The plot points are outdated to the hilt. 'Tuck Jagadish' is a family drama with a mixed effect. Daniel Balaji is outcompeted by Thiruveer. Raghu Babu, Srikanth Iyyangar are cameos. VK Naresh is better than Rao Ramesh, Devadarshini and Rohini fit the bill. Jagapathi Babu does a fine job, while the Aishwarya Rajesh-Ritu Varma duo is good as well. The cinematography is largely able.Īfter delivering a skin-deep act in 'V', Nani is superb here. Thaman's songs raise the mood to an extent. After 'Tuck Jagadish', perhaps not many will be interested in the style in Telugu. Gopi Sundar's BGM seems to have a thorough Mollywoodian influence. Something crucial unfolds and he is at the MRO office the very next moment. Something shattering happens and Jagadish is at Chandramma's house the very next moment. There are problems with the editing for sure. The staging of the villainy of Thiruveer's character is so outdated that one wonders if it's unfolding in the parodic dream of someone. A certain revelation about a crucial character some 45 minutes into the story doesn't subject us to an intense experience. Ritu Varma plays a VRO whose concerns are interspersed with Nasser's concerns about the blood-curdling flavour of the village. The interval block would have been great in a theatre. There is a scene where the family members get described as parasites and the pain in them is there for all to see (it also reminds us of some portions from Karthi's underrated movie, 'Chinababu'). "Chandramma doesn't know the difference between taking responsibility and love," a character says, without making the subject look infantilized. That said, the story possesses some very nuanced moments. This template-driven narration is dreary in 'Tuck Jagadish'. Villages in our movies are usually about good men who celebrate festivals with familial fervour and bad men who make women cry at the first opportunity. The village is divided between men who don't eve-tease or sexually harass women and those who do. There are one too many stock scenes as well. There is a sidekick (comedian Praveen) who is so happy that someone (Ritu Varma as Gummadi Varalakshmi) is slowly starting to moon over Jagadish, potentially bringing light in his life. There is a lecherous government officer misusing his power. There is a festival song, complete with the hero participating in it with the passion of a Krishna Vamsi son/brother/'bava'. An imposing house populated by a dozen people overlooks the village. A sincere government employee is murdered. There is a demigod distributing cropping land to the poor. The film installs a set of stock characters. But, as far as the film is concerned, it could also mean this: Mass Raccha Officer. MRO means Mental Revenue Officer for the villain. The film also toys with masala moments forgetting well that Nani hasn't done such scenes before, especially in the universe of a family drama. We have to allude Jagadish's fearsome rage (which is inconsistent) to Her, perhaps. The initial moments set up the village as being under the benevolent gaze of an angry Goddess. "Don't agonize a woman, and never have tears in your eyes being a man," the patriarch tells Jagadish. Like a lot of family dramas, this film too has an anchor statement around which the lead man acts. Aishwarya Rajesh's Chandramma, who is Jagadish's 'mena kodalu', is facing a life threat, above all. After the death of his father, Jagadish must also contend with the fact that Bosu Babu (Jagapathi Babu), his elder brother, has gone rogue. Before he knows, his family is sought to be troubled by Veerendra (Daniel Balaji), a feudalist who wants total control over the village. The village-based story is about how Jagadish Naidu (Nani), the youngest son of a joint family, takes it upon himself to mend the differences between the different family members. This is Nani's second direct OTT release and here is our review of the family drama. 'Tuck Jagadish' is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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