Kajal Aggarwal in ‘Satyabhama
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We don’t typically come throughout Telugu movies headlined by a feminine protagonist, that too in a story that offers her the scope to ship strong punches. To provide credit score the place due, the makers of Satyabhama, the cop drama led by Kajal Aggarwal, take that leap of religion to current a movie the place the lady takes centre stage. Directed by Suman Chikkala, the movie acknowledges the half performed by SHE Groups and the SHESafe app for ladies in misery. Kajal options in ‘mass’ segments with slow-motion walks and motion sequences set to pulsating music by Sricharan Pakala. Nevertheless, the movie chooses to not go the Singham or Kartavyam means. It tries to do a balancing act and discover a brooding drama wherein the cop has to battle again demons from the previous to search out closure.
ACP Satyabhama (Kajal Aggarwal) is a cop who places the decision of responsibility above every thing else. It helps that her husband, author Amar (Naveen Chandra), is nearly at all times supportive and affected person, even when she turns up a couple of hours late for his or her wedding ceremony. This lack of friction takes the nervousness of balancing the private {and professional} life off Satyabhama’s shoulders however she quickly has to take care of a setback that begins to gnaw at her private life as nicely.
Satyabhama (Telugu)
Route: Suman Chikkala
Solid: Kajal Aggarwal, Naveen Chandra, Prakash Raj
Storyline: When a girl seeks assist in a case of home abuse, ACP Satyabhama’s plan goes haywire. She has to take care of setbacks, overcome guilt and trauma and unravel the reality.
The narrative tries to shatter a couple of stereotypes. As an example, a number of mainstream movies have strains wherein ‘sporting the bangles’ turns into a metaphor for an absence of braveness, learn masculinity. In a scene, Satyabhama walks right into a lockup, wearing crimson sari and bangles, knocks a person out of his wits and makes him spill the beans. Such small cases apart, the preliminary sequences that mission her as a tricky cop don’t transcend the mainstream templates with a rousing background rating, sluggish movement stroll, slick hairdos and energy dressing. Whereas it helps to set the tone of the narrative, some innovativeness in how she tackles the circumstances would have helped increase the bar.
The story takes off when a girl named Haseena walks into the police station and seeks safety from her abusive husband. Issues don’t go as anticipated and Satyabhama finds herself answerable to Haseena’s brother, Iqbal, and his aged father. Lengthy after a few of her higher-ups suppose the case is closed, it haunts her and she or he units out to search out the reality. A number of characters are launched as sub plots emerge and Satyabhama wades via a maze, unable to maneuver on within the skilled and the private spheres.
A number of characters come into the fore — performed by Ankith Koyya, Sampada, Payal Radhakrishna, Neha Pathan and Prajwal Yadma. A subplot of friendship and love provides a brand new dimension to the drama however outlives its welcome. Actors Prakash Raj, Nagineedu and Ravi Varma are solid in characters that don’t make an impression. Naveen Chandra can also be wasted in an underwritten half. A political angle is explored, solely to be dropped as quickly because the plot introduces an AI-incorporated recreation, chat home windows, impersonations, terrorism and extra. A subplot touches upon spiritual stereotyping however finally, when the seemingly complicated puzzle is solved, it finally ends up being a easy revenge drama. It’s onerous to remain invested in what is going on or really feel genuinely anxious for any of the characters concerned, together with Satyabhama. What salvages the climax parts, to an extent, is how Satyabhama approaches the disaster and it stands as a delicate touch upon gun tradition.
Kajal Aggarwal makes the motion segments work and her manner is designed to present away little or no by way of feelings; she is predicted to convey her trauma with measured emotional outbursts. It really works in some parts whereas in others, we barely resonate with the plight of her character.
Satyabhama may have been a riveting cop drama, particularly since its screenplay is by Sashi Kiran Tikka (Goodachari and Main) however this one falls brief.
