Kodi Punju Movie Review

Story:
Abhimanyu (Tanish) is the only son of Seetha Ratnam (Roja), who completes his degree and goes for ICET coaching to the nearby town. Nandini (Sobhana) is daughter of a village president Rama Chandra Rao (Shiva Krishna). They both fall in love and both sides are happy for them except Rao, who is unaware of this. One day Abhimanyu and Rama Chandra Rao exchange words in a heated moment. That puts the couple’s love in dilemma and how Abhi overcomes it is the remaining story.

Analysis:
Kodipunju is straight out of eighties village backdrop films where the hero can blow away as many as dozen goons with single punch. The setup, characters and the script is very familiar and dated too. With an age old script on hands, the director has to make it an interesting watch by incorporating engaging scenes and entertaining dialogue.

Sadly, the director’s vision too is stuck in eighties and none of the scenes really make an impact. Scene after scene follows without any particular flow! Poor direction damaged it further. The interval scene looked forced and out of place. However, it does raise some expectations of having something in the second half.

Director simply ignores the interval scene and laughs it off as a joke. This is nothing but taking audience for granted. Firstly, casting Tanish in a full blown mass character is the biggest error and the rest of the damage is done by the director himself.

Performances:
Tanish is a complete miscast in this film. He doesn’t have the build, voice, looks or anything to become a mass hero. Audience couldn’t help but burst into laughter whenever he mouths heavy dialogues. He has failed as an actor in romantic scenes too. That is not a good sign.

Sobhana is alright. Roja is fine. In fact she is the only saving grace in this boring and torturous film. Siva Krishna is standard. Satya Prakash is routine. MS Narayana comedy fails big time.

Tehnicalities:
Cinematography is fairly decent for a low budget film. Music by Anoop is pretty bad. Dialogues are very weak. Editing is substandard. Director lacks vision and clarity. He could have made a routine film without any errors to prove his talent. But this film is a complete waste of time.

Plus Points:
    Roja’s presence

Minus points:
    Everything else

Final Word:
    This Kodipunju is very weak to survive for at least a week.

Kodipunju Movie Rating: 2/5

Banner: Sri Sailendra Cinema
Cast: Tanish, Shobana, Roja
Music: Anoop Rubens
Producer: SS Bujji
Direction: BVV Choudary