Swaroop Thotadaon 16th May 2017, 10:25am | Permalink
Now when I think about it, we tend to laugh as soon as Brahmanandam makes an appearance on the screen, even before he cracks any joke. Our mind is conditioned to laugh at Brahmanandam and is already responding in anticipation of humor. The same might have applied to the Rao Gopal Rao era. People figured out he was a villain as soon as he made an entry, and all his previous films' bad deeds unconsciously conditioned people to perceive him as such. Yes RGV has a unique way of bringing out a different side in actors. Who has that kind of keen vision these days?
The metamorphosis of an actor into a star makes for quite an intriguing observation. At some point in their careers these guys decide they don't have to be the underdog hero anymore and that it was time they proved they didn't need a plot and could pull off entertainers with just their antics and charisma.
Sharwanand seems to think that now is his time, but we struggle to see his point. While the audacity is appreciable, the fact that Sharwanand's numerous slow-motion walks don't draw any hoots from the audiences should remind his directors that his idiosyncrasies are not yet an....