Overall Rating: 2/5
Synopsis:
Vikramaditya (Upendra) is a well-reputed boxer who is at the national championship fighting Vijender Sinha (Suniel Shetty) however due to an overdose on steroids he dies during the match. With the steroid abuse, Vikramaditya's entire family is humiliated and thrown onto the streets. 15 years later, Ghani (Varun Tej) is an aspiring boxer that tries to box without his mother (Nadhiya) knowing. How Ghani overcomes the humiliation brought by his father and trains under Vijender forms the rest of the story.
Positives:
Varun Tej and Upendra's Performance
Ghani Title Song
Background score
Negatives:
Story and Screenplay
Lack of proper development for the rest of the characters
Entire first half
Love track
Analysis:
After 2 and a half years we have finally received a Varun Tej film and let's see how it was. Ghani is the typical boxing sports drama we have seen all throughout India since the early 2000s. However, seeing this film we can clearly tell this is a clear case of style over substance. This film has all the aspects that are present in movies such as Jersey but yet this movie fails in utilizing those key aspects. One of the biggest problems that this movie faces is the fact that there are too many characters that get involved in the story. With there being too many characters present there is not any scope for those characters to develop at all. Other than Varun Tej, Upendra, and Naveen Chandra no character is utilized well. The character that Suniel Shetty plays in this film is arguably the worst one in the entire film. Be it the dubbing for this character or just the acting this character was extremely bad for the movie to the point where it is just detrimental to the entire film.
The first half of this film starts off on a decent note with the flashback of Ghani and how his father brought humiliation to his family. Other than that aspect this entire first half is completely wasted. The movie goes through the typical love track that all movies have but this track is written so badly that we can see ripples of it throughout the first half. The first half of this film is so badly written that we barely even see any of the boxing aspects in this first half other than some sequences. The film manages to turn around a bit at the interval when Ghani loses his match. Even in the first half, Thaman's background score manages to keep it afloat but the Romeo and Juliet song just ruins the pace of it.
Moving on to the second half of this film we are really introduced to the conflict of the film and from here on out barring a few sequences the second half is decently made. The introduction of Upendra's character is done very well and his flashback portions are shot and written well and the inclusion of the "Nanna" song added to the emotions of this film. We are then taken into the actual boxing world of this movie filled with politics and training and it just manages to flow decently with the training sequences being done really well with the title song. From here on we are shown how Ghani overcomes his troubles and obstacles to make it to the semifinals. Here also we have a confrontation scene between Jagapathi Babu and Varun Tej which is just elevated really well with the background score and the dialogues. However, the biggest roadblock for this entire second half was the Kodthe song which has no reason to exist but just to add a song in for runtime sake. After all of this, the movie just ends up falling apart again with a very weak and routine climax and the movie ends off on the solution that was introduced in the flashback episode.
The cinematography by George C. Williams is decent while the editing by Marthand K Venkatesh is just ok. The music by Thaman fails to impress while the background score helps some scenes in the elevations. The writing and direction by Kiran Korrapati were straight up just bad. Overall, Ghani is a failure for what it is supposed to be and this film does not deserve a theater watch at all (unless prices are really cheap). I would suggest that you wait till this movie comes out on aha later this month.
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