Panjaa Review

Panjaa Review

Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa Review

A Hit in the name of 'Jalsaa' after many years of flops - but the fans said its not of his range


A Decent Movie 'Theenmaar' with lot of positive reviews - but the mass audience couldn't connect

And now..

Pawan Kalyan is back with his Panjaa. Let us see whether this action entertainer will be accepted or not.

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Story :
Jai Dev (Pawan Kalyan) becomes an YES man of the dreaded Don Bhagwan (Jackie Shroff) after getting a favor from him in the past. He is power and follower of Bhagwan (Balu Movie flashback?). Kulakarni (Athul Kulakarni) is the rival for Bhagawan. Jai has a friend Jhanvi (Anjali Lavanya) who is a club dancer. Incidentally Bhagwan's son Munna (Adivi Sesh) is a psycho (hyper sensitive) and kills people without calculation. He wants Jhanvi and starts harassing her. Bhagwan takes a word from Jai that he should not harm his son rather should protect him like how he is for the father.

Jai also runs a nursery and the life takes a turn when Sandhya (Sara Jane Dias) enters into his life. Jhanvi loves Jai but Jai loves Sandhya. Chotu (Ali) is the subordinate for Jai at the nursery. Meanwhile Munna kills Jhanvi and the story takes a turn when Jai kills him despite a promise to his father and his god father Bhagawan.

Bhagwan wants to take a revenge on Jai and plans to kill him. Jai doesn't like to fight with him due to the favor he received from the later in the past. He goes to Palasa, Sandhya's village and tries to live a peaceful life there.

Will Bhagwan take a revenge on Jai? What is the role of Kulakarni, the other don in this revenge? Rest of the story should be watched only on the screen.

Perfomrnaces :

Pawan Kalyan has to under play his character in this movie and did a great justification for his role. You cannot see the regular power of Pawan Kalyan in this film.

Adavi Sesh requires a special mentioning here. This Telugu NRI (acted in 'Karma') did a fantastic job in the negative role. His performance in the pre-interval scenes are worth mentioning here.

Sara Jane Dias and Anjali Lavanya did their roles in their limits. They may not be connected to Telugu audience easily. Anjali Lavanya has a short role in this and did a good job in item song 'vey ra.'

Jackie Shroff, Thanikella Bharani, Jhansi are regular.

Brahmanandam and Ali roles hardly bring laughs in the theater. The much hyped character in 'Paaparayudu' is not etched as per the expectations though the comedy is very good in the song.


Positives :
1. Pawan Kalyan
2. Adavi Sesh
3. Photography
4. Background Music
5. Paaparayudu Song and Pawan's Dance in it

Negatives :
1. Not a strong narration
2. Weak Comedy line
3. Songs are averagely picturized
4. Few editing jerks

Analysis :
Vishnuvardhan, the director tried to make a stylish action entertainer and is succesful in making stylish action but scores negatives in entertainment part. Editing in few scenes is awesome, especially in the pre-interval sequences and a scenes that shows the dominance of don Kulakarni over Bhagawan. But the expected entertainment is surely missing. Vishnuvardhan should have concentrated more on the script than just merely stylish action.

Looks like Vishnu Vardhan could not estimate the kind of script that suits Pawan Kalyan.

Final Line :
Watch it for Pawan Kalyan in a new role of no Power. If you love stylish films you will love this. Mass audience may not get connected to this. This may not create box office records but can an above average run.

Chiranjeevi's Comments on Panjaa 
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