreciated his direction.

Negatives: Nothing. I didn't find any. Although if you are a womanizer then you will not have any sexy scenes to watch and this is expected of Chiru's movie(because they are mostly intended for all including children). However I felt the villain could have been someone who spoke Telugu. His dubbing was not that great but he did a decent job and was not awkward. So nothing really negative.

Conclusion: Overall an excellent comeback movie from the Megastar. The social message in the movie also makes it a must watch. Even though it is a remake, one should not look down because it has brought a nice story to our Telugu audience. There are few changes in the story. I appreciate the superiority it showed over the original Tamil version. This movie can also be commercial super hit because the response I saw around during the movie was incredible. Huge positive response!! I appreciate all the artists of this movie and wish them all the best!

Writing this for the sake of Non-Telugu Audience. Don't let the rating fool you into watching this cliché-filled drama made worse with over-the-top acting and lame humor. It's a movie suited to last decade, not worth your 142mins. The bloated rating is a result of Actor's huge following, and something around 5 would've been ideal. You can probably go for it if you like Masala flicks which are light on brain, we have better ones in same genre though.

Its a time waste just like his personal demeaning life. Its one of the worst movies and totally spoiled the storyline.

Its high time he learns how to act from Younger heroes like Vijay etc.