‘Dookudu’ Movie Review: Mahesh Babu retains his style quotient!
The ‘Prince’ of Telugu cinema is as daring and dashing as ever in a film which has all the elements of a potboiler
‘Prince’ Mahesh Babu is synonymous with style. And his latest tryst with style is Dookudu. The record breaking screen numbers apart, Dookudu has succeeded in sustaining the style quotient so often associated with Mahesh Babu movies. Daring and dashing – That is what the movie’s posters screamed. Mahesh Babu lives up to that macho tag and exudes a flamboyant charm in the movie, albeit with a lesser impact than his blockbuster hit Pokkiri, directed by Puri Jagannadh.
The story unfurls thus. Shankar Narayana (Prakash Raj), whose heart always beats for the poor, falls into the trap of a politico-underworld nexus. After a near-fatal attack on Shankar, his family shifts to the badlands of Mumbai. His son Ajay (Mahesh Babu), of course, is destined to grow up as a cop who doesn’t know the meaning of fear. Mumbai being the ideal landscape for daredevilry, director Sreenu Vaitla unleashes Ajay to crush many gangsters with awesome power and ruthless indifference. His heroics get rewarded in the form of a gigantic task. With such a cop in its ranks, who else but Ajay could be entrusted with the task of fixing underworld’s most dreaded and elusive face – Nayak (Sonu Sood). Now, the cop dons the mask of an MLA to gain access to Naik’s web of deceit and debauchery. The daredevil then plots the imminent fall of the dreaded Naik gang.
Mahesh Babu needs to make little effort to be his usual macho, stylish self. Samantha is just another chirpy character with a pretty face, as is expected. It is heartening to see Prakash Raj in a positive role and the actor can switch mannerisms with immaculate ease. Sonu Sood makes his presence felt. Brahmanandam turns into a laughter machine as Vaitla’s penchant for comedy comes to the fore.
Dookudu’s main flaw is that it fails to keep up with the tremendous pace it generates in the first half. That is a turn off, but through late twists and thrills, the movie bounces back into the genre of a sheer entertainer. Adithya, Abhimanyu Singh, Vennela Kishore and Nassar are the other actors. Dookudu’s story is by Gopi Mohan, but Kona Venkat’s dialogues prove to be the differentiators. KV Guhan is behind the camera. Thaman scores the music.
Dookudu has all the elements of a potboiler – the unholy nexus between underworld and politicos, passionate romance, shrill revenge and the glory of father-son relationship. The movie is almost certain to make a box office splash, but if fans are expecting the lofty fizz of Pokkiri, perhaps there is some disappointment in store.
First Published: 6.04 PM IST 09.23.2011
YS JAGAN
Posted at 7:08 AM on September 24, 2011
This movie is not right movie for mahesh under consideration of his following…….
YS JAGAN
Posted at 7:03 AM on September 24, 2011
Movie lo pichpuku pulaiah okadini PM ga chupincharu defnately that scenes will be effects on mahesh
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nalgonda
Posted at 10:27 PM on September 24, 2011
are you mad,nuvvu cinema chustunnava lekunte political parties chustunnava.
Surya teja
Posted at 11:40 PM on September 23, 2011
Orey enduku ra andarini yedavalni chestaru.mve ki antha seen ledani andariki telusu.routine story.asalu seenu vaitla comedy ante ela untundi?very poor comedy and video songs.oka dance moment radu vadiki.fans andaru sollu kottadam manesi koncham nijalu rayandi
jack
Posted at 11:50 PM on September 23, 2011
rey kamma naa kodaka cinema caste feeling tho kaka maamuluga chudu
teja
Posted at 11:51 PM on September 23, 2011
are..nuvvu evadi fan vi ra yeeri na dash……..
swa
Posted at 5:30 AM on September 24, 2011
ray donga nakodakaka pooku naku kallupetti chudu
movie lover
Posted at 8:07 AM on September 24, 2011
orey…..daridrullara!! comments correct ga rayandira..
evadu nijam chepthunnadu,evadu abadham chepthunnadu ardam kavatledhu. me caste feeling tho sanka naki potharu. first day thokkalo fans ani maku tickets dorakanivvaru.kaneesam 2nd or 3rd day ayna chudham ante mee pichi pichi comments tho manchi cinema ayna kuda mood motham change aypothadhi.
—all telugu movies lover
TEJ
Posted at 1:44 PM on September 24, 2011
movie bagundi….dialoges keka,, ms nrayana commedy bagundi
NTR Balayya izzath tisadu movie lo hahahahaaaaa
Anwar
Posted at 10:57 PM on September 23, 2011
not bad……it’s also one of the good movie in Mahesh Babu’s carrier
krishna
Posted at 10:57 PM on September 23, 2011
Dhukudu is gud movie after a long time mahesh did a gud movie everything is fine in the movie mahesh performance is rocking and he uses telagana slang a new experiment he succeed and over all mahesh performance is domenated……really its a gud movie srinu vitla did a tremendus work through this movie
kareem
Posted at 10:50 PM on September 23, 2011
movie above avg yaarrrrr