|  One  just gets the feeling that Meher Ramesh and Aswini Dutt duo should be  blamed for making mockery of such a powerful script. It was treatment  and narration at its worst and even the technical aspects of the movie  are pretty average. One just wonders what was the reason for roping in  Pooja Bedi, Vinod Kumar, Jackie Sheroff and few other characters.  Brahmanandam is ridiculous in the film.
   How can you introduce a comic character like Brahmanandam when the  tempo is running.  Director Meher Ramesh fumbled in key scenes and  crucial moments finally making the movie a disappointing outing. He  could not do justice to NTR character and his brand image even after  giving him a second  chance. Putting all the grandeur and magnificence  aside,  director Meher Ramesh did not make any effort to find out  whether such stories need a different treatment.  In point of fact,  involving Egyptians in this script has no connectivity. Its the  director's blind game for a socio fantasy movie.   Performances   NTR has put on some weight in this movie. His first few dialogues in  Hindi loos natural. However, don’t expect typical NTR dances in the  movie ads the treatment from the director is poor. NTR gave a second  chance to a bad director Meher Ramesh. Ileana is only lending glamor to  the screen flaunting her navel and no performance. Looks like directors  are roping her only for her oomph showe and not anything else. And its  time they reconsider. Nazar, Shiyaji Shinde, Prabhu, Sonu Sood , etc did  their bit.   Technicalities    Music by Mani Sharma is a huge drawback for Shakti movie. The songs and tunes are very bad and always feel  like  staying away.  Background score is only good in parts. Satyanand is the  biggest culprit as the dialogues in a very powerful second half anemic.  Computer Graphics was another let down and clearly gives that few  scenes have been shot on green mat. Camera work by Sameer Reddy is  wonderful. Few shots were really commendable   Bottom Line – Shakti movie is an April fool jest by director Meher Ramesh and producer Aswini Dutt. With the kind of respect we have for NTR and his talent, we are not giving any rating to this movie. |