Movie: Autonagar Surya
Rating:
Cast: Naga Chaitanya , Samantha , Ajay , Jaya Prakash Reddy
and others
Directed by : Deva Katta
Produced by : K Atchi Reddy
Banner :RR Movie Makers, Max India Productions
Music by : Anup Rubens
Release Date : 2014-06-27
After going through various
struggles and obstacles throughout the production stage, Autonagar Surya has
finally seen light today. Expectations are riding on this film as Deva Katta
has proved his mettle with his previous film Prasthanam and the trailers of the
film looked promising. Did Autonagar Surya live up to the expectations or not?
What is it about?
Surya (Naga Chaitanya) is brought
up on the streets of Autonagar after his parents gets killed by goons. At the
age of fifteen Surya kills a rowdy and goes to jail. He gets graduated in the
prison and plans to settle down by starting his own garage in Autonagar. But
Indra (Jayaprakash Reddy), the local dada never lets Surya to fulfill his
dreams.
Performance:
Naga Chaitanya: This is a
challenging role for Naga Chaitanya who has done mostly romantic characters in
his career so far. He did well and carried the film upon his shoulders. However
one gets a feeling that Chaitanya should wait for few more years before taking
up larger than life characters. He is too cute and looked so young to be a mass
leader.
Samantha: Samantha has limited role
in this film and she did her bit. Her on screen chemistry with Chaitanya is
impressive.
Others: Sai Kumar got a meaty role,
but it is not something special like he did in Prasthanam. TV actor Madhu
played the villain character and he is good. Jayaprakash Reddy and Ajay are
usual. Actors who did the characters of hero friends also did a good job.
Brahmanandam is wasted and Raghubabu is very loud.
Technicalities:
Music: Music by Anup is passable. A
couple of songs are good on screen. Background score is good most of the
scenes.
Direction: Deva Katta excelled as
dialogue writer. There are so many philosophical and thought provoking lines in
the film. He chose a very stale subject and couldn't do much in presenting it
in a novel way. He handled few scenes very well and did a mediocre job in
dealing with certain scenes.
Others: Cinematography is good and
maintains the intense mood throughout the film. Editing could have been better.
The film drags on and on at times. There are so many lengthy scenes in the
film. Production values are good.
Thumbs Up:
Dialogues
Naga Chaitanya performance
Thumbs Down:
Violent second half
Cliched story line
Weak narration
Analysis:
Deva Katta tries to set a mood with
the starting scenes itself. We get a clear picture that this film is going to
be intense emotional drama after watching initial scenes. Although director had
intentions to make a powerful film about the corrupted system, he fails to
connect the dots. The film's graph goes up and down with few scenes working and
a few not.
Deva Katta chose the 90's backdrop
for this film as Rowdyism was very common in those days. He did his best to
bring out the retro look by using the posters and cars of 90s. He focused more
on preaching morals than content and that has turned out to be the biggest weak
link for this film. Dialogues despite being impressive were tad lengthy and
each scene takes an eternity to end.
First half has some good moments
that will raise hopes over the second half. But the second half failed to live
up with action taking the front seat. Mood of the film turns very serious and
there is little scope left for other elements. Chaitanya and Samantha's love
track goes missing in the second hour. Forced comedy doesn't help the movie
much. They could simply chop off Brahmanandam's scenes which are sheer waste of
time.
Autonagar Surya doesn't have many
positives and it may find it tough to win at the box office. Anyone would have
expected a better product from Deva Katta after seeing Prasthanam. Sadly
Autonagar Surya is not at least half of it.
Verdict: Autonagar Surya
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