Movie : Key
Rating : 1.5/5
Cast:Jagapathi Babu, Swapna, Deepthi Vajpai, Althaf, Sukumar, Sampath, Chinna, Sonia and Others
B.anner: Dreams Theaters
Music:Vijay Kurakula
Producer:Sukumar Reddy
Director:Nagendra Prasad
INTRO:
Here comes yet another flick wherein our family hero-turned-character artiste Jagapathi Babu played a cameo. With its unusual storyline, Key pledges to be a path-breaking film involving 11 persons who play come together to solve a problem. Film producer Sukumar Reddy is also turning an actor with this. Whether the ‘key’ turns you on or not depends only after a quick look. Allow me for you…
PERFORMANCES:
There are just 11 characters in the whole act, including Jagapathi Babu, and all the artistes – Althaf, Sukumar, Sampath, Chinna, Sonia and Dhanunjai are an agony to watch. Well, Swapna and Deepthi Vajpai are a slight exception since they have been newsreaders for long time now and managed to communicate through their expressions, if not like actors. The scientist is the most irritating of all. Thanks to his inane comedy that he slaps on us every now and then.
Ah, to my solace there is at least Jagapathi Babu to look up to. But then, he flashed here and there (being a cameo) and left the rest of the job to the other cast. Frankly, he has nothing to do as an invigilator and might have wrapped his part in a day or two! Hence, he was vested with the responsibility of promotional activities so as to steer the crowds to the cinema.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
The film was shot with RED Mysterium X camera and SGO Mistika technology was used during the post-production works. It’s termed the best quality in digital intermediate technology. But to my surprise, I could find nothing noteworthy to mention in technical aspects since the entire film was canned in a closed room. All the latest technology isn’t seen anywhere in the movie.
However, Vijay Kurakula’s background score did sound good and added to the cinematography by PG Vinda. In fact, cinematography is the only plus for the flick, it falling under a different genre. The screenplay is lifeless and demands much from the writer. Though the story is distinctive from what we’ve heard of hitherto, narration played the spoilsport in articulating the same. Direction too is unproductive and makes no imprint.
PLUS-POINTS:
Running time
Budget of the film
A different attempt for Telugu audience
MINUS-POINTS:
Story
Screenplay
Direction
Dialogues
Terribly gone wrong second-half
Confused narration
ANALYSIS:
The whole concept of Key is derived from Dawrin’s theory of ‘Survival of the fittest’, nonetheless the movie itself isn’t fit to survive! It is actually a mind game stretching for about 90 minutes and involving all the characters that plays terribly wrong with the viewers and their hard-earned money. The flick does start off differently but loses the track as it progresses and ends up nowhere. Movies of such genre are definitely welcome in Tollywood, but certainly not the one like Key.
I agree that audiences want out-of-the-ordinary ventures but such projects should not be given run-of-the-mill treatment like that in this case. Still wonder why the makers released the flick in digital screens of multiplexes? It doesn’t even fit in a, b or c centres, for it lacks soul and has no point to convey to the watchers. In the whole act, you find Jagapathi Babu for maximum two minutes, while the rest play havoc with your time and mind, thus showing the immaturity of the director. At the end, I only realize that I attended a classroom session by Jagapathi Babu so as to upgrade my general knowledge!
