The producers of Ravi Teja’s “Eagle” decided to hold off on releasing it during the Sankranthi season in order to help the Telugu cinema industry. The movie received positive reviews and free publicity thanks to their deed. At long last, “Eagle” arrived in theaters today.
Plot: A journalist named Anju (Anupama Parameswaran) documents the cultivation of an unusual cotton crop in the Madanapalli region in a brief piece she writes. Following that little news item’s alerting of Indian agencies, the officers wanted to know how she had learnt about the cotton and its position. When she hears that a man named Sahadev (Ravi Tej) was helping local farmers produce cotton, she becomes curious and decides to learn more about the place.
She finds out that Sahadev is thought to be dead and that the cotton factory was burnt a long time ago when she arrives. As her investigation progresses, she learns that Sahadev is a wanted criminal and an assassin. Would you call him a criminal? Just what happened in his life?
Performances: Ravi Teja shows off two different personas, each of which he pulls off with panache. Very little is known about his performance other than that he plays Sahadev with an intense and serious intensity and never lets his guard down.
Aside from asking random people questions, Anupama Parameswaran doesn’t do anything.
As Ravi Teja’s friend, Navdeep plays the role. As a senior official in the union government, Madhu Bala can only move around inside and give commands to his fellow officers.
Although he portrays the role of an officer, Avasarala Srinivas looks more like a magician than a real RAW officer.
The short appearance of Kavya Thapar adds some life to an otherwise uninteresting plot. Ajay Ghosh plays a member of parliament who acts like a complete moron in the rural setting.
Formal: The soundtrack for Davidzand’s background is unremarkable. There are two songs in the film, but I can’t get into either one. The cinematography is top-notch by Karthik. Everything from the graphics to the production values is top-notch.
The producers have poured a ton of money into this movie. The unpleasant thing about Manibabu Karanam’s discourse is that every actor uses lyrical language instead of ordinary speech.
Analysis: As an example of how some filmmakers are wasting producer money on pointless things or making action scenes without thinking about the screenplay, “Eagle” is a great example. The proof points to Karthik Ghattamaneni just doing a bad job of ripping off Prashanth Neel’s “KGF” films.
A character’s efforts to learn more about the protagonist form the basis of KGF’s framework. This character learns new things at their own pace, with each situation meticulously staged to impress. There are slow-motion scenes of the hero smoking cigars, fighting fierce gunfights, then exploding. The “KGF” template is this.
In its opening sequence, “Eagle” uses every feature that the “KGF” formula popularized. However, Anupama’s efforts to interview other people about the main character in this film come across as ridiculous. From each person, she gleans fragments of knowledge about the hero, but these are very short—only one or two scenes at most. Rather than being organized organically, this seems to have been more of a director’s convenience.
The most ridiculous part of the film is when the hero gathers all the illicit firearms from around the globe and stores them in his stronghold in Madanapalle. Everyone in the Indian government, including the port authority officers, must be sound asleep when this individual storms a Madanapalli village with firearms. While he was coming up with this concept, filmmaker Karthik Ghattamaneni was pondering…
An official in the government tells the troops to get ready to fire missiles at the settlement after they failed to breach the supposed den that our hero built. He also tells them to retain their warships at the port.
In his pursuit of creating an exciting action film, writer-director Karthik Ghattamaneni neglected logic in favor of costly “build up” sequences. The tracks involving the lawmaker and the cop are so ridiculous that not even TV serial writers come up with them.
At the same time, the hero is under attack from a jihadi group, a Naxal group, and an army battalion. The military takes no action whenever it detects a jihadi group.
In sum, “Eagle” is a veritable vidwansham on screen, wasting every cent the producer has allotted on action sequences. But these “heavy action episodes” aren’t exciting at all. You get the impression that you’re seeing a protracted conflict by the film’s conclusion. Hints of an additional “Yuddhakanda” appear in the second half as well.
Movie: Eagle
ibomma Rating: 1.5/5
Cast: Ravi Teja, Anupama Parameshwaran, Kavya Thapar, Navdeep, Srinivas Avasarala, Madhubala, Ajay Ghosh and others
Dialogues: Manibabu Karanam
Music: Davzand
Director of Photography: Karthik Gattamneni, Karm Chawla, Kamil Plocki
Action: Ram Laxman, Real Sathish & Tomek
Producer: T.G Vishwa Prasad
Co-producer: Vivek Kuchibhotla
Edited, Written and Directed by: Karthik Gattamneni
Release Date: Feb 09, 2024