Mangala Movie Review

Mangala Movie Review |Mangala Movie Review

Movie: Mangala

My Rating: 3/5

Banner: Mantra Entertainments

Music: Vishwa

Cinematography: Dasaradhi Sivendra

Producer: Ch.V. Sharma

Story,Screenplay & Direction: Tulasiram

Cast: Charmy, Subhash, Pradeep Rawath, Pavala Shyamala, Uttej, Vijay Sai, Sarika Ramachandra Rao, Chitram Seenu, Saptagiri etc

Release Date: 3rd March 2011

Review :- Story

Mangala (Charmy) is a famous heroine and she has many fans. One among them (Vijay Sai) is not just obsessed about Mangala but he is sensitive as well. He decides to gift a car to Mangala and asks his father (Pradeep Rawath) who does black magic, for money. The doting father takes money from a rich man and uses his evil powers to kill a child and gives the amount to his son.

However, when the fans comes to city and meets Mangala, a misunderstanding makes her think that he tried to misbehave and the fans gets beaten by Mangala’s driver/confidante (Subhash). Hurt by this, the fan attempts suicide. He is unwilling to take the medicine in the hospital till he sees Mangala. Despite several requests from his father, Mangala is unable to come due to her shooting and takes it easy. The fan dies and the enraged father unleashes the horrifying ‘Sakuchi’ – a spell that will lead to death. What happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Highlights:

* Charmy’s performance

* First half

* Screenplay

* Background score

* Shock points

Drawbacks:

* Second half, especially the climax

* Directorial flaws

* No conviction in the solution of problem

* Songs

* Silly comedy

Final Analysis:

Among the Telugu film heroines it is Bhoomika and Charmmee, the girls hailing from Punjab, who, besides making Hyderabad their hometown, have made an impact through their individual performances.

Charmmee has been able to hold her own in the male-dominated Telugu film industry where a heroine's demand is determined by the extent to which she agrees to expose on screen and her willingness to play second fiddle to the lead actor.

Charmmee made a debut in her teens in the Tamil film industry, but it was the Telugu film industry which has given her a firm footing as a leading actress.

 

Though she started her career as a sex siren, Charmmee has been able to make an impact through her performances in many films like 'Anaganaga Oka Roju' and others.

She has acted in many heroine-oriented films like 'Manthra' and others. Now Charmmee's new film 'Mangala' which has the whole story focused on her character has been released, but certainly this film fails to stand out in comparison with many of earlier films in terms of quality and substance. As far as Charmmee's performance is concerned, it is certainly remarkable.

Director Osho Tulasiram focuses more on technical support for the film than writing a credible script. The climax is utterly laughable and irritating. The so-called comedy sequences are not only cheap but boring.

'Mangala' focuses more on the black magic and witch craft for creating a horror feeling among the viewers. But most of the sequences are predictable.

A bad and cruel magician goes to the extent of killing a child to make some money to meet the extravagant spending of his lovable child Chinna. Chinna is a big fan of actress Mangala and wants to present a car to her.

He goes to Hyderabad to present a car to his favourite actress. But in the process, he gets insulted by Mangala who feels that Chinna is a stalker. Mangala humiliates Chinna and he is attacked by her assistants and followers. Unable to bear the insult, Chinna commits suicide. An enraged father of Chinna decides to take revenge on Mangala.

Mangala becomes a victim of witch craft and black magic organised by Chinna's father. How she comes out of her trauma forms the rest of story in the film.  Charmmee gives one of the best performances in her career. Pradeep Rawat is as usual menacing. All the others have done well in their roles, while Uththej as a harassed producer brings in some laughs.

Technically, the film is strong in cinematography and quality. But music is ordinary and it is completely westernised. The background score is effective. 'Mangala' can be watched for Charmmee's performance, but is boring at many points. The horror flick's script contains a lot of loopholes, but is good for a one-time watch.

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