LOAFER MOVIE REVIEW

In today’s times, a film director on an average takes a year or two to direct one film irrespective of the enormity of the project. But here we have Puri Jagannadh delivering his third directorial of the year, Loafer. Has he given his best? Read through and get to know.

To start off, the story of the film looks flat. A guy, who is separated from his mother by a heartless small time thief, who happens to be his father, wants to make good terms with his mother and also win back the love of his life. The story is all interconnected topped with all the usual masala ingredients. An outdated storyline which might have worked wonders had it been made 20 years back.

One of the major plus point of the film is Varun Tej; he plays a role that is quite different from the ones he has been seen in the past. Varun turns into a ‘pakka’ action hero and he looks like a real deal. That is probably the biggest takeaway from Loafer. He deserves a better script and an improved narration to unleash his full potential.

From the outset, the film looks like a very hurried project. The overall output of the film looks extremely artificial. Be it the set design or the costume, everything seem so unreal which makes Loafer hard to watch.

One of the south Indian beauty queens of 80’s, Revathi, plays Varun’s mother. The entire story revolves around hero’s mother (Revathi) and hero’s love interest (Disha Patani). The heroine Disha has a meaty role to play in the first half, but the focus shifts to Revathi completely in the second. Disha sizzles in the song sequences but her expression in some of the scenes were factitious and don’t do justice to her character.

Posani Krishna Murali who plays the father of Varun, comes in as a savior. He evokes laughter time in and again. He is just brilliant. The songs are a major setback. None of the songs leave an impact and they also hinder the pace to a large extent.