Damarukam Movie Review


Damarukam CAST & CREW

Actor : Akkineni Nagarjuna
Actress : Anushka Shetty
Director : Srinivas Reddy
Producer : venkat
Genre : Action, Drama, Fantasy
Music:  Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: Chota K Naidu
Release Date: 23.11.2012
Banner:  RR Movie Makers
Rating:

Cast:  Nagarjuna, Anushka, Prakashraj, Sonusood, Pradeep Ravath, Brahmanandam, Krishna Bhagawan, Ali, Raghubabu, MS Narayana, Ahuthi Prasad, Jeeva, Venu Madhav, AVS, Duvvasi Mohan, Nasser, Ajay and Bharath

Live Updates:

    After Many Hurdles at last movie  has hitted screens with VfX. -8:50am
     Movie begins with Andhakasudu(villain)  and  Pancha graha kootami yagam in om karam shape nice visuals really eye feast-8:52am
    Heroine birth takes place on special case which is on pancha graha Kootami-8:54am
    Andhakasa is back  from  Meditation (tapassu) and Wants to marry heroine-9:00am
    Andhakasa receives warning  that a  person of superhuman qualities is in kasi and cataches dhamarakum on annaprasanam and spells shiva for first time-9:02am
    Lion kills everybody  except a person of superhuman qualities-9:03am
    Andhakasura starts tapassu to Siva assuming hero died-9:04am
    After twenty years in Radha yatra Gorgeous personality( Heroine) enters to break coconut to start radhayatra-9:05am
    Chasing thieves by police and hero helps theives and  fight with thieves for money theft from Siva temple then Mass masala sakkubai song-9:10am
    Hero looks heroine and donates fifty lakhs-9:15am
    Smile on your face on hearing this name none other than our Brahmi enters-9:22am
    Kasi in Mahasivaraathri and andhakasura gets Siva darsan-9:25am
    Andhakasura gets boon to marriage-9:27am
    Hero challenges Siva to come forward to meet accident and Prakash Raj as lord Siva come and saves hero-9:37am
     Fight Started again mean while Brahmi looks Lord Shiva-9:47am
    Heroine comes on friendship day till now you have listened only music now you will see picturisation of Kanya Kumari oh Kanya kumari song  -9:47am
    Heroine Birthday, Andhakasura saves heroine-10:00am
    After Interval bang  movie started with cool romantic number i.e nesthama nesthama this is much awaiting song by audience-10:20am
    Hero went to kasi now hero is at kasi-10:25am
    we have seen many getup’s of Nag now you will see different nagarjuna as aghora-10:30am
    Aghoras at kasi tries to kill heroine but our hero warns them-10:30am
    Andhakasura enters in nag Now nag at heroine’s home-10:32am
    Now you will see new character Rahul where Andhakasura enters in him-10:36am
    Rahul enters in heroine’s house as her brother in law and dogs finds that Andhakasura in him  poor dogs looses their lives-10:46am
    Heroine father denies marriage because of astrology report
    Heroine father attacked by Andhakasura escaped from death because of nag-10:54am
    Heroine says to rahul that she is  loving  nag -10:55am
    Now this is crucial time that hero challenges villain-11:00am
    Argument started  between Siva and andhakasura-11:03am
    One of the happy moment for  hero is that Lord Siva cures nag sister health problem now she can able to  walk-11.05am
    Devil enters in swamiji and tells nag is the cause of all problems-11:06am
    Nag asks prakashraj to leave him then prakashraj goes to kailasam-11:10am
    Heroine mother refuses nag Fight between nag and Rahul-11:13am
    Heroine father reacts from paralysis-11:14am
    Nag reveals villan is the devil and andhakasura takes heroine to devil’s palace-11:15am
    Aghoras saves nag and Now the song of aghora-11:19am
     Nag has come to know the truth and secret behind him and he wields divya khadgam-11:20am
    Andhakasura starts yagam before marriage and final fight with big  big dragons all are graphics-11.26am
     Nag sees lord Siva in clouds and comes back for fight-11:28am
    Trisulam comes frim kailasam and hero kills villain.“Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah”-11:30am

Review :

Damarukam is a romantic action flick. Nagarjuna’s electrifying performance is the main highlight of the film and its special effects are its other main attraction. Its beautiful story, dialogues and narration, Devi Sri Prasad’s rocking music, wonderful picturisation, stunning fights, comedy, beautiful locales, costumes and art work are its other highlights. A few illogical and artificial scenes are its drawbacks, which you might miss to observe clearly, while you are busy enjoying the film.

It is a socio-fantasy movie, which revolves around the story of a common man, who fights against a Rakshasha with the help of Lord Shiva and saves the world. Director Srinivasa Reddy has selected a wonderful script for Damarukam and has a good grip over the tempo. He manages to keep you glued to the screen with a few comedy sequences and romantic songs in the first half. But the movie goes on a serious mode in the second half. The amazing VFX work in the 30-minute climax is sure to leave you spellbound.

Mallikarjuna (Nagarjuna) is an auto driver and he falls in love with a girl (Anushka Shetty), who has supernatural powers. Meanwhile, a villain (Ravi Shankar) enters the scene. He has supernatural powers and he wants to control the panchabhutas – earth, sky, air, fire and water. He tries to kill Mallikarjuna’s lady love. How is this entire concept linked to Lord Shiva and Kaialsam? How does a common man fight against super-powered evils? Srinivasa Reddy answers these questions with his brilliant graphics work on screens.

Damarukam is the big budget movie in the career of Nagarjuna. Likewise, it is also his best movie in performance wise. The King has delivered brilliant performance in all fight, dance, sentimental and comedy sequences. It is Nag’s show all through the movie. Anushka Shetty has less scope for acting, but she impresses you in song sequences. Prakash Raj, Ravi Shankar, Brahmanandam and others have also lived up to their respective roles.

The movie has 70 minutes of stunning special effects, which are the main attraction in the technical front. Devi Sri Prasad’s song compositions and background score are other highlights. His tunes like ‘Reppalapai’, ‘Nestama’ and ‘Shiva Sankara’ will be remembered even after you are out of theatres. Amazing fight scenes are its another big asset. Chota K Naidu’s camerawork in songs and fights is superb. Other departments like dialogues, costumes, art work and editing are also commendable.

Overall, Damarukam is a best treat for this weekend. It is a must watch film irrespective of whether you are a fan of Nagarjuna or not. Enjoy it this weekend.

About Movie:
Venkat of RR Movie Makers is producing a film titled Damarukam which stars Nagarjuna and Anushka in the lead roles. Damarukam is set in a socio-fantasy backdrop with high end graphics and is said to be the biggest budget movie in Nagarjuna’s career. This film is being directed by Srinivas Reddy of Yamagola Malli Modalaindi fame.