The teaser for Sudheer Babu’s most costly film to date, Harom Hara, has piqued people’s interest. The film’s director, Sudheer Babu, said it would go down in Telugu cinematic history as one of the best action films of all time.
The events of this story take place in the 1980s. In order to take a job as a college lab assistant in Kuppam, Subramanyam (Sudheer Babu) moves there from another area. Each month, he sends a sum of money to his father, JP. At the same time, Tammireddy and his gang threaten the locals by claiming they are the final arbiters of law.
Subramanyam loses his job after getting into a small fight with a gang member associated with Tammireddy’s brother.
Suspended constable Subramanyam’s friend Palaniswamy (Sunil) describes the steps involved in making guns, and Subramanyam gets the idea that he can make guns illegally.
He starts making firearms at an old movie theatre after his lover Malvika Sharma urged him to stop settle for low-paying jobs and go for his dreams. In addition to becoming a benefactor to the local community, he distributes a percentage of the earnings from his illegal operation to help them.
Subramanyam and the gang bosses in the area will eventually clash over this.
Artistic Achievements: Sudheer Babu gives a superb performance as a young man from Kuppam, complete with an authentic regional accent that makes his lines ring true. As always, he pulls off his action stunts with style.
Malvika Sharma portrays the stereotypical heroine. Despite Sunil’s larger involvement, his character remains underdeveloped.
JP does a good job playing Sudheer Babu’s dad. The police officer character that Akshara Gowda plays is unremarkable. As expected, the performers playing the villains do a great job.
Superior Technical Ability:
The film’s visuals are its main selling point. Arvind Viswanathan’s mesmerising cinematography and the verdant Kuppam region keep us engrossed.
While the tune by Chaitan Bharadwaj serves as background music, the editing is clumsy and the narrative is unimpressive.
Considering Harom Hara
The new Telugu film Harom Hara takes its cues from previous successful blockbusters like Salaar, KGF, and Pushpa. The protagonist, who faces brutal local authorities, immerses himself in an illegal activity, and the film’s emphasis on world-building drives the plot.
Chittoor serves as the historical setting for the film Sehari, the debut feature film by director Gnanasagar Dwaraka. The film faithfully portrays the Kuppam region and the native language.
Furthermore, it is unprecedented for a hero to be involved in the illegal manufacture of weapons in Telugu cinema. Nevertheless, apart from these features, Harom Hara doesn’t provide anything original and instead mimics numerous recent blockbusters.
The fundamental problem with “Harom Hara” is that it focusses too much on a mundane plot and doesn’t provide enough information on the protagonist’s struggle.
While the first half takes place during the interval, a character’s discussion of his part in the plot twist in the second half causes the audience to laugh out loud. The film gets quite worked up over something very minor!
Despite the director’s heavy emphasis on the peacock and Subramanya Swamy’s (Lord Murugan) heavenly aspect, these elements contribute little to the plot or the overall cinematic experience.
The so-called touching scenes between the father and son don’t make an impression. The impact of JP’s character is negligible. The character of Sunil is equally flat. It is puzzling how Sunil, who portrays a suspended police officer, stays on suspension for such a long time.
The filmmaker clearly had muscular Sudheer Babu portrayed in a machine-gun sequence like that of Kamal Haasan in Vikram, Prabhas in Salaar, Yash in KGF, and Balakrishna in Bhagavanth Kesari, as the film nears its conclusion. Show patience because the last action scene drags on for a long time.
Despite its innovative premise and aesthetically pleasing looks, Harom Hara is ultimately a shallow picture that fails to deliver. The first half of the film is passable, but what happens after the interval is tedious and fails to hold the viewer’s attention.
Movie: Harom Hara
Rating: 2.25/5
Banner: Sree Subrahmanyeshwara Cinemas
Cast: Sudheer Babu, Malvika Sharma, Sunil, JP, Akshara Gowda, and others
Music: Chaitan Bharadwaj
DOP: Arvind Viswanathan
Editor: Raviteja Girijala
Production Designer: A Ramanjaneyulu
Action stunts: Sakthi Saravanan, Nikil Raj, Stunt Jashuv
Producer: Sumanth G Naidu
Written and Directed by: Gnanasagar Dwaraka
Release Date: June 14, 2024
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