Rebel's review:Ranga The Donga (2010)

Movie: Ranga The Donga
Banner: Golden Lion Films & God Father Films
Music: Chakri
Cinematography: Poorna Kandru
Editing: Goutham Raju
Producer: C R Manohar
Story,Screenplay & Direction: G V Sudhakar Naidu
Cast: Srikanth, Vimala Raman, Ramya Krishna, Telangana Sakunthala, GV, Jayaprakash Reddy, Chakri, Sivaji, Nagendra Babu, Chitram Seenu, Jyothi, Bhuvaneshwari, Sakshi Shivanand etc
Release Date: 30th Dec 2010

Review

Story

Ranga (Srikanth) is a notorious thief and he along with his group (Sivaji and others) spends their life stealing from the corrupt cops.

Ranga has got a grandma (Telangana Sakunthala) with whom he has fights all the time. He also has a love affair with inspector Mangamma (Vimala) and also a strong passion for faction cinema, factionists etc. His life takes a turn when he comes across Bhavani Prasad (Srikanth again), a real life factionist.

Who is Bhavani Prasad? What is the link between him and Ranga? What happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Artists Performance:

Srikanth has given a decent performance in both roles but then the body language is quite mild. Somehow he needs to pump energy in his body and show some speed.

Vimala Raman is a seductress. Though she is not endowed with curves, she has a raw sex appeal that is enough to entice the audience. Performance wise, there is nothing for her. It is about time she thinks twice before she chooses such roles or else her days are numbered. 

Ramya Krishnan tries to be stiff and strict. Though she enlarges her eyes at all times, the impact was not that great.

Telangana Sakuntala was alright, Sivaji was okay, the actor who did the villain’s role was apt, Jayaprakash Reddy brought few smiles, Chakri looked drowsy, Sakshi Shivanand looks pale in the item song, Jyothi, Bhuvaneshwari, Taslima Sheikh made their presence felt for the special song. The others were there to fill the screen.

Highlights:

* Srikanth’s handsome looks
* Vimala Raman’s glamour to an extent

Drawbacks:

* very weak direction
* second half
* poor songs
* technical jerks
* stale content

Final Analysis:

The movie carried 3rd grade stuff with weak characterizations. Every character does over-action and the director has to be blamed for that. The Godavari slang for Vimala Raman is irritating. Wearing Jasmines in Police Uniform with long plait is the most useless thought of the decade.

Director has learnt the technique of film making but he didn’t even learned ABCD in bringing conviction to the scene. He has got no assessment of audience pulse. He has shown what he wanted to show but hardly considered the taste of audience and their receptiveness.

The director failed miserably in depicting that punch or getting the momentum. Inexperience was showing in many scenes as the screenplay was very weak. Too much of build-up dialogues on faction looks silly and annoying.

Comedy quotient was literally nil and though few technical shots were appealing the film, it lacks the conviction to engage the audience into the plot. One fails to understand how actors like Srikanth agree to such projects.

At the box office, few scenes might appeal to the auto drivers and rickshaw pullers at the B and C centers but overall, this is a dud.