Homam movie review

Cinegola rating: ***___Good (3 stars)

Tagline: Remake of The Departed

Strengths: Jagapathi Babu, JD Chakravarthy - his action, screenplay and direction

Weaknesses: Nothing at all

Must see scenes:

1. A different and variety first song

2. Two hot item numbers by Sakshi Sivanand and one more item girl

3. Climax fight

4. Jagapathi Babu trying to explain his mother that he is a cop

Must avoid scenes:

2. MS Narayana comedy bit

Direction faults by JD Chakravarthy:

1. Potti Sathi (Prabhakar) doesn’t limp in one shot and limps in the next shot after he is shot with a bullet in the leg (girl kiss scene in the restaurant).

2. Jagapathi Babu foot boards a bus by holding it with his fractured hand which has a plaster patti on it.

3. Mahesh Manjrekar breaks the plaster patti of Jagapathi Babu when he comes to know about the presence of a police in his gang. No correct reason was shown y the director for this.

My analysis: Homam is a complete copy of The Departed english movie with a lot of telugu touch in it. JD Chakravarthy changed the story in the climax according to the tase of telugu audience. JD Chakravarthy has scripted the story in a very good manner. The main asset for the movie is the screen play and direction by JD Chakravarthy. He has done a very good job in both these departments. The movie is a complete action flick with a racy story except for the climax part which drags a bit.

First half of the movie is good with a different story, variety song and few comedy scenes. Second half is also good with many twists and turns in the story but the climax is little bit dragged. Overall the movie is different with a very novel story. JD directed the movie in a new way which will go well with the class crowds and mass crowds are sure to like the item songs and the fast READ MORE >>