Salman Khan, who has a guest appearance in GodFather, receives limelight that competes with Chiranjeevi’s on screen. His electric screen presence is a charismatic blend of vulnerability, anguish, and badassery. Just with the barest eye movement, he conveys it all. The camera keeps zooming into his face, but he does not utter a single word. A scene where Jai confronts Brahma in a prison in GodFather is powerful not because of ‘dialogue- baazi’ but Chiranjeevi’s presence in the room. Interestingly, both characters are men of few words. Sukumaran’s Stephen in Lucifer is Raja’s Brahma in GodFather. Playing Blast Baby - an ‘item song’ in GodFather - during a crucial scene is a reminder of why filmmakers should abandon such songs altogether.Īlso read: Remakes are a tricky minefield but Saif, Hrithik’s Vikram Vedha gets it right While the background score elevates the mood and tonality of the film, the climax song is rudimentary at best. But half-baked antagonists and their caricature-ish treatment in the Telugu film are outdated to watch.
Does it work? Definitely - it refines and accentuates Nayanthara’s character in GodFather. In GodFather, Raja and his team have attempted to do just the same.Ĭertain elements like the limited arc of Tovino Thomas’s character in Lucifer have altogether been eliminated in the Telugu version. An audience, which has already relished the original film, may choose to not spend money unless the latter is more promising with, say, better script or cinematography. The rest of the story circles around his attempts to gain power while Brahma leaves no stone unturned to stop him. Jai has plans to smuggle drugs in the garb of becoming the CM.
The chief minister’s daughter Satya Priya (Nayanthara), her stepbrother Brahma, and her husband Jai (Satya Dev) are primary contenders for the post. After the incumbent chief minister PKR (Sarvadaman Banerjee) passes away, the contention for the hot seat triggers a series of events involving power-hungry party members. Godfather (Chiranjeevi), a mysterious man with political clout in an unidentified town in Andhra Pradesh.
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