Nani has teamed up with debutant Srikant Odela for a village backdrop story of "Dasara". Nani's last outing "Ante Sundaraniki" had mixed response at box office. Despite that, Dasara was a high budget flick when compared to Nani's regular films. That too with a debutant.
Story :- Dharani (Nani), Suri (Deekshit) & Vennela (Keerthy) are childhood friends who live in Veerlapalli village, which is in the midst for coal mine. Dharani shall do anything for Suri and shall not leave if anyone goes against Suri. Majority of the villagers are addicted to alcohol and Silk bar in their village is their hub. Upper caste sit inside the bar and lower caste drink outside. After prohibition imposed by NTR, the bar gets closed. The village sarpanch decides that whoever wins as Sarpanch shall has the right to run the bar. After the death of Sarpanch, his sons Rajanna (Sai Kumar) and Shivanna (Samuthrakani) contest in elections against each other regularly. Shivanna's son Nambi (Shine Tom Chaco), who is evil to the core, ensures his father keeps the bar through which he wins elections easily. As part of these elections strategy, they conduct a cricket tournament and announces a special price for the winner. The result of the match turns the entire story. Dharani & Suri get into loggerheads with Nambi and what happens next is rest? What can Dharani do for Suri? Why Nambi targets Dharani & Suri?
Performances :- Nani lived the in the character of Dharani. This is one of his finest performances. His dialogues, attitude, antics, everything was perfect. Be it emotional scenes, action episodes, elevations, he was spot on. Keerthy had a crucial role and she portrayed it well. Deekshit was fine in the limited scope. Chaco was menacing as the evil, his performance was subtle yet effective. Sai Kumar has couple of good scenes and he was as usual natural. Samuthrakani was wasted in the role. Not much of scope to do. Hero friends, their families, other villagers all did well.
Technicians :- Cinematographer needs to be applauded for the colour tone maintained throughout the film. It's in line with the tone and backdrop of the movie, greyish. The night episodes were also well shot. Production design and art work were well captured, taking us to the world of Veerlapalli. Same is the case with costumes also. There 2 major action episodes, one before interval and one during climax. Hero introduction fight went a bit overboard with poor graphics. Climax fight is good. But interval fight is fabulous. It's well conceived. Actors also did a terrific job. Background score of Santosh Narayanan is an asset. It elevated the movie, at the same time it didn't sound regular. Songs were not conventional, but suited the story. Dialogues of pure rural Telangana accent were tough to understand. Director has done a stupendous job as a debutant. Though story wise it's not a fresh idea, the premise, dialogues, execution and standout performances made the film work. He maintained the suspense well till later part of 2nd half, why Nambi is targeting Dharani & Suri. I could relate to Rangasthalam at multiple junctures, in terms of story, some episodes, drama. Being protege of Sukumar, that's bound to happen.
Positives :-
Nani
Premise
Drama
Interval action episodes
Negatives :-
Run time
Old story
Less emotionally high moments
Analysis :- Dasara works for major part of the movie, with brilliant acting, good action episodes, background score and conflicts. It transforms you into their world. Crisp runtime and few more charging moments would have made it even better.
Rating :- 3/5. It's a theatre movie, not an OTT one.
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