Director Shiva Nirvana got a huge casting and gave relatable names to them. But if you’re tired of same old formulaic films that depend on emotions to carry it through, so are we.Review By Kamal K Tuck Jagadish is a film predominantly made to remind us about the beauty of joint families, the sensitive issues in villages which brings divide among the people etc. And while it doesn’t live up to that promise, it does have relatable moments that might stay with you. Tuck Jagadish promised to be the film that one could enjoy with family right at home on Vinayaka Chavithi. Thaman S’ music and Gopi Sundar’s BGM have nothing much to write home about. Jagapathi Babu breezes through his role, so do the other cast members. Ritu Varma and Aishwarya Rajesh are dependable as ever, but they have nothing much to do here. His scenes with Aishwarya Rajesh and Jagapathi Babu lie at the heart of the film and he manages to keep you hooked, even while mouthing the most generic lines. You believe his character when he says he want to save a fighter-cock from meeting an ill fate or when he truly believes he has known no other mom in life than his stepmom.
But when even his character says MRO means Mental Rowdy Officer and not Mandal Revenue Officer you know things have gone too far.ĭespite the hope of a coherent storyline that goes beyond “ Naa kutumbam naa pranam,” (My family is my life) never coming true, Nani gives it his all and makes the proceedings watchable. A lot of farmers are made happy, families are reunited, villains get to show off their wickedness, the hero gets to show off his fighting and dancing skills. It might not be a remotely believable ‘twist’ but it does get hopes up for the film to get into the thick of things. Everything that happens in the village is conveniently blamed on annalu (naxals), literally.īut Tuck Jagadish does find its groove for a while, when Nani pulls the card out of his sleeve right before the interval. What’s more, heads are rolled and arms are chopped with no second thought. Not to mention how a woman character is traded over a business deal. It also doesn’t help matters when the father of a woman says, “ Meerem cheppakharle, tesku velipovochu,” (You don’t need to explain, you can take her away) just because the man wooing her happens to be rich. The amount of times men in this tale tell women they’ll sexually assault them or go ahead and do it is alarming and too much to get the point across. Nor do the characters, especially the men, who seem to have nothing better to do than to harass every woman they come across. Even Ritu Varma’s character Gummadi Varalakshmi – the VRO of the village, Aishwarya Rajesh’s character Chandra, Daniel Balaji’s character Veerendra Naidu and Thiruveer’s character Tirumala Naidu meet the same fate.ĭialogues that state, “ Vadi tuck laageyara, nen deeni paita lagesta,” (You untuck him and I’ll unrobe her) don’t make it any better.
They’re one note where every character has one job and relationship to fulfil and that’s all they aim to do. None of this makes for an interesting watch though.īhudevipuram seems to have people that run high on emotions and yet come across as flat as cardboard cut-outs. What ensue are very relatable tales of quarrels between siblings over properties and opinions that cannot be unsaid. His brother Bose Babu (Jagapathi Babu) is expected to take over from his father Aadisesh Naidu (Nasser) and look after the family by keeping them together. Since a young age he has always tucked his shirts in and there’s a reason for it. He’s sensitive towards animals and extra sensitive towards his family, especially the women. He’s loved by his father, step-mother, four siblings and nieces. Tuck Jagadish (Nani) is the youngest son of the family. While initially it seems like there are parts of the story he’s willing to delve deeper into, the film suffers from wanting to do justice to every relationship and failing to do it for any of them. Review: Shiva Nirvana forgoes his usual love triangles ( Ninnu Kori, Majili) for a family drama that fails to take off. When Jagadish’s family faces the same fate, he needs to save the day before it’s too late.
Story: Bhudevipuram has a long legacy of families warring over ancestral land and even going as far as to killing each other for it.
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