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Mazaka Movie Review
Sankranthiki Vasthunam in January this year proved, that decently made comedy entertainers will always have takers at the ticket window. Over the years, director, Trinadha Rao Nakkina, established a name for himself by delivering minimum guarantee comedy entertainers. After delivering a commercial blockbuster, Dhamaka with Raviteja, Trinadha Rao Nakkina teamed up with Sundeep Kishan for, Mazaka, yet another commercial entertainer. The film was released in theatres today after generating decent interest among moviegoers with its teaser and trailer. Did Trinadha Rao Nakkina deliver yet another commercial hit? Did Sundeep Kishan score the much-required commercial blockbuster? Did Rajesh Danda, the producer of the film, get back on the success track after delivering a disaster, Bachchala Malli, last year? Let’s figure it out with a detailed analysis.
What is it about?
Venkata Ramana (Rao Ramesh) wants to get his son, Krishna (Sundeep Kishan), married and turn their ‘House’ into a ‘Home’. However, the parents of the potential brides refuse to send their daughters to a house that does not have a motherly figure. With no choice left, Venkata Ramana decides to find himself a wife first and then get his son married. What are the challenges Venkata Ramana and Krishna faced in the quest to find brides to both of them? Forms the rest of the story.
Performances:
Rao Ramesh as Venkata Ramana delivered one of his best performances in the film. His comedy timing is impeccable. Especially, his performance in the ‘Love Letter’ sequence and the pre-interval ‘Comedy of Errors’ sequence deserve a special mention. He performed well in an emotional breakout sequence with Ritu Varma as well during pre-climax. Sundeep Kishan as Krishna also delivered a good performance. His effortless comedy timing along with Rao Ramesh generated a few genuine fun moments in the film.
Ritu Varma as Meera did an ok job within her limitations. It’s good to see ‘Manmadhudu’ fame, Anshu Ambani, onscreen after a long time. She still looks young and gives a feel of a misfit to the character. An elderly-looking actress would have been a better choice to do the role of Yashoda in the film. Both Ritu Varma and Anshu Ambani’s performance during a crucial emotional sequence during the pre-climax sequence was strictly ok.
Murali Sharma as Bhargav Varma, Raghu Babu, Hyper Aadi and Srinivasa Reddy made their presence felt but were unable to generate fun because of the poor and outdated writing. Ajay in the role of a police officer did well, especially in the sequence where he attends a phone call from his wife worked out well.
Technicalities:
Director Trinadha Rao Nakkina’s films usually have good songs but none of the songs scored by the music director, Leon James worked out in Mazaka. All the songs were not catchy and even his background score failed to generate any excitement. Chota K. Prasad’s editing could have been much better. There were many repetitive scenes in both halves and at least twenty minutes of the runtime could have been easily edited to make the film engaging.
Nizar Shafi’s cinematography is adequate. He delivered a standard output that is required for a typical commercial entertainer. Production values by Hasya Movies, AK Entertainments & ZEE Studios are decent.
Positives:
1.Rao Ramesh & Sundeep Kishan’s Comedy Timing
2.A Couple of Funny Sequences In The First Half
Negatives:
1.Second Half
2.Editing
3.Music
4.Lack of Consistency In Writing
5.Lack of Story
6.Many Repetitive Sequences
Analysis:
Director, Trinadha Rao Nakkina’s commercial entertainers work well when the packaging is done perfectly with a few good comedy sequences, at least a couple of chartbuster songs, a few emotional sequences and some action. His films end up becoming tiresome to watch whenever the packaging is not done correctly. His last film, Dhamaka went on to become a commercial success because of the packaging. The chartbuster songs and holiday season during December worked big time in its favour. However, In Mazaka, the packaging misfired. The lack of good songs along with forced emotions and outdated execution worked against the film.
The story provided by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada has a lot of scope to generate nonstop entertainment but what we get to see in the film are a few funny sequences along with many repetitive and dragged-out sequences. The first half of the film was passable with a couple of funny sequences but it is the second half where the film lost track. Writing should be very gripping for a film that runs on a single-point agenda but unfortunately, the writing team of Mazaka failed to come up with genuine fun moments at regular intervals. The desperate attempt by the writing department and the director to make the audience laugh is to be seen throughout the film but sadly, most of the sequences failed to generate any laughs.
There was an attempt to add emotional quotient during the final act of the film but that did not work out either because of the half-hearted and forced writing. Also, the team should have used better reasoning for Yashoda’s ‘Never Married’ status. The entire sequence on Rao Ramesh and Anshu where Anshu explains why she never got married misfired and looked very odd. The team may have thought that the sequence would evoke emotions but it did not.
The ‘Love Letter’ sequence, the pre-interval ‘Comedy of Errors’ sequence and a sequence on Ajay where he attends a phone call from his wife are the standout sequences that generated a few genuine laughs. If the director and his team managed to come up with a few more of such sequences and took extra care in editing, the film would have been much better.
Overall, the core point of Mazaka had a lot of scope to become a nonstop entertainer but the halfhearted writing and execution made it a tedious watching experience in theatre. You may give it a try watching it for a few funny moments and Rao Ramesh and Sundeep Kishan’s comedy timing.
Bottomline: Mazaka – Half ‘Maza’