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  Mourya - film review

What happens when a director 'branded' for sentiment movies try his hands on an action thriller? It results in 'Mourya'! Yes. S. Narayan identified the Telugu flick 'Amma Nanna O Tamil Ammai' as a right fit for the image and talent of 'power star' Puneeth. Adding his expert touch to it, S. Narayan presents Mourya as an action cum sentiment film. Though this movie produced by Rockline Venkatesh is a Telugu remake, it reminds 'Tayige Takka Maga'! Unlike in most of the movies where it starts with an entry of the hero, Mourya starts with a gang of people teasing Meena (Roja), a lecturer. Then enters her son Manu (Puneeth), a boxing champ, with an obvious fight to thrash the villains. Movie goes on with an amicable, affectionate, naughty, angry, comedy and thrilling moments. Entry of the heroine Meera Jasmine adds adequate comic relief. Each frame looks lively and makes you enjoy every bit of the film. It keeps you guessing… Who is his father? Why Manu detests him? Mourya is certainly a good movie till then!

Puneeth and Meera JasmineYou start seeing the 'real' touch of S. Narayan in the second half! As per his mother's last wish, Manu joins his father (Devaraj), a boxer again! Then onwards, you will be immersed with overdose of sentiments and incoherent consequences. Of course sentiment plays a major role in commercial films. But here the 'power' of power star has gone futile. Mourya reminds S. Narayan's low-key Kannada tele-serial Sumathi at times that is a bathetic extravaganza! Film nears the end with an age-old formula of hero getting kicks in boxing ring to safeguard his family and concludes with badly beaten up champion bouncing back to thrash the villain!

Roja, who played against Ravichandran in Kalavida, decorates the role of a mother in Mourya! Puneeth once again wins - be in action or dance sequence, he shines as always. It's the presentation and narration that fails. Its delusive to see a rough, detesting young man turning over emotional! Meera Jasmine as half Telugu - half Kannada girl has done a neat job. Though she is a brilliant actress, looks a little short and fatty. Nothing unusual in Gurukiran's tunes. Good work by the cinematographer Das.

Direction: S. Narayan
Producer: Rockline Venkatesh
Music: Gurukiran
Cinematography: P.K.H. Das
Cast: Puneeth Rajkumar, Meera Jasmine, Roja, Devaraj, Komalkumar, Doddanna, S. Narayan, Vijay Sarathi, Yathiraj etc


 
       
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