That's the exact scene I was referring to. The 'powerful' scene with the red robe draping.
I have an analogy for the shouting thing. It's basically like adding extra kaaram to the curry because you're unsure about how to make it well. The kaaram masks and, for the more visceral, entertains.
Nah, that's not propaganda we're peddling because of any newfound love for Anushka or such. We're just saying, to be able to be thoroughly entertained by Bhagmathie, you'd better be in love with Anushka.
G Ashok's trilingual (Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam - which explains why all those non-Telugu actors show up on screen) horror-thriller offers very little apart from its lead's loveliness. It isn't that he doesn't try. It isn't even that he fails. He just doesn't quite succeed.