Movie Review - Gopala Gopala(Telugu)

When a movie has content and the Director has confidence, it doesn't matter whether the movie gets released on a Friday or a Saturday,that is what this remake of OMG (Hindi) in Telugu proved today. It is a very difficult task for a Director when he has to direct a remake. Not all directors will be as lucky as a Gabbar Singh (remake of Salman Khan's Dabbang with Pawan Kalyan in the lead) director Harish Shankar. That is because the audience already have expectations and the first thing they do is compare.
Coming to Gopala Gopala, I would say that Director Kishore Kumar Pardasani has done a wonderful job. The 153 minutes movie felt as if it was over very soon. So good was the screenplay. The first half of the movie is for 63 minutes and the second half is 90 minutes for obvious reason and that being as there would be both Gopals completely in the second half.  It is 'victory' Venkatesh show all the way and he played the role of Kanneganti Gopal Rao's with much ease and élan. Whether it was comedy or action or drama, he was at his usual best. Pawan Kalyan played Lord Krishna, the other Gopal, with lot of care and exercising control on his usual mannerisms to fit in the role of God. The highlights of the movie are the way the comedy was played and the dialogues which are fully loaded and delivered well by all actors. Music by Anup Rubens is in full tandem with the screenplay and makes the audience to flow freely with the movie thereby enjoying every frame. Mithun Chakraborty and Posani Krishna Murali were at their best. They aided the film's flow with their performance. For Mithun it is a cake-walk as he played the same role in OMG. Though Prithvi played the role of a lawyer for just one frame, he made his mark with his patented delivery "ballalu pagilipotai ikkada". The court proceedings are well played out and presence of Ranganath in the Judge's role added seriousness to the same. Shriya Saran's role was more a supportive role with limited scope for performance. Krishnudu, Vennela Kishore and others too did their roles well. DikshaPanth as Gopika Matha looks stunning.
Major credit is also to be given to Art Director Brahma Kadali. Though there are only three songs in the film, they are written well and stir the thoughts of audience. Credit goes to Seetharama Sastry, Chandrabose and Ananth Sriram.
The fact that this is a multi-starrer and the title is that of Lord Krishna, even the most senior citizens who could not themselves walk were among the audience and the movie definitely did not disappoint them. It is a movie which can be watched by entire family without having to worry about any odd scenes in between.

Overall I would say that the year 2015 started on a good note for Tollywood with the success of this film.

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