Johaar

Story

A young Andhra Pradesh CM (Chaitanya Krishna) to honour and uphold his late father’s legacy decides to erect the world’s tallest statue with 3000 crores by leaving the development & welfare to wind.  

How the CM’s unnecessary decision affects the lives of people such as the escapee teenage couple (Esther Anil and Ankith), a good-thinking hostel owner (Subhalekha Sudhakar), a downtrodden Uddanam woman (Eeswari Rao) whose daughter is suffering from kidney disease and a struggling athlete (Naina Ganguly) is the baseline for this modern-day political flick. 

Review

To be fair enough, the movie has a good storyline but a poor screenplay. Teja Marni, the debutant director, should have been more careful & thoughtful with the narration. Except for the good idea the movie has no stuff to look. The director failed miserably to show how the CM’s decision actually affects the above-mentioned people. The director would have better performed with the story if he had given more time to interlink the main story with other sub-stories.  

The episodes such as the ones between the CM and his advisor and the conversation of CM with a journalist show the director’s lack of knowledge regarding how a CM functions and the status and power the office holds.  

The movie narration with the unwanted stories completely ruined the real essence of it. The only good things are the emotional episodes, the basic idea, apt performances and Jagadeesh Cheekati’s camera magic. 

Verdict

A political movie with no real political punch.