- Pawan Kalyan
- Dialogues
- Concept
- Songs
What Is Bad
- Lags in between
- Failed to establish the point
- Direction
- Emotional Bonding between the lead characters
- Editing
Bottom Line:Commercial version of OMG
Gopala Gopala Review - Story
Gopal Rao (Venkatesh Daggubati), a astute
businessman going to any limits for selling his goods (Idols of God) by
minting up the godly stories with no personal beliefs at all in the
existence of God. Then one day, his disturbance in a Krishnastami
festival and its consequently becoming crowdless results in an
earthquake which takes away just his shop in the whole city. His request
for the insurance is denied by the company stating “Act Of God”! Now
his only way to get the money is to fight the case. He plans to lodge a
case against God for his compensation & send notice to all the
priests, in his words, Salesmen of God’s offices. Rest of the film
revolves around his simple lifestyle and his refusal to accept god’s
existence.
Gopala Gopala Review - Star Performance
Coming to the star cast, Venkatesh Dagguabti has
given a promising performance; he brought comedy mixed with some
sensibility and courage. We could clearly see his belief and struggle
yet his confidence let him down. Pawan Kalyan makes an appearance as
Vasudev (God). He must be appreciated for accepting a supporting role,
when he is being known as Powerstar of Telugu industry. Secondly, for
playing God character. As its controversial & dubious whether
audience will accept him as God or not. Keep it aside, He really doesn’t
have big scenes, but that’s the whole point; god quietly watches and
guides only when it’s required. Mithun Chakraborty as spiritual leader
steals the show, and he is well supported by Posani Krishna Murali &
Diksha Panth. Shriya Saran, Madhu Shalini, Ashish Vidyarthi, Murali
Sharma and Krishnudu are confined small characters. Arjun Daggubati
debut is fine.
Gopala Gopala Review - Techinical Team
Gopala Gopala is actually developed from the
play Kanji Viruddh Kanji by Bhavesh Mandalia in Gujarati was adapted
into Hindi as Krishan Versus Kanhaiya, and then the play was converted
into Bollywood film Oh My God! Starring Paresh Rawal, with due credit
given to the original source a lesser known Australian film The Man Who
Sued God. And if one has seen the same then he is going to give a mixed
response to Gopala Gopala as it somehow reduced the impact generated by
Hindi film. Reason behind, that in the Hindi film the proceeding just
keeps moving. There are no separate songs - tracks to elevate actors,
and here it’s more like Pawan Kalyan coming to save Venkatesh’s
character than Lord Krishna. Oh My God! Always keeps stressing on the
bonding of Husband-wife, Father-Daughter, Akshay Kumar-Paresh Rawal in
its script. Whereas, Gopala Gopala tries to bring in too many points to
impress viewers which take the focus away at times, which could have
been avoided.
The director tried to add too many additional scenes which were not perfectly gelled well with the narrative of this film. Like extended shriya’s character, unnecessary fight sequence and the developed courtroom murder attempt (even then the culprit was not arrested). The dialogues by Sai Madhav Burra deserves a special applause, for his thought provoking lines like, Dhaari Chupinchadam varake naa panni, gamyanini cherukovadam mee pani; Baruvu chuse vadiki kaadu mithrama, moose vaadiki telusthundi; Samardhulu intlone undipothe asamardhule rajyamelthaaru. Director had an intriguing idea in hand – a man who is denied insurance claim because the demolition of his property was an act of god, decides to sue god. But he lacks clarity in direction. The director tries to repeat the same series of sequences to inject the character, the final act following the court judgment, appear as after thoughts in a narrative that goes to unbelievable lengths in the of fortifying credibility.
The narrative’s biggest failing is its tone. Its too suave and retiring to liven up the senses or curry interest there of. Every song in the film is situational and so you enjoy the Gopala Gopala music quite well with its storyline. Bhaje Bhaje is a beautiful watch (wait till the end credits to see the fanzy moments from that song). The cinematography and background score just serve the purpose well making a decent impact along with the minimal special effects to showcase God. Editor Gautham Raju could have been better with the scissors as the film, with a runtime of 153 minutes, seems a bit stretched. Visual effects in the film are not up to the mark and the Production values of Suresh Productions - North Star are grand.
The director tried to add too many additional scenes which were not perfectly gelled well with the narrative of this film. Like extended shriya’s character, unnecessary fight sequence and the developed courtroom murder attempt (even then the culprit was not arrested). The dialogues by Sai Madhav Burra deserves a special applause, for his thought provoking lines like, Dhaari Chupinchadam varake naa panni, gamyanini cherukovadam mee pani; Baruvu chuse vadiki kaadu mithrama, moose vaadiki telusthundi; Samardhulu intlone undipothe asamardhule rajyamelthaaru. Director had an intriguing idea in hand – a man who is denied insurance claim because the demolition of his property was an act of god, decides to sue god. But he lacks clarity in direction. The director tries to repeat the same series of sequences to inject the character, the final act following the court judgment, appear as after thoughts in a narrative that goes to unbelievable lengths in the of fortifying credibility.
The narrative’s biggest failing is its tone. Its too suave and retiring to liven up the senses or curry interest there of. Every song in the film is situational and so you enjoy the Gopala Gopala music quite well with its storyline. Bhaje Bhaje is a beautiful watch (wait till the end credits to see the fanzy moments from that song). The cinematography and background score just serve the purpose well making a decent impact along with the minimal special effects to showcase God. Editor Gautham Raju could have been better with the scissors as the film, with a runtime of 153 minutes, seems a bit stretched. Visual effects in the film are not up to the mark and the Production values of Suresh Productions - North Star are grand.
Gopala Gopala Review - Analysis
The first half of Gopala Gopala leave in
splits with its humorous comedy in parts and the interval introduction
of Pawan Kalyan make you believe that a good series of events are round
the corner. What happens instead is complete stagnancy in the narrative.
Frankly, one just doesn’t get moved in the manner Kishore Kumar would
have expected from his audience. Even look of the film borders on the
artificial rather than the real or the sublime as the original. All in
all, Gopala Gopala could have been a mordacious grandiosity against the
malefactors of religion but it all manages to do is mucky the debate on
the existence of god.
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