Shreeram Nimmala, Richa Joshi's Madhi directed by Naga Dhanush is releasing on November 11, 2022. the film's OTT partner will be finalized soon and it will be streamed after its theatrical run. The film's teasers and trailers sent signals of a youthful romantic entertainer and let us find out what it offered to viewers.
The story of Madhi is about a young couple falling in love and then getting separated by the elders due to various reasons. Abhi aka Abhimanyu (Shreeram Nimmala) falls for beautiful girl Madhi (Richa Joshi) who stays next to his house in Rajamundry. They are helped by their friends Shailu (Snehamadhuri Sharma) and others. However, all hell breaks loose when they inform their feelings in front of their elders. How their love story proceeds and how they are connected to Srikanth(Srikanth Biroju), Shailu(Snehamadhuri Sharma) and here this leads to form the rest of the story.
The story of Madhi being chosen for Naga Dhanush is nothing new. Movie lovers are treated to such stories for decades. Naga Dhanush tried to attract the attention of youngsters by including youthful elements like liplocks, hugs, etc. The narration starts off in a predictable manner and from then on it is a tedious watch with people hooting and howling at the dialogues and scenes which are pretty outdated. Everyone passes through the motion and the scenes and narration go forward in a monotonous way and the interval twist generates curiosity a little bit. The second half once again sails in a routine way till the climax. Director Naga Dhanush's story revolves around youngsters in love and how they react if one gets married and included a caste angle into it.
Naga Dhanush could have generated interest by including powerful twists and dialogues but the intensity in the narration goes missing. The emotions and the scenes are not elevated to create a powerful impact as the dialogues turned out to be ordinary. The screenplay and direction looked amateurish and with the weak story, everything fell apart.
Coming to performances with most of the cast relatively new, one cannot expect any out-of-the-box from them. Shreeram Nimmala, Richa Joshi who played the lead roles are ok. Their chemistry in the sense, liplocks, etc worked out well. Both of them tried hard to make an impact and they should work on their expressions and body language to reach the next level. Snehamadhuri Sharma played the role of Richa Joshi's friend and she is ok. Srikanth Biroju played the role of Richa's husband in the film and Yogi Khatri played the role of her father. All performed according to their roles.
Pradeep Jambiga's editing left a lot to be desired. There are many scenes that slowed the pace of the film and those could have been done away with. Vijay Tagore's cinematography is good and showed the Rajamundry and Visakhapatnam atmosphere quite well. Music and BGM of PVR.Raja is just ok. Dialogues could have been far better. Production values are average.
Few youthful elements
One or two emotional twists
Story, Screenplay, Direction
Editing
Execution
Outdated narration
Naga Dhanush by touching on the relationship after marriage, and romance between lovers even after the girl gets married and including a caste angle, tried to generate heat in the film industry. However, for all his efforts, he failed to ignite even a spark as the story turned out to be weak and he failed completely in presenting it in a powerful and intense way. the performances turned ordinary and from then on it's just a downside. Altogether Madhi tests the patience of the viewers. Considering all these aspects, Cinejosh goes with a 1 rating for Madhi.