Starring : Puneeth Rajkumar, Priya Anand, Srikanth, Anu Prabhakar
Director : Chetan Kumar
Producer : Kishore Pathikonda
Music Director : Charan Raj
Cinematography : Swamy J. Gowda
Editor : Deepu S. Kumar
Marking the occasion of the birth anniversary of Kannada Super Star Late Puneeth Raj Kumar, the makers of his last project ‘James’ have dedicated the film to his fans today. Unfortunately, the actor died of an abrupt heart stroke a few months ago. Let us view the review of the film and how fans reacted after watching Puneeth on screen.
Story :
The story was happened in Bengaluru, which is filled with the underworld mafia. Srikanth, who played as Vijay Gaekwad is the chief of the mafia gang and he is terrified of life. So, he chooses Puneeth Rajkumar, who played as Santosh as his security. But here, the story takes a U-turn. Santosh kidnaps Vijay gaekwad and his sister (Priya Anand) and publicizes himself as James. The rest of the story defines the suspense that who is this James ? Why did he kidnap Vijay and his sister? and whether he had any connection with the mafia gang.
Plus Points :
- Puneeth Rajkumar’s outstanding performance
- Slow-motion stunts
- Srikanth’s character
- Emotions in the second half
Minus Points :
- Slow paced first half
- Tedious screenplay
- Flashback scene
- Lengthy duration, became tiresome to watch till the end
- Extra scenes that were added after the death of Puneeth
Review :
The late Super Star Puneeth Rajkumar’s performance is out of this world. Beside this, Srikanth’s character is perfectly apt to the title and story of the film. While the role of the female lead Priya Anand has appeared somewhat featureless. The production values as well as the visuals are brilliant. The fighting episodes are as nice as pie. The credit for the entire music section goes to Charan Raj, as he presented soothing tunes that give pleasure to listen.
In order to manage the action sequences in the film, the makers have added some extra scenes after the death of Puneeth Rajkumar, which requires Puneeth’s presentation. However, the director Chetan Kumar has obtained justice for the film though it is a conventional diegesis.
Overall Review :
Ultimately, the review of the film says the story, action sequences, fighting scenes, visual effects all are good and impressive, but the Telugu dubbing and editing could not sink in with each other anyway. Otherwise, the entire film was developed ingeniously.
Point to be noticed – When it comes to the movie rating part, it is not morally correct to give a rating, as it is the late actor’s film. So, there is no rating from our side, but just updating you with our review on the film.
Rating : 4/5