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Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu
Deepa Garimella / fullhyd.com
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5.5
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Good for kids
No
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No
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Yes
Today, there is a thin line between Puri and Posani. Puri is perhaps a couple of films away from crossing it.

For one, the only reason some of his recent movies keep you on the edge of your seat is that you're unsure of which expletive/"personal insult passing off as hard-hitting dialogue" lies around which corner. And if you're a woman, well, you're not even invited to the party.

Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu, a supposed civil outrage package a la Arvind Kejriwal meets Rang De Basanti meets just about every other Telugu movie, suffers from related flaws, even if it doesn't have anything explicitly offensive.

The fast-paced title montage of grainy footage from AP's television news channels plays out with a frantic background score, setting the stage for what you think will be a powerful, nuanced look at what goes on behind the scenes. Pawan Kalyan's entry is suitably sleek, and equally awesome is his first scene as hero - Rambabu (the journalist he plays) starts out by making peace between two warring castes of hostellers who have been instigated into fighting by a scheming politician.

What plays out is a pretty ordinary story of evil politician vs the general public. Rambabu, a mechanic-turned-journo, is the kind who (surprise, surprise) cannot stand injustice. He asks powerful politicians gutsy questions, humiliates them on screen, and beats them up if required.

There's nothing new, upredictable or even subtle about CGTR. There aren't many great lines either. The netas are either black or white. Jawahar Naidu (Kota Srinivasa Rao) and his son Rana Babu (Prakash Raj) are wicked and power-hungry in the way that every Telugu film villain has been.

A lot of emotional speeches are made, but there's neither anything issue-based about Rambabu's agitation against the wrong-doers, nor any specific agenda. In the end, things become so unrealistic that it's not even funny. It is preposterous, for instance, to assume that a crowd of lakhs of agitated people (assembling OVERNIGHT) on the streets is capable of conducting itself in more organized a manner than a school assembly. This is wishful thinking - the kind of arbitrary crusading you expect from a B-grade movie, and not from what you assume is a team of responsible entertainers who have been around for a long time.

And Puri Jagannadh stops short of calling his characters by their real names - the benevolent CM (Nasseer) is called Chandrasekhara Reddy, and the failed and frustrated opposition leader is called Jawahar Naidu (who, however, is dressed like Karunanidhi).

Flashes of brilliance do exist, the most visible being the scene in which Rambabu rebukes a newsreader (Brahmanandam) for overly colouring facts. It's a brave, brave scene, given that Pawan Kalyan is laughing at himself (so is Prakash Raj, but he isn't in the scene); and it is well-written. Then, there is this scene in which Rambabu (actually Pawan Kalyan - who are we fooling here?) chides the general public for its readiness to watch its favourite star's movie at unearthly hours (FYI, there was a fans' show of CGTR screened at 5am in the city, like most big releases nowadays) and its total apathy at social problems.

The other kind of scene that Puri films are good at drawing applause for is one in which the hero gives the heroine a long speech "putting her in her place" for no apparent fault of hers. CGTR has one like this as well, that would have branded Puri a misogynist but for the fact that he ended the speech with a dialogue glorifying the charm of an "ordinary woman".

Pawan Kalyan's star power is helping a lot, but he looks bored. Tamannah is as spirited as ever, but her characterization is shrill and annoying, so much that she actually brings down the watchability of the movie by a notch. The second female lead is supposedly hot, but only leaves everyone wondering why she was even brought in. Prakash Raj, Kota and Tanikella are a superb bunch made to do what they've always done in a traditional Telugu film.

Mani Sharma's socio-political tunes are pretty rousing, but his other songs lack charm. The visuals are all right.

Watching CGTR is as useful as watching the news. It is high on emotion and politically-laden, but has little to say. Luckily, for the fans, Pawan Kalyan plays both the newsreader and the commercial break.
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SANJAY DESHMUKH - 9966723698 on 25th Oct 2012, 7:15pm | Permalink
Its a Nice Movie... Ppl Must Realise who ever are fighiting with each other for pieces of state..... For them it has been made excellent movie....
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Suresh on 18th Oct 2012, 3:10pm | Permalink
Super
sures132456 on 18th Oct 2012, 3:11pm | Permalink
wat super,

