Release Date : December 09, 2022
123telugu.com Rating : 2.25/5
Starring: Shri Anant Nag, Nihal, Bharath Bopanna, Siri Prahalad, Vinaya Prasad, Prakash Belawadi, V Ravichandran, Anish Kuruvilla, Ramesh Bhat, Dayal Padmanabhan, Shine Shetty, Archana Kottige
Director: Rishika Sharma
Producer: Dr. Anand Sankeshwar
Music Director: Gopi Sundar C
Cinematography: Keertan Poojary
Editor: Hemanth Kumar D
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Post the success of Kantara, one more Kannada biggie has been dubbed in Telugu, Tilted Vijayanand, this film is the biopic of the famous businessman from Karnataka, Vijay Sankeshwar. The film was released today and let’s see how it is.
Story:
Vijay(Nihal Rajput) works in his dad’s(Ananta Nag) printing press and takes it to the next level. But he is not happy with his personal growth and starts a transport business. He faces so many issues in this process and goes to the next level. In his journey, he takes up politics, and even starts a newspaper taking on the who’s who in the business. How he achieved so much in life is the story of the film.
Plus Points:
The film is based on the owner of India’s biggest logistics company VRL PVT Ltd. Nihal Rajput plays Vijay Sankeswar and he is good in the initial parts of the film. The best role is of Ananta Nag, the senior actor who is very good in the film. He has the best scenes and does well in his mature role.
Prakash Belawadi, who plays the newspaper owner was good in his role. Kannada star Ravichandran sizzled in a small but key role and he too was good. The second half has decent drama and the journey of Vijay Sankeswar was showcased in a decent manner. The production design of the film is quite good.
Minus Points:
The casting of the film is the biggest drawback. Though Nihal Rajput does well in the young portions of the film, he could not carry the mature role of Vijay Sankeswar in the film. He gives very few facial expressions and does not convey the pain the lead character is going through. A more noted and aged actor would have done a lot of justice to the film.
After an interesting start, the film becomes a documentary kind of a movie. As the director wastes too much time on the initial phases, the key aspects of Vijay Sankeswar’s political journey, his tryst with the media barons, all this is not highlighted properly.
There was so much scope to create drama but the director failed to do so. The pace of the film is also very slow and it is quite lengthy. At least fifteen minutes in the first half should have been chopped off.
Technical Aspects:
As said earlier, the production design of the film is pretty good. The bygone era has nicely been captured by the cameraman. The setwork and Telugu dubbing were good. Dialogues were neat and so were the production values. The film is quite lengthy and the audience in Telugu will surely find it slow and boring due to this aspect.
Coming to the director Rishika Sharma, she has done just a passable job. More than creating drama, she just showcased the biopic in a documented form and this is where Vijayanand might not be liked by a few sections of the audience.
Verdict:
On the whole, Vijayanand is the biopic of Karnataka’s biggest businessman Vijay Sankeshwar. While his life is showcased in detail, the drama and emotions needed for a cinematic viewing are missing. As the biopic on whom the film is made is popular in Kannada, the people there might like it. For Telugu audiences, there is nothing great to watch out for and ends as just another routine, slow and dull biopic.
123telugu.com Rating: 2.25/5
Reviewed by 123telugu Team