RGV's review of Arjun Reddy - Vijay Deverakonda is 10 TIMES better than PAWAN KALYAN

The fundamental difference between SHIVA and ARJUN REDDY is that whereas Shiva probably could have been more structurally designed in terms of shot taking,shot division and characterizations,AR is much more identifiable and relatable in every sense

Personally I could identify with seven or eight scenes from AR which happened in my own life and that's the connectivity I am talking about The highly unconventional casting is just one of the many break throughs the film has managed to overcome ..Me being too long used to a stereotype way of thinking,when I first saw Shalini in her introduction scene,I was aghast that anyone can think of her as heroine material but by the time the film reached interval I felt there could be no one ever who could be better than her

I was also impressed with the ability of Sandeep Reddy Vanga to evoke so much heroism without any heroics in any scene ..its commendable on both the directors and actors part that they could so resist the temptation to crossover into widely believed and universally accepted commercial cliches

There's no attempt in the story to be judgemental on the characters and that can only come from the directors highly matured understanding of real people in real life situations ..A case in point is the director treating with respect even that guy who gets beaten up by vijay in the class room

Nowhere does it seem as if Sandeep took a decision to sit and write a great scene as often is the case with most main stream writers and directors ..It feels as if the scenes were just organically flowing by themselves and Sandeep just happened to be there to capture it

Also though the story is so simple the cuts in the screenplay take it to another level ..one cut I especially liked is the way the previous scene cuts into a glass shard being taken out of Shalini's foot

I always believed that,if the slow motion camera and ramping techniques were not invented most of the present day heroes would have to sit at home because none of them have the ability to hold a close up in front of the camera.

Without the aid of both Cinematic techniques and artificially written punch dialogues I can't recall a single actor creating any kind of impression compared to what Vijay has done in AR..I especially love the lengthy profile close up of Vijay towards the interval with that single tear drop slowly flowing on his cheek..it's one of the most evocative Cinematic images I have ever seen in my life

All in all I strongly believe that all of us in the whole film industry should thank Sandeep and Vijay for making all of us realise that a highly impactful film can be made

With such a low budget

Without lip sync songs

Without gravity defying action

With 3 hour above length

Without punch dialogues

Without any top technicians

and above all with an absolute 100% complete honesty in story telling

The audience should thank Vijay and Sandeep for making them realise that such high quality films like AR can be actually made and they don't need to settle for sub standard cliched and disgustingly formulaic films

All aspiring film makers should thank Sandeep for giving them a new direction to their directorial aspirations

To talk about Sandeep Reddy in one line in comparison to all established directors he respects the audiences intelligence whereas established directors imagine the audience to be fools

To talk about VIJAY DEVERAKONDA in comparison in one line,he in both looks and star charisma is 10 times better than PAWAN KALYAN and he is 20 times better in performance than PAWAN KALYAN

Considering the extraordinary realism in his performance I think VIJAY DEVERAKONDA should be given the title REAL POWER STAR

Source: https://www.facebook.com/RGV/posts/844984618992938



MY TAKE ON VIJAY DEVARAKONDA AND SANDEEP REDDY - RGV

I always believed that all the heroes of today are very heavily dependent upon slow motion and ramping shots aided with ear splitting background music to appear heroic
Vijay Deverakonda is the first and only actor I ever saw who looks like a hero without the help of any slow motion or ramping shots..His eyes and his voice themselves emanate a built in background music from within himself
The truth is this that the moment the camera comes to 24 frames there's rarely an actor who can live up to the technical emotion created by varying camera speeds and background music ..Vijay is the first actor I saw apart from Amitabh Bachchan who could live up to that same level of intensity without the aide of any cinematic techniques
I think Vijay Devarakonda is a combination of a young Amitabh Bachchan and a young Al Pacino and I strongly believe that he will be the trendsetter prototype for a new age hero ..He will be for sure the Amitabh Bachchan of the TFI for a long long time and definitely the first Mega Star of Telangana State
Sandeep reddy from what I saw of him in a couple of interviews on YouTube has a lot of intensity within him which i can see totally reflecting in his film ..only those films which look like an extension of the directors personality are the ones which will really leave a mark on the audience's minds and after a long time I am seeing that happening with Sandeep and his film Arjun Reddy
I can clearly see a restrained understanding of Sandeep's wisdom controlling the pent up complexity of his emotions within him in both his body language and in the manner of him communicating.
That's a lethal combination and for this reason alone he will be a director to watch out for many decades
it will be a grave mistake on the part of both established directors and aspiring directors not to take Sandeep Reddy as a bench mark
All in all I want to thank both Vijay Devarakonda and Sandeep Reddy for heralding a new era and they both don't need best wishes because they themselves are the BEST