EEGA (makkhi) 2012


EAGA 2012 (telugu)
BY
S.S.Rajamouli







Samanthu Prabhu must be the cutest girl in India.I must have seen her Hitachi ad a million times,and yet she never fails to evoke a joyful smile with her expressions.The idea of her love of life being murdered in cold blood by a psychopath,a secret, obsessive admirer of hers is quite harrowing.The lover is a cipher here,more relevant in death and reincarnation than he ever was alive.Sudip is a perfect villain.Tall,dark,mean,handsome,filthy rich,ambitious,bereft of any kind of morality and destitute of even a ray of human emotion.The mere thought of Samantha being anywhere near Sudip is enough for the audience to play along with the director’s vision of her dead lover being reborn as a fly.
Hell why not ! Who will keep that Ravana off Sita otherwise ? The David of a Fly has quite an engineering brain as he plots the destruction of his murderer.It helps that Samantha is herself a microartist and designs eyelenses and protective gear for the Fly.Together they wreck havoc in the life of Sudip,as they unleash one fury upon another over him in the course of three weeks.
It is a very entertaining film.Like his later offerings ,Rajamouli has put reliance on action and special effects,and yet not forgotten the importance of universal emotions.This is what makes the film so eminently watchable for every section.The revenge of the underdog is anyway a hugely popular theme,and once u get the cast right,it is a pretty safe bet.The Fly in question is a worthy opponent to the seemingly indestructible antagonist.He has unquestionable motive ,rightful intent,resourcefulness and the backing of the audience as he brings about the ruination of Sudeep.SS Rajmouli is perhaps the biggest showman in india right now,along with Raju Hirani.Sudeep has given a marvellous performance,and what can one say about Samantha ? I dunt understand why the Hindi version of the film,Makkhi failed at the box office.I absolutely loved this film.


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