Okka Ammayi Thappa Review
Story:
Okka Ammayi Thappa is more about what happened in Kandhahar more than a decade ago. Here in the film, a group of terrorists led by Anwar (Ravikishan), create a traffic jam on a Flyover in Hitech City. They plant a bomb on the flyover and try to blackmail the government for the release of their Terrorist leader, Aslam (Rahul Dev). On that fateful day, there are also Krishna (Sundeep Kishan) along with Nithya (Nitya Menon) who also gets stranded in the traffic jam. What happens next in the story further forms the rest.
Performances:
Sundeep Kishan is a perfect fit in the role of Krishna Vachan and pulled it off very convincingly. Nithya Menon is a disappointment as all she did in the film is sitting in an auto and waiting for the traffic jam to be cleared. Ravikishan gets a role almost equal to the hero but is too loud at most of the times. Ali does a passable job in the first half while the other comedians Venu Tillu, Fish Venkat, Saptagiri and others failed to get any laughs.
Technical Performances:
Firstly, the title Okka Ammayi Thappa has no relevance to the story. The film is more like Bollywood Thriller, A Wednesday. The subject is novel to Telugu film industry and all it needs some good screenplay and gripping narration to drive the point home. But the debut director Rajasimha Thadinada missed it by a mile. The Love track finally ended up as big mistake as it deviated the director from the prime story and at the same time could not serve the purpose being totally detached of any emotions. The first half is just average while the second half has some good scenes in the Pre-Climax. Comedy failed to make any impact.
Mickey J Meyer came up with a decent album. Couple of songs like Kotha Kathale and Yegirene have come up well on screen. Chota K Naidu’s camera work is excellent. The locales of Kashmir in Yegirene song are aesthitically shot. Editing should have been sharp in the first half. Production Values are appropriate.
Plus Points:
Sundeep Kishan Performance
Couple of songs
Pre-Climax scenes
Minus Points:
Poor Screenplay and no gripping narration
Bad Comedy
Disappointing Love Track
Final Say:
Okka Ammayi Thappa is another instance of a honest subject getting killed by a debut director. The movie may be a one time watch, if you are a big fan of Sundeep Kishan/Nithya Menen or if you are longing to watch those few good scenes (on Communal Harmony) in the second half.
