Thakita Thakita - Movie Review

Banner: DownTown Films
Cast: Anushka Shetty, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Bhumika Chawla, Cochin Haneefa, M.S.Narayana, Waheeda, Eva Ellis, Aditi Chengappa, Vijay Samrat, Haripriya, Harsh Vardhan Rane and others.
Music: BoBo Sasi
Producer: Bharat Thakur
Director: Srihari Nanu
Rating: 2.5/5

Story:
Thakita Thakita movie is about 8 college going youngsters aspiring to build their careers - Nandini, Kishore, Mahesh, Scud, Bhakti, Jessica, Chandana and Sridhar.

Nandini and Kishore fell in love, but Nandini’s parents are against their love, while Scud and Kishore don not talk to each other since 5 years. Jessica is a foreign student interested in fashion and Sridhar loves Chandana, but never express. These youngsters face several hurdles in the process of fostering their career. And the plot unveils when how they try and resolve them

Performance:
Sridhar: Sridhar has done reasonably well. Looks like hero Shivaji has dubbed for Sridhar. This man has good potential, but he need to work a lot on expressions.

Chandana: Chandana looks beautiful, but she has to improve on emotional scenes.

Kishore: Kishore does not have any dialogue and cannot understand why he was casted. Scud has done alright and Mahesh is adequate.

Jessica: Jessica’s character is ludicrous. Bhumika Chawla and Anushka play a cameo while Nagarjuna comes initially as a narrator.

Analysis:

Bhumika Chawla and Bharat Thakur might have spend a lot on promoting the movie, but looks like their efforts are gone in vain as Thakita Thakita tumbles at the box office. Once again ascribe it to poor narration, weak screenplay and lack of proper story. Director Srihari Nanu has gone wrong completely by not choosing a proper story and getting the best out from the characters.

Time and again, we’ve been discussing about young directors foraying into Telugu cinema industry - once again we accentuate on the maturity levels of the director. He needs to be a visionary and may be Thakita Thakita director Srihari Nanu needs to undergo a crash course once again in direction.

This movie is an attempt to show all the contemporary sensitive issues like lovers suicide, acid attacks on girls, etc, but they were not been able to showcase properly. Those scenes lack emotion and look dramatized rather.


The first half once again has gone only for establishing the identities of the characters and their career goals – mind you there are 8. The story was revolving only on Sridhar and Chandana pair overlooking the remaining. And the second half just keeps running while we wait for the movie to be finished

Final Word: Finally, Thakita Thakita movie lacks conviction and there’s a lot of miscasting. It is not connecting although the movie has some practicalities. The story isn’t neither new-fangled nor fascinating and the director failed to narrate at least a poor track into a good cinematic one.

eRojuStory's Verdict : Thakita Thakita lacks flavor, which is the most important thing for a youthful entertainer. The director did not view through rose-tinted glasses and could not glorify the college days – in fact many scenes have resembled ‘Happy Days’. The crucial flash back episode, which has a build up to the end, did not come out well as it lacked the required trigger.

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