Telugu

Arya 2 has released with lots of hype and expectations as it is supposed to be a sequel to Arya, the movie that has bought Allu Arjun – the Stylish Star status. The only similarity one can find with the earlier version is the name of characters. Except for that, this movie is entirely different from Arya.

The story begins with two childhood friends Arya (Arjun) and Ajay (Navdeep) involving in competition in every aspect of life. They both are orphans and live in an orphanage. Ajay always has a desire to beat Arya in any competition but Arya always emerges victorious and keeps ahead from Ajay. A rich couple once visits the orphanage and wanted to adopt one of these two guys. They use a toss to decide their fortunes and Arya wins. But he lets Ajay go as he thinks that friendship is all about sacrificing. Ajay grows up as a very rich man and Arya grows up as a poor guy. Ajay starts a software company where Arya joins as an employee. Geeta (Kajal Agarwal) enters into their life when she joins the company. The duo fall in love with her and Ajay takes the initial step and asks Arya to help him to adore the girl. Arya sacrifices his love for Ajay and helps him out. But later Arya realizes that Geeta is in love with him and the suspense part of the movie starts here. The rest of the story is all about who will marry Geeta.

Allu Arjun as Arya has done a fantastic job and has emerged as the best dancer in tollywood. His dances in the first four songs are excellent. He enacted the psychotic behavior with ease and has excelled in all the emotional scenes in the later half of the movie. Navdeep has done a good job as Ajay. His dialogue delivery is good in the movie especially in the climax. His act as a selfish guy is commendable. Kajal as Geeta is very good in the movie. Her role required innocent looks and she matched perfectly to the core. She has been improving from movie to movie. Shradha Das looks gorgeous in the brief role. Ajay and Brahmanandam excelled in entertainment departments. Mukesh Rishi and Sayaji shinde are ok.

Direction by Sukumar is of high standards. It’s highly risky to take a subject of this type where hero is projected in negative shades especially in tollywood, but Sukumar has come out with flying colors. He is undoubtedly one of the gifted directors in tollywood. Devi Sri Prasad’s music is the best till date. It is sure to top the charts in 2009. All the songs are great and the background score is very good. Cinematography by Rajashekhar is of top standards. Editing work by Marthand K Venkatesh is good. Dialogues are well written by Vema reddy. The production values by Aditya Arts banner are high class.

The second half of the movie is better than the first half, especially the last 15 minutes. It looks like Arya 2 will hit the bull’s eye as it has all the ingredients of a hit movie. One has to wait and watch for the people’s verdict.

Cast: Allu Arjun, Navdeep, Kajal Agarwal, Shradha Das, Ajay, Brahmanandam, Mukesh Rishi, Sayaji Shinde, Srinivas Reddy, Tarzan, RadhaKumari etc.

Music: Devi Sri Prasad

Cinematography: R.D.Rajashekhar

Editing: Marthand.K.Venkatesh

Written by: Vema Reddy

Executive Producer: B.V.S.N.Prasad

Producer: Aditya Babu

Director: Sukumar.

Release Date: 27th November 2009.

Varun (Varun Sandesh) is a jobless guy, crazy for bikes and wastes time with his friends. He is from a middle-class family and dreams to own a bike. He blames his father (Thanikella Barani) for not buying him a bike, as he needs one to get into job. His father realizes this and gives him 70,000 rupees, which he kept aside for his daughter’s marriage. Later Varun gets a job as a bank recovery agent and makes his parents happy, as bike is compulsory for doing this job. He falls in love with the girl Hema (Neha Sharma).Till he gets job the movie goes smooth. The story takes its turn when the bike is stolen one night. Later Varun traces the stolen bike where he realizes that it is being done by a group of dope smugglers. His life falls into jeopardy when he is being pulled into mafia dealings and gets into trouble with the goons and the police.  The rest of the story has to be watched on big screen if one is interested in typical Telugu action movie.

Varun Sandesh as Varun has done a decent job as an action hero, which is different from his earlier movies. He is showing a lot of improvements from film to film and is proving that he can do any type of character. Neha Sharma looks good in this movie compared to her debut film Chirutha. She has improved her acting skills and looks more glamorous in    this movie, especially in songs. RaviShankar (the voice of Aghora in Arundhati) has done a decent job as a gangster. There is nothing much to be appreciated in the comedy department which has been handled by Ali and M.S.Narayana. Thanikella Barani as Varun’s father is very good in sentimental scenes.

This movie is a remake of Tamil super hit “Polladhavan” starring Dhanush. This movie is a full-length commercial entertainer with some catchy songs and loads of fights. The first half of the movie is average and it goes down in the second half. Its all about how Varun gets back his bike, protect his family from gangster and win the heart of Hema.The climax of the movie is very predictable with a very long slow motion fight. Screenplay and Direction by Sandeep Gunnam is just average. Achu’s music and background score is good. Cinematography is poor. The only saving grace of this movie is Varun’s acting, Neha’s glamour and some catchy tunes. With some very big budget movies ready for release in coming weeks, the box-office prosperity of this movie looks dull. Anyway, one has to wait and watch for people’s verdict.

Cast: Varun Sandesh, Neha Sharma, Thanikella Bharani, Ravi Shankar, Jai Venu, Ali, MS Narayana, Surekha Vani, Pragati etc

Music: Achu

Cinematography: Sarvesh Murari

Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh

Dialogues: Thota Prasad

Fights: Late Rambo Raj Kumar

Screenplay - direction: Sandeep Gunnam

Producer: Kiran

Release date: 12 November 2009

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