'Vimanam' Movie Review

Cast: Samuthirakani, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Dhanraj, Rahul Ramakrishna, Meera Jasmine

and others.

Music: Charan Arjun

Cinematography: Vivek Kalepu

Dialogues: Hanu Ravuri

Producer: Kiran Korrapati - Zee Studios

Writer - Director: Siva Prasad Yanala

'Vimanam' is a small film that attracted everyone with its heart-touching trailer and
promotional content. Versatile actor and National Award winner Samuthirakani played
the lead role in this film and Anausya acted in a major role. The movie has hit the
screens with decent expectations today. Let us see how the movie turned out to be.

Story:

Veerayya (Samuthirakani) is a physically challenged person who lives in a slum area

near Begumpet of Hyderabad. His wife dies while giving birth to their kid and Veerayya
runs a Sulabh complex in order to survive. His son Raju (Master Dhruvan) is everything
to Veerayya. Raju is fascinated with airplanes. He constantly talks about them and gets
hyper while talking about them. Raju is active in his studies and he gets admission to
Sainik School. Veerayya plans to get him educated there and turn his son into a pilot.
But he learns a heartbreaking truth about his son. He finds out that Raju has Leukemia
and is about to die in a month. At this stage, Veerayya decides to make his son happy by
getting him onto a flight once. Will his dream succeed or not? This forms the rest of the
story.

Analysis:

We have seen a lot of emotional films in Tamil and Malayalam that pull our heartstrings.
If we take 'Kaaka Muttai' as an example, we see the story of two slum kids who try to
buy a pizza in order to taste it for the first time. By listening to the story, one might think
that it is tough to get a pizza even for a slum kid but the way it was showcased is very
convincing and heart-touching. The movie's team won a lot of awards for that film. Now,
'Vimanam' is made on similar lines. Director Siva Prasad Yanala wanted to make a very
emotional film with able actors like Samuthirakani, Anasuya, Dhanraj, Rahul
Ramakrishna and others. He decided to tell the story of a kid who wanted to board a
flight and his father going above and beyond to fulfill his son's dream. But the director
was only partially successful. The story selection and a few moments were very
impressive but the tight screenplay went missing which proved to be the minus point.

The story of a kid who likes to fly in an airplane but has cancer and his father trying
everything to make his wish come true is something that everyone gets emotional with.
The storyline had a lot of potential and people can easily become emotional if narrated
in the right manner. But the director failed to utilize it to the full extent. The slow
narration paired with too much melodrama tests the patience of the audience. Also, the
predictable narration without any surprises too disappoints the audience. One can
easily understand how the film begins and how it ends so easily. Had the scenes been
great, the audience would have sat through the movie without any problem. Barring a
few scenes, every other thing in the movie is overdramatic. The father-son track is the
only emotional point in this movie. As it is tough to run the film for two hours only on
this track which is why he included other characters. But they appear a bit forced.

For example, the track between the prostitute role played by Anasuya and Rahul
Ramakrishna who lusts for her and Motta Rajendran who takes photos of Anasuya
appears quite unnecessary. One wonders how such an emotional film has such below-
the-belt scenes. The movie is all about a father and a son but the scenes of Rahul and
Anasuya cross the line most of the time. These scenes should be present in an adult
movie but not in such an emotional movie. Barring the one last scene, the character of
Anasuya looks unnecessary for the movie. The father needs ten thousand rupees to buy
a flight ticket and one wonders how hard it is to get such a small amount of money.
That is why, they took the time period a bit backward. Even so, the hardships the father
faces to collect ten thousand is highly unconvincing. Had the presentation been good,
the flaws would have been covered. It is Samuthirakani who happens to be the biggest
plus point of the movie and the father-son bond is highly emotional. The climax is good
too but the other scenes in the movie are too slow and over dramatic which plays the
spoilsport.

Performances:

A fantastic performer like Samuthirakani was restricted to routine villain roles in his
career till date in Telugu. His range and ability can be seen in movies like 'Visaranai'. His
best performance in Telugu can be witnessed in 'Vimanam'. He erased the image he
gathered through villain roles in this film. We feel sympathetic towards his character
and we feel his every emotion. The scene where he scolds the god showcases the level
of performer he is. It is something to be seen rather than explained. Master Dhruvan
was very good as his son. The kid who played his friend's role was also quite good.
Anasuya did very well in the prostitute's role but she looked a bit odd in this role.
Dhanraj did a decent job as the Autowaala. Rahul Ramakrishna was effective in the
movie but his dressing did not suit his character. Meera Jasmine is nice as the guest
appearance.

Technicians:

'Vimanam' is a film made on a limited budget but it is adequate and the technical quality
is fine too. The quality is very much visible. Charan Arjun did well not just as a music
composer but as a lyric writer too. 'Relare' stands as the highlight in the album. They
used it in bits during key sequences. Vivek Kalepu's cinematography suits the mood and
premise of the film. Writer–director Siva Prasad Yanala wanted to say an emotional
story but he failed to write an engaging screenplay around it. A few scenes and
moments were highly impressive but Siva Prasad failed to keep the audience hooked.
The dialogues were too dramatic as well.