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Mahesh Babu in Maharshi (2019) |
Maharshi: A Perfect Combination between
Education and Agriculture with Emotion
Maharshi is an Indian Telugu language socio-action
drama film directed by Vamsi Paidipally in 2019.It is his first big and
blockbuster film. Munna (2007) is his first directorial debut. Then he
directs Bindavanam (2010, Yevadu (2014) and Oopri (2016). Maharshi is his best
film from all. Maharshi is starred by Mahesh Babu and Pooja Hedge in the lead
roles as male and female character. Besides, Allari Naresh, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha,
Rao Ramesh Jagapathi Babu and Vennela Kishore have performed in the supporting
characters.
Film Analysis:
I have just watched the film Maharshi (2019). It’s a
Telugu language. I don't know Telugu. Before, I had to wait for Hindi Dubbing.
But I cannot get the real performer's voice in the dialogue. But after watching
the film in Telugu, I have got the extract of the real dialogue or voice. After
watching the movie, which points have come to your mind? I think there are
several issues that I have pointed out. These are:-
A Good Story:
The
narrative of the film is commendable. The film story provides three kinds of
characters of the same person, Student »CEO» Farmer. It’s a story about
education, romanticism, sadness, happiness and success.
Balanced Performance:
Specially,
Mahesh Babu as Rishi Kumar has performed his best in the film. Actually, there
are three kinds of climax classifications in the film. In the first stage, we
see Mahesh Babu as an engineering student, in the second stage, we see him as
the CEO of a multinational company called Origin and in the third stage we see
him as Farmer, here he is in favor of the farmers. In all stages, his
performance is incredible. For example; in the first stage, Mahesh Babu,
Pooja Hedge and Allari Naresh as good friends in the IIT campus do their
journey for future success. But Pooja’s love does not stop Mahesh. Because, he
finds a bright and successful future no like his father. But after becoming
CEO, in the second stage, he understands there is a big credit of his
friend Allari Naresh for his success. So, he owes to him extremely for his
great success. Though he understands his mistake and decides to pay his
borrowing, in the third stage. Besides, all the supporting performers have played
their roles extra ordinarily.
Education:
I think most of the south Indian films are educative
or informative as well as entertaining. In all films, entertaining is must. But
some films try to provide some information or knowledge. Maharshi is such kind
of informative film. There are seldom entertaining scenes. So, don’t watch it
in the perspective of entertainment. As a Mahesh Babu’s fan you should watch it
for knowledge and education.
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Mahesh Babu farming in Maharshi (2019) |
Agriculture:
The film story is basically, about agriculture
because the ending part is finished with the farmer’s success. So, the
beginning, middle and the ending part is totally different but every part is
related to each other. Every year a lot of farmers commit suicide for
unseasonal rain or drought in India. They cannot farm or cultivate for
unseasonal rain. Besides, there are many agricultural problems in the village. Mahesh
Babu as Rishi Kumar leaves his career from the company Origin. He notices he
has a duty to do for his friend who had rescued him from police and he is a
great credit for his success. But he is neglected for him (Mahesh Babu). Thus Mahesh
Babu coming to Naresh to fill borrowings is involved with farmers and starts to
think about agriculture and farmers. He notices that the farmers are not
getting respect. No one see them with respect but they are the producer of
harvest. He himself is involved in agriculture to cultivate and to inspire the
people about its favor. He urges to the Central Minister to think about them
too.
Antagonist and Protagonist:
There are two kinds of characters in a film 1)
Protagonist 2) Antagonist. The antagonist performers have played their roles
nicely in the film. But the antagonist performer specially, Jagapathi Babu
could not get chance to broad. His little appearance is also very strong in the
film.
Religion and Culture:
Most of the south Indian movies are made with the
principles of their own culture and religion or family drama. Maharshi is also
made with this principle but here agriculture is given the most importance. Besides,
he (Mahesh Babu) thought his father is a sign of failure. He would be a sign of
success. But he understands after his father’s death that a real Indian is more
important in India than being a CEO of a company in the USA. His father could
not study or become a CEO but he was a man of one word, a religious person who
loves his country and thought about helpfulness of others and here is the happiness.
Musical Score:
Another good thing of the film is its background
music. For example, Padara padara, I think it would be the title song of
the cinema. Song and the background score are the heart of the film. Specially,
the background music is related to the farming. So it has been mixed up with
the farming scenes precisely.
Emotion:
The film is filled with emotion. Specially, the
second and the ending part are filled with emotion. The emotion of the
performance of the characters can attract the audience mostly.
Some weakness of the film:
I have identified several weak point of the film. These
are
Extra Dialogues: A
tight script or dialogue is favorable for a film. But there are a lot of extra
dialogues used in the film will make the audience bored.
Slow Motion Film:
Ups and downs are the eternal in the film. But Maharshi
has taken several times to give result of the event. I mean the film should
have taken less time for more events for good effect. Besides, there are some
repetitive scenes that are really boring for the audiences.
Imbalance performance of antagonist
performer
I have stated
before that antagonist performer (Jagapathi Babu) has got less chance to give
the film a strong support.
Success is not a destiny, success is a
journey
One of the biggest powerful and most valuable dialogues
of the film. Failure is not a pillar of success to him rather success is the
journey. With this point anything can be imagined about success. Lack of
activities or lack of practices is the sign of failure. But regular activities
or regular study, or regular practices is the sign of success. In the film
journey is eternal. It’s not for a single moment rather it is for all times. The
main theme of the film is the farmers are not given respect at all. But they
are the producers of food. So, they must be the worshipers to the general
people. But they do not get respect at all for their production. The farmers
commit suicide for the unseasonal rain or drought. For them, they cannot
cultivate or grow harvest. But the higher classes do not listen to them or
their demands. The farmers are growing food for them but they do not get any
development in village, respect, agricultural equipment, knowledge about
agriculture, any govt. help. Mahesh Babu tells they should get respect it is
not a sympathy it is duty.