Bhai Movie Review

Director Veerabhadram Chowdary has got huge success with his comedy entertainers like Aha Naa Pellanta and Poola Rangadu. He has teamed up with Akkineni Nagarjuna for his third directorial venture Bhai. He has not done

anything new in terms of its story, but has tried to show Nag in a stylish way. With its rich production values, the movie is nothing, but a Nag show. Bhai is a romantic-action entertainer with all other masala elements like catchy one-liners, drama, comedy and exotic locales. Nagarjuna's performance is the main highlight in the film. Veerabhadram's screenplay and dialogues, Richa's glamour, Devi Sri Prasad's foot-tapping music and background score, Sameer Reddy's beautiful camera work, Brahmanandam's comedy, beautiful costumes, art work and locales are other attractions of the movie. The slow and dragging narration in the second half is the biggest drawback of the film.

Veerabhadram has penned the script keeping Nagarjuna's image in mind and tried to present him in a way his fans will enjoy. Hence, the story of Bhai has nothing new to offer, but a few interesting twists and sound filmmaking techniques make the movie grand and lavish. 

The director has done good job in some parts, but he should have done more homework on a few mafia and comedy scenes, which look mediocre. Set in the backdrop of mafia, the first half of the movie has some catchy one-liners, romance, songs, dance, comedy and stunning action shot in different exotic locales. This portion is high on entertainment quotient and you will enjoy it. But the movie hits a rough patch due to some sentimental sequences in the second half, which is dragging and boring. The climax is good and interesting to watch.

Bhai Story 

Vijay (Nagarjuna) is the right hand of international don David (Ashish Vidyarthi), who suffers a setback when an undercover cop starts eliminating key members of his gang. So David assigns the task of finding out the cop to his most trusted subordinate Bhai, who finds out some shocking facts about the cop. What happens next forms the crux of the story.

Nagarjuna's 3 Avatars In Bhai:

Akkineni Nagarjuna appears in three different getups like Hong Kong don's right-hand, Hyderabadi dada and wedding planner. The actor has given brilliant performance in all these shades. He is sure to rock you with his unique dialogue delivery, trendy costumes, stylish gun shots, walking, talking and sitting style. He is sure to set a new style statement.

Richa's Performance In Bhai :

Richa Gangopadhyay, who appears as Nagarjuna's love interest Radhika, has less scope for performance in the film Bhai. But she impresses you with her glamour and dance moves in song sequences. Her chemistry with Nagarjuna is one of the main attractions in the movie.

Supporting Artistes In Bhai:

Brahmanandam and MS Narayan's comedy is good in the film, but it is irritating in parts. Ashish Vidyarthi, Sonu Sood, Jayaprakash Reddy, Zara, Raghu Babu, Prabhas Seenu, Kamna Jethmalani, Nathalia, Narsing Yadav and others have done justice to their roles.

Sameer Reddy's Picturisation Bhai :

rich technical elements, and Sameer Reddy's cinematography is the main attraction in them. He has captured some of the best angles in exotic locales of Bangkok, Europe and India. His work makes the movie a visual treat.