Surya S/o Krishnan Telugu Movie Review

Surya S/o Krishnan Movie Review Idlebrain,Greatandhra,bharatstudent

Ratings at a glance

Idlebrain -2.5/5
Greatandhra 2.25/5
Bharatstudent 3.25/5

Source:Idlebrain

Jeevi rating: 2.5/5 Punchline: good first half and boring second half Genre: Drama Type: Dubbed (Tamil) Banner: Aascar Films & SVR Media Cast: Surya, Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana & Simran Music: Harris Jayaraj Cinematography: Ratnavelu Art: Rajeevan Editing: Anthony Lyrics: Veturi Dialogues: Shashank Vennelakanti Story - Screenplay - direction: Gowtam Vasudev Menon Producer: Sobha Rani Release date: 14 November 2008

Review

Story Krishnan (Surya) loves Malini (Simran) and marries her. Krishnan becomes a more responsible person after giving birth to Surya (Surya). For Surya, his father is a role model and a motivator. Surya falls in love with Meghan who he met on train. He goes to the extent of going to USA to see that girl. Something terrible happens and it forces Surya into a depression. The rest of the story is all about how his parents motivate to redeem himself. Artists Performance Surya: Surya played the role that spans a lifetime. He is an extremely gifted actor and he plays two roles of varied dimensions without imitating anybody. He portrayed various shades in a highly impressive style. He applied minimal/realistic make-up unlike Kamal Hassan and came up with fabulous histrionics. The dubbing done to Surya is superb. Others: Sameera Reddy sweeps you off your feet with her looks in this film. She is looking ravishingly sexy (no exposing). Her smile is cool. The dubbing done to her has a sexy huskiness in voice. Divya Spandana (Ramya of Kannada films) is adequate. Simran is excellent and you can see the transformation of her from a teen girl to 50-year old lady. Technical departments Story - screenplay - direction: It is pretty hard to incorporate a life story into 3 hour film. Life is not like a box of chocolates; it has many bitter moments too. Director tried to narrate the story of a life time in ‘Forrest Gump’ style. But making a biographical film in India has a strong drawback. People enjoy the good moments of life, but are little averse to the bitterness life offers. And a semi-biographical story should be told with nice amount of dramatization like Mani Ratnam did for Guru film. I don’t find anything wrong with the direction as Gowtam Menon is just perfect in this film. What I did not like is the screenplay in the second half. We can’t watch hero going through depression and resorting to drugs. The pace of the film is the major problem. The entire romance thread between Sameera Reddy and Surya is excellent and extremely natural. The kidnap rescue episode and the war scene in the end slow down the pace of the film further. Other departments: Music of the film is fabulous. All three guitar based songs – Yedane Koyake, Nalone Pongenu Narmada and Monna Kanipinchavu – are magnificent. Listening to the music of the film, nobody would have an iota of doubt about the strained relationship of Gowtam Menon and Harris Jayaraj. Dialogues are crisp and realistic. There are many English dialogues as well. Cinematography by Ratnavelu captures the mood of the film. Production values are extraordinary. Analysis: The movie starts off on a grim mode. The first half of the film is nice with the romance between ‘Surya – Sameera’ being the highlight. But the second half is too slow and little boring. Semi-biographical films would not work in Telugu unless there are dramatic elements in it. The positive points of the film are Surya’s multifaceted performance, the romance with Sameera and the music . The negative points are unappealing second half and slow narration. Surya s/o Krishnan is a kind of film which you would like to watch it on a DVD for the depth it offers, but not in cinema halls where we watch films to get entertained. On a whole, Surya s/o Krishnan is a film that suffers from too much of realism and slow paced narration.

Source:Greatandhra

Film: Surya S/o Krishnan
Rating: 2.25/5
Cast: Surya, Simran, Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana, Deepa Vasudevan, Prithvi Raj etc
Fights: Super Subbarayan
Art: Rajeevan
Editing: Anthony
Cinematography: Rathnavelu
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Lyrics: Veturi
Producer: Aascar Ravichandran
Director: Goutham Menon
Released On: 14th Nov 2008

This movie proves to be an attempt to unearth the greatest actor in Surya. And let us see how the attempt carried.

Story:
The movie starts with Major Surya (Surya) listening to a bad news that his father expired when he is on a rescue operation. He closes his eyes and touches his memories with father. The story begins from his father Krishnan (Surya)'s young age, his romance with Malini (Simran) as told by her….how they got married and how they used to love him…and how he has gone made looking at a girl Meghna (Sameera). He recalls all the fine moments where he took help and moral support from his Dad. And the entire saga goes as flash back which leaves a nostalgic experience for many viewers.

