Behind
The Movie EP: A set of audience always wait for
films from romantic specialist director Karunakaran. He arrived today with the
beautiful pairing of Ram and Tamanna in the form of ‘EP.’ Amidst good
expectations in public, tasteful producer Sravanti Ravi Kishore gave this
product. Let us see how far Karunkaran lived up to the hype?
In
The Movie EP: Movie begins in 1980 where a simple
living Krishna (Ram), degree student deeply admires the traditional looking Sri
Nidhi (Tamanna) belonging to a very poor family. Financial problems in the
family do not allow Sri Nidhi to express her concern for Sri Krishna. Tragedy
strikes in the form of a bus accident by which both Krishna and Sri Nidhi die.
Fast forward to 2012, scene shifts to Paris where Sri Nidhi is re-born as
Sravanti (Tamanna), a medico and is also a daughter of Indian Embassy Officer
(Suman) whose Chief Security Officer is DK (Rishi). In India, Krishna takes
re-birth as Ram (Ram), son of a small time businessman Krishna Rao (Sayaji
Shinde) who is the head of a very big joint family. Unable to bear the
mischievousness of Ram, he is sent to Paris where he meets Sravanti. After a
series of incidents, Sravanti drives Ram to Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. A big
twist awaits here. Ram finds Sravanti in coma lying on the ICU bed. Then who is
Sravanti in Paris? It’s not the physical body but the soul of Sravanti alone
visible to Ram. Then, who are culprits behind this Sravanti’s health condition?
How did Ram and his family save her from goons DK, Koka (Kona Venkat) and
Madhav (Kasi Vishwanath)? When did Sravanthi realize Ram as none other than
Krishna forms the rest!
Values
of The Movie EP: Story visualized by Karunakaran is
itself a blunder. How can a soul raise from body before death? It’s the duty of
same Karunakaran to mesmerize us with scripting and narration in order to make
us forget about the blooper. He falls flat in every department. Dull moments,
slow pace and spineless script went on to test the patience. Dialogues by Kona
Venkat were also the same lacking in punch and grip. Andrew’s cinematography
filled the screen with grand visuals. Music by GV Prakash was the biggest of
drawbacks. Production values of Sravanthi were top notch.
Performance
wise, this character is not a tailor made one for Ram. Neither there were
enough situations to tap his high energy levels nor were peppy tunes to watch
him perform magical dance movements. Though Ram looked stylish in superb
outfits, his original aroma missed. Tamanna was gorgeous looking. Yet, her
characterization wasn’t properly etched. An actress who has immense acting
capabilities was made to look very normal in a desultory character. Suman and
Sayaji Shinde were usual. Comedy by Brahmi as Principal Pandu, Krishna
Bhagawan, Suman Shetty and others tried their bit. Villainy by Rishi, Kona
Venkat, Kasi Vishwanath was also pathetic.
Out
of The Movie EP: For all those die hard admirers of
Karunakaran, you are to be baffled for the kind of film this talented director
offered us. No-where in the film, we find the brand entertainment of
Karunakaran. Romantic thread weaved is absolutely logic-less. Never this man
has gone to this extent of taking cinematic liberties. Even picturization of
songs failed to reach the audience expectation levels. What was expected to be
an innovative concept ended as a deceiving attempt! May be for the first time,
he even failed to cash on the precious beauty of a heroine like Tamanna. Scenes
where thrills are expected, graph fell very flat and the narration was quite
predictable. Unfortunately, director could not give Ram a character suitable to
his spirit. Suspense, twists and turns aren’t captivating. Ram is a hero
who oozes with bundles of energy and Tamanna is a powerhouse performer. Director
failed to explore nothing out of them.
Like
the bluffing trick played by Karunakaran for ‘Darling’ is repeated again for
‘EP.’ Unluckily, result may not be same this time. If drawbacks in storyline
are forgiven, at the least a proper screenplay and sufficient rhythm in
narration is expected. Everything turned detrimental for commercial success of
‘EP.’ Take off was dismally very bad and film never aroused from then on.
Interval block, which needs to be a mind blowing one turned pitiful. Second
half begins with one or two emotionally entertaining episodes but soon
unnecessarily added patchy episodes decelerate. BO wise, there are quite low
chances of ‘EP’ to turn into a hit.
Verdict
of EP: Disappointing…Endukante…Karunakaran
Total Fail Ayyadanta…
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