Dasara Review

Dasara (2023) Movie: What's Behind

Natural Star Nani who is known for realistic performances teamed with newcomer Srikanth Odela for a mass entertainer Dasara. The film's first look, teaser, and trailer showed Nani in a completely different and rugged role with full mass shades increasing the interest levels among movie lovers. The film with Singareni Collieries backdrop and inspired by real-life incidents is releasing on 30 March 2023 on the auspicious occasion of Sri Rama Navami across the country in various languages. The film's OTT rights have been bagged by Netflix for a fancy sum and streaming will be on after the end of its theatrical run. Let us find out whether Nani could create a mass explosion at the Pan India level with Dasara.

Dasara Movie: Story Review

Dasara's story is all about a young ruffian who spends time with his gang and how his life changes due to one incident. Dharani (Nani) from Vellampally enjoys time with his childhood friends Suri (Dheekshith Shetty), and Vennela (Keerthy Suresh). Dharani is attracted to Vennela whom he loves a lot but she has other ideas.

In between, his happy life takes a drastic turn and where this leads to how it is connected to Chinna Nambi (Shine Tom Chacko), Shivanna (Samuthirakhani), and Rajanna(Sai Kumar) form the rest of the story.

Dasara Movie: Artists Review

Nani who is known as a natural performer lived in the role. His makeover and mannerisms blow the minds of all. He showed good variations showcasing the feelings and emotions in love, action, romance and humor. He put on intense effort but one gets a feeling that Srikanth Odela failed to power Nani's character to new heights.

Keerthy Suresh also played a completely different and rustic role. She performed well and her scenes with Nani stand out. Her dialogue delivery is quite good and she played the role of a youthful, bubbly village belle quite well.

Deekshith Shetty played his role to perfection while Shine Tom Chacko played an important part. Sai Kumar, Jhansi, and Poorna got typical roles and they played accordingly. Samuthirakhani got an inconsequential role much to the surprise of all.

Dasara Movie: Technicians Review

Dasara story readied by debutante Srikanth Odela is a pure raw rustic and adrenaline-rushing one. It is full of human emotions involving friends, lovers, politicians, and society. As Srikanth Odela is the protege of Sukumar, he seems to have been inspired by his mentor. Unlike others, he chose an intense story on debut to make his mark. Srikanth Odela starts the narration by introducing various characters in the village of Vellampally. Though it takes time, he succeeded in taking viewers along with him into the story.

He showcased the incidents that happened in the lives of three friends in the small village and how they got affected due to the politics surrounding them. The entire first half is dedicated to village politics and also the proceedings in the lives of Dharani, Suri, and Vennela but viewers will be in for a shock with the unexpected interval bang. This takes the film to another level increasing expectations for the second half.

But the second half goes on a predictable note highlighting the proceedings between Dharani and Vennela. The pace dips down considerably and after the predictable proceedings, the film comes to an end with the climax which comes with a twist. Srikanth Odela's story is interesting but except for a few twists here and there, his screenplay has more troughs than crests. Few emotional scenes excite but the moment one expects a high ride, they will be in for a downside. The characterization of the antagonist did not make a powerful and intense mark and Shine Thomas did not suite the role. This unevenness in the screenplay, affected the direction and narration.

Dialogues are quite effective and made an impact. Here are few of the dialogues. "okokkaniki molthadu kinda gudaral ralthay bancheth”. “maa nayannamma thodu oka debba padda chaccipotha rendo debba padithe pani sutha ledhu”. “taagi marchipovudu thappu kaadhu.. thappu chesi marichipovudu thappu”.

“etlaithe gatlane chusukundham, padi talakayalu unnode okka thalakaya unnodi chethilo kukka chavu chacchindu, puranalaku minchina bathukula manavi”.

Santosh Narayanan's music for the songs highlighted the Telangana beats. The songs are situational and well shot. Batukamma song 'chittu chittula gumma' is well shot. Dhoom Dhaam Dostaan,Ori Vaari,Oh Ammalaalo are perfectly placed and appealed to all. However, the chartbuster Chamkeela Angelesi looked forced and it did not set the screens on fire.  Santosh Narayanan made a huge impact with his background music which took the film to another level. The cinematography of Sathyan Sooryan is good and realistic. They showed the Singareni collieries in a captivating manner. The night visuals and the rustic atmosphere is not in perfect way. The cinematography beautified the film. But the graphics are not up to the mark, especially during the introduction train robbery sequence. The editing of Naveen Nooli is ok but could have been better at times as the film slowed down a bit due to a few drags. Stunts are choreographed in an impactful manner, especially in the interval and the climax. Production values of Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Cinemas are good.

Dasara Movie: Advantages

• Nani
• BGM
• Cinematography
• Stunts

Dasara Movie: Disadvantages

• Predictable Narration
• Missing Elevations
• Slow Pace

Dasara Movie: Rating Analysis

Altogether, Dasara is a rustic action film starring Nani under Srikanth Odela's direction shows Nani in a completely different role. Nani's mass moves drive all his fans and even the masses crazy. Srikanth Odela emerged successful in showing Nani differently and this helped Nani increase his following among the masses. Srikanth Odela on debut did a good job. However, had he finetuned the script and moulded his screenplay to elevate Nani's heroism even more, Dasara would have made a powerful explosion. Considering all these aspects, Cinejosh goes with a 3 Rating for Dasara.