Performances:
Surya has shown his great abilities in this film. He has almost touched the élan of Kamal Hasan in portraying varied roles with varied styles and body language. The way he walks as Krishnan, the way he walks as Major Surya and the way he walks as a lover…he seems to have mastered to every inch and every millimeter.

Sameera Reddy is just ok and in many frames she looked older than Surya. Divya is fresh and beautiful. Simran has aptly suited in middle age role and also managed well as teenager in flash back theme.

Others are ok. Prithvi has got tiny role as a criminal and couldn't able to give the necessary cruel impact.

Cinematography, editing, choreography and every technical aspect deserves good mention. Art department also marveled well especially while depicting the times of 60s and 70s.

Goutham Menon did another feat now with his great abilities. He proved to be a director of separate 'class'. And that is for 'class audiences' here.

Analysis:
It's a wonderfully made movie exclusively for class and matured audiences. It would be a stern 'no no' for masses. The length of the movie is about 3 hours and that squeezes out the energy levels of mere entertainment and humor lovers. 'Surya S/o Krishnana' is a movie made with feel. It's a movie of experiences and more over it is a story of father-son emotion. Surya acted in dual role as father and son to talk in macro level. But when seen in micro terms he has played many roles:

1. A dying old man
2. A loving father
3. A teenager
4. A student
5. A lover
6. A love-lost mourner
7. A drug addict
8. A savior
9. A military officer

That way he played 'Nava-avataram' in this flick. He had literally shown the differences that way. The hard work done by him is clearly evident and the credit goes to him and director Goutham Menon too. The perfectionist angles of the director are clearly evident in the movie. His ability of conceiving a scene and framing it with attention to time and detail are marvelous.

The movie appeals for multiplex audiences. It may give a 'feel-good' appeal at the end provided the audiences prepare to watch the movie for 3 long hours. It's artistically made film on a rich canvass. It's a Surya's movie all together. It has depicted his acting prowess. Commercially, the movie may not work out.

Source:Bharatstudent

Movie Review:Surya S/o Krishnan
Rating :3.25/5
Banner :Aascar Films
Cast :Suriya, Simran, Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana, Deepa Narendran, Prithvi and others
Cinematography: D Ratnavelu
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Producer: Ravi Chandran
Director: Gautam Menon
Released Date: November 14, 2008

Story:

A complete tale, the story is set on a flashback mode and it talks about how Surya (Suriya) who is now a Major in the Indian army reaches to his current stage. The life begins with his father Krishnan (Surya) who falls in love with Malini (Simran) and together their dream journey begins. Soon, Surya is born and then grows up to be the regular teenager with all passions. His life takes a turn when he sees Meghna (Sameera) and it is love at first sight. However, Meghna goes to America and Surya follows her upto the US and finally she falls in love with him. But then, as fate would have it, a gruesome incident takes place and Meghna dies, Surya comes home to India only to get into drugs and alcohol. His father and mother are there with him at all times and soon he sets off to Kashmir to discover himself. Soon, self confidence grows in him and an incident in Delhi gives him the urge to bounce back into life and do something productive. Surya decides to join the army, meanwhile Priya (Divya) his sister's friend has been seeing him since childhood and has a strong liking for Surya. All this apart Krishnan is diagnosed with throat cancer and Meghna's thoughts are still hovering in Surya's mind. Does he overcome that? Is Priya successful in her love? All this forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:

The director has come up with a rather mature subject and though he was adept at handling it sensisbly in terms of presentation, the narrative went a bit too lengthy. The dialogues were simple, the script was written perfectly with an attention to detail, the screenplay was executed brilliantly. Songs were above average, cinematography was mind blowing. The editing could have been a lot better and should have got more stiff with their work. The locations were fantastic and the other departments did their job well. Surya is the complete show stealer and walks away with all the credit. His dual role as father and son was perfect and the innumerable phases of transformation that he depicts is really commendable. He has shown his mettle as a complete actor in all aspects. Simran looked just perfect for the role, Sameera was ravishing as ever, Divya looked domestic and suited the bill correctly. The others contributed well to the support cast.

Conclusion:

The film is more like a journey that begins with birth and ends with death, and the various experiences and phases that a human being goes through is depicted in a rather mature manner. While the first half is more on the lighter side of romance and the weirdest things one does in the heat of the age, the other half shows the pain, the anger and frustration. Last but not the least, it is the bounce back period that really touches the audience. The film would have been a marvelous piece if the length could have been shorter but then each scene had its own significance. Such films are really essential for the Indian audience and though this might be too slow for our thrills, it goes to show the complete cycle of life. Technically, the film has been wonderful and commercially it may not have a blockbuster but it will surely be a clean success.

Bharatstudent Verdict : A complete journey, only for mature audience, worth watching!!!