it is not rambabu, it is rongbabu
rakesh... on 18th Oct 2012, 8:11pm | Permalink
rey sudakunda rasthava...
CMPF on 18th Oct 2012, 5:05pm | Permalink
Good review - but the movie was better than what has been written. Yes - there are a couple of insane scenes - And a couple of brilliant ones.
But it also takes guts from a top star to chide hi own fans on screen adn the movie needs to be appreciated for this.
RATING
9
rathan kumar on 18th Oct 2012, 5:21pm | Permalink
exellent film
RATING
10
bhaskar on 18th Oct 2012, 8:44pm | Permalink
It's just an ordinary movie which can be watched once for the hype created on it, but nothing 'extraordinary' as expected.
trinadh on 18th Oct 2012, 11:44pm | Permalink
good movie except one or two scenes movie was superb
Nellorian on 18th Oct 2012, 8:51pm | Permalink
I always had very low expectations for this movie and I shall say it lived up to them and at times few scenes exceeded them. I strongly feel Puri even made this movie with no story just like Devudu Chesina Manushulu but he saved the movie with short length and some highlight scenes. Let me give you a heads up that there are no oneliners like Pokiri or Businessman. First half of the movie is just ok. Tamanna, Ali and Brahmanandam are used to fill in the gaps with comedy. Second half has many emotional highs and some timepass scenes. I don't want to reveal much about the movie but the scene where Brahmanandam talks about broken marriages of heroes and Pawan's response is hilarious. The three minute speech before climax and Rambabu response to udyamam are brilliant hands down. There are many points on every corrupt political party in the state right now. It's left up to your prejudices and priorities as to how many you can connect to. As a movie this is no complete movie like Gabbar Singh nor it is a perfect message oriented cinema like Tagore, Aparichitudu etc. But this ain't close enough to Stalin either. It is an above average movie with a message. What works in favor of the movie is Pawan's real life political ideas and how his fans connect with him. This movie is the closest reflection of Pawan Kalyan in real life. I am holding off from revealing some brilliant inspiring lines for which I did not shout but clapped with true appreciation. Few scenes miss logic completely though and Pawan needs to focus on his fitness now :(
mastercynic on 19th Oct 2012, 11:13am | Permalink
"..... As a movie this is no complete movie like Gabbar Singh nor it is a perfect message oriented cinema like Tagore, Aparichitudu etc. But this ain't close enough to Stalin either......"

As if trash like Gabbar Singh, Tagore & Stalin are masterpieces....
2power10 on 19th Oct 2012, 11:18am | Permalink
Excellent point mastercynic!
Nellorian on 19th Oct 2012, 8:26pm | Permalink
Please read again, I did not say Gabbar singh is master piece but it is a complete movie with all right elements. While Tagore is masterpiece, u agree or not(I am no Chiru fan) and please read again I said movie is not as bad as Stalin. because I know Stalin is junk
Siva on 18th Oct 2012, 11:53pm | Permalink
Average Flick
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6
Common man on 19th Oct 2012, 1:15am | Permalink
Excellent movie as per current hot situations on localism and divisioning of India. RAMBABU - Anger of a common man. All political parties dumb on these isssues except the daring Powerstar. Except some scenes ,movie is excellent.
babu on 19th Oct 2012, 10:18am | Permalink
ok
Choni on 19th Oct 2012, 11:21am | Permalink
Hmm a genuine attempt from both the director and the actor to resembles what exactly is happening in AP....one of the best scenes where hero questions the politician about "Jana Gana Mana" ...was awesome...
prakash on 19th Oct 2012, 5:47pm | Permalink
super cinema
vinay on 19th Oct 2012, 8:43pm | Permalink
awsum mvie
anonymous critic on 19th Oct 2012, 10:07pm | Permalink
Another excellent reivew. Movie is not as horrible as I was expecting from the grossly overrated director. Here he tried to intelligently leverage contemporary issues without making it too obvious, but as news reports suggest it has irked some sections. Some dialogs may sound funny, but it is hard to ignore his disdain towards women. Rambabu's Ganga was not maili, but she was quite annoying. The producers may be hoping this will be a windfall, but hope this doesnt result in the fall of the wind (Pawan)!
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4
Srikanth Signature on 21st Oct 2012, 4:34pm | Permalink
"but hope this doesnt result in the fall of the wind (Pawan)!," - no way sir!.
RK on 23rd Oct 2012, 9:30am | Permalink
poor review...wasting ur time for promoting negative review...Already it broke several records & will break his own records for GS...
V. L. Seethamsetty on 20th Oct 2012, 1:05pm | Permalink
I fully agree with deepa garimella. The only positive thing about the movie is some message has been given and i am praying God atleast one person will change for good after seeing the movie
gadam AVINASH on 21st Oct 2012, 7:29am | Permalink
Good meassage movie
jay on 22nd Oct 2012, 4:52am | Permalink
This is one of the best political movie in recent times.Inspiring and haunting.
I do belong to Telangana region, but do not see any comparision between movie scences and real fight for telangana.One thing is sure that these so called separtists are creating unnecessary problems just to hilight themselves. There are many people like me oppose bifurcation but if we talk you expect same reception as Rambabu got.
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