Title: Liger
Rating: 2/5
Cast: Vijay Devarakonda, Ananya Pandey, Ramya Krishna, Ronit Roy, Vishnu Reddy, Ali, Getup Sheenu, Mike Tyson etc.
Camera: Vishnu Sharma
Editing: Junaid Siddiqui
Music (Background): Sunil Kashyap
Producers: Karan Johar, Puri Jagannath, Charmi, Apoorva Mehta and Hero Ash Johar
Directed by: Puri Jagannath
Release Date: 25th August 2022
Vijay Devarakonda's pan-India debut as a hero, huge publicity, world-famous boxer Mike Tyson acting... "Liger" is being closely watched by the audience to see if it will be another "Ismart Shankar".
Director Puri Jagannath is a veteran. It is he who wrote and drew such a miracle as "Pokiri". In his film, the audience hopes to find truths of life, philosophy, and fun in the dialogue. In order to get that feeling, his fans look forward to every movie he makes.
We'll see how far they all go.
The director should focus primarily on the strengths of the actor playing the hero. Vijay Devarakonda here. Dialogue delivery is his forte. This is unique. It is for this reason that he grew so popular with the audience. The director, however, stutters the character of this liger and prevents the strength from shining through. Any hero can tolerate stuttering for a while if he is given a drug or shock. Although the pony appears patient, it hinders the emotional journey. Moreover, if the actor who is going on the Hindi screen for the first time does not speak well, how can the audience relate to him? Due to the pony's stutter, the story is unnecessary.
It is a very poor story in terms of its storyline. The audience did not receive any new flowers. There have been a lot of stories like these.
The story takes place in the background of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which is a combination of martial arts.
In Dangal, a film based on "wrestling", we have seen what real wrestling is like and how technical it is. All of them culminated in an emotional climax. It stands at that level because of that. However, we don't see that emotion here. Besides standing in a ring and kicking, there are no details about the sport. In other words, there is no detail in the writing.
It turned out to be a simple love story without any research, despite this setup. The original heroine character is very weak if the pony is strong. She will feel sorry for Puri if she sees the reason for the breakup.
Karimnagar is the background of Ramya Krishna's character. Despite this, her accent seems confused because she doesn't know where she comes from or what religion she practices. Her overreaction is also disturbing at times.
Because of Vijay Deverakonda, the audience sat until the end of this movie. As well as his impressive screen presence, his body has been given a fighter-like appearance. His efforts in this area are numerous. However, due to script review, he was unable to bring out his full potential due to stuttering in the role.
This movie's biggest promotional attraction is Mike Tyson. There are no sparkles on this character in the climax. In addition to giving us a new sense of seeing Tyson in our movie, there is no narrative benefit. There is a big man and a character without any muscles in the story. Characters should have goosebumps-inducing grace, no matter how many cameos they make! A complete omission occurred.
In a technical sense, there are no miracles either. Despite the fact that it was taken in Las Vegas, little of the city was visible except for the fighting ring.
Ali talks about the background score after seeing Vijay and hearing his stuttering - "The video is like that - what's wrong with the audio?". That's all we have to say about the agitators' background music.
There is no use for songs. The bad story, however, prevents us from fully enjoying the songs.
During the flashback, the hero says, "I don't know how to tell a story...but I will try." Puri Jagannath's situation seems to have remained the same. They fell in love with Vijay Deverakonda and decided to make a mass film without even having a story workshop. It would not have been so bad if the climax had been better. Overconfidence, a lack of calculation, and a take-for-granted attitude are all evidence of the director putting an unnecessary song and rolling titles without fulfilling the goal of the hero and his mother.
In addition, there are no villains in the movie. There are strong villains in Puri movies. But that's all... the fundamental has been blown away.
In general, Ronit Roy's dialogue makes this movie what it is. During one scene, he says, "Everything should be done for pride, not for returns". This movie may have been made only for the pride of being a pan-Indian film.
The bottom line: ka..ka..ka..difficult
