180 Movie Review – 180 Review – 180 Rating, Telugu and Tamil Movie Review: Actor Siddharth who has been running through rough patch in his career has pinned so many hopes on this movie. This is a bilingual and also a sort of reentry for Siddharth in Tamil. Ad guru Jayendra is the director of this movie. Let us see if Siddharth’s long wait for a hit is fulfilled with this 180 film or not in this review…
Story:
Ajay a.k.a. Mano (Siddharth) comes from nowhere and rents a house for six months. He starts to enjoy every moment of his life by playing with poor kids and helping them in every possible way. Vidya (Nithya Menon), a photo journalist falls in love with him and expresses her feelings to him at a point and Ajay try to go away from her. But as she meets with an accident and as the doctors say that she need a spinal cord surgery, Ajay takes Vidya along with him to US. Who is Ajay? Where does he come from? Why did he try to run away from her? Are the questions better answered onscreen!
Analysis:
Director felt that he has hidden the major twist in the film until the third act but anybody could guess what the hero has been going through by the visuals and the dialogs itself. Hence the suspense factor when it gets revealed in the last hour didn’t click.
The film opens on a dull note and moves ahead at a leisurely pace which gets stuck at times. The narration is snail paced and bores you to the core at times. Hero’s social awareness goes overboard and irks you. Only saving grace in this movie is Priya Anand’s character which is cute and lovable. Sadly, she too turns crybaby in the last hour and the film turns out to be an absolute nightmare from then on. Lack of comedy is another minus as the films gets too heavy in the second hour.
Hero’s hallucinations of Lord Yama dressed up in a long coat are very silly. 180 is good in very few parts and mostly boring. Only people who are inclined towards watching tragedies will like this.
There is nothing new in this movie as we have seen similar plot in many movies. Chakram and Oy are the recent past movies which also are made on the similar lines. Strangely Siddharth is the hero in Oy and he has once again tried the same subject in a different angle! The result this time would be even worse.
Performances:
Siddharth is good as a fun loving guy. But his act as a tragic-struck man is not so convincing. His body language and expressions are not up to the mark in those scenes. He excelled in the climax scene in which he talks with his friend on phone.
Nithya Menon once again comes up with a good show. She is very talented. She has to keep a check on her weight though. Priya Anand did well in a role which has two shades. This is her best performance to date. Tanikella Bharani is Okay. Rest of the star cast did fine.
Tehnicalities:
Umarji Anuradha’s dialogs are simple and straight. However there are few grammatical errors that make this film sound like a dubbed one. Bala Subramaniam’s cinematography is the major asset. The ultra slow motion technique used in ‘Vayasika Raadu’ song is brilliant. Every frame is rich and vibrating.
Editing is up to the mark. Music by Sharreth is good. Background score is a plus and the songs gelled well with the narrative. Production values are top notch. Director Jayendra is a very good technician and it can be seen in almost every frame. But the subject he has chosen to make his first film is not a convincing one. It is one of the few subjects which is beaten to the death.
Plus Points:
- Cinematography
- Background score
- Lead actors performance
Minus points:
- Snail paced narrative
- Very old plotline
- Heavy second hour
Final Word: 180 – Boring journey at a speed of 180 centimeters per hour!
Box office predictions: 180 might seem fine to the A center crowds due to the content and visual splendor. Even they will feel second half a bit torturous. It is a complete no no to mass audience and masala seekers. It is likely to end up below Oy among Siddharth’s movies.
180 Review rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Sathyam Cinemas, Aghal Films
Casting: Nithya Menon, Priya Anand, Siddharth
Music: Sharreth
Producer: Sathyam Cinemas, Aghal Films
Direction: Jayendra
Story:
Ajay a.k.a. Mano (Siddharth) comes from nowhere and rents a house for six months. He starts to enjoy every moment of his life by playing with poor kids and helping them in every possible way. Vidya (Nithya Menon), a photo journalist falls in love with him and expresses her feelings to him at a point and Ajay try to go away from her. But as she meets with an accident and as the doctors say that she need a spinal cord surgery, Ajay takes Vidya along with him to US. Who is Ajay? Where does he come from? Why did he try to run away from her? Are the questions better answered onscreen!
Analysis:
Director felt that he has hidden the major twist in the film until the third act but anybody could guess what the hero has been going through by the visuals and the dialogs itself. Hence the suspense factor when it gets revealed in the last hour didn’t click.
The film opens on a dull note and moves ahead at a leisurely pace which gets stuck at times. The narration is snail paced and bores you to the core at times. Hero’s social awareness goes overboard and irks you. Only saving grace in this movie is Priya Anand’s character which is cute and lovable. Sadly, she too turns crybaby in the last hour and the film turns out to be an absolute nightmare from then on. Lack of comedy is another minus as the films gets too heavy in the second hour.
Hero’s hallucinations of Lord Yama dressed up in a long coat are very silly. 180 is good in very few parts and mostly boring. Only people who are inclined towards watching tragedies will like this.
There is nothing new in this movie as we have seen similar plot in many movies. Chakram and Oy are the recent past movies which also are made on the similar lines. Strangely Siddharth is the hero in Oy and he has once again tried the same subject in a different angle! The result this time would be even worse.
Performances:
Siddharth is good as a fun loving guy. But his act as a tragic-struck man is not so convincing. His body language and expressions are not up to the mark in those scenes. He excelled in the climax scene in which he talks with his friend on phone.
Nithya Menon once again comes up with a good show. She is very talented. She has to keep a check on her weight though. Priya Anand did well in a role which has two shades. This is her best performance to date. Tanikella Bharani is Okay. Rest of the star cast did fine.
Tehnicalities:
Umarji Anuradha’s dialogs are simple and straight. However there are few grammatical errors that make this film sound like a dubbed one. Bala Subramaniam’s cinematography is the major asset. The ultra slow motion technique used in ‘Vayasika Raadu’ song is brilliant. Every frame is rich and vibrating.
Editing is up to the mark. Music by Sharreth is good. Background score is a plus and the songs gelled well with the narrative. Production values are top notch. Director Jayendra is a very good technician and it can be seen in almost every frame. But the subject he has chosen to make his first film is not a convincing one. It is one of the few subjects which is beaten to the death.
Plus Points:
- Cinematography
- Background score
- Lead actors performance
Minus points:
- Snail paced narrative
- Very old plotline
- Heavy second hour
Final Word: 180 – Boring journey at a speed of 180 centimeters per hour!
Box office predictions: 180 might seem fine to the A center crowds due to the content and visual splendor. Even they will feel second half a bit torturous. It is a complete no no to mass audience and masala seekers. It is likely to end up below Oy among Siddharth’s movies.
180 Review rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Sathyam Cinemas, Aghal Films
Casting: Nithya Menon, Priya Anand, Siddharth
Music: Sharreth
Producer: Sathyam Cinemas, Aghal Films
Direction: Jayendra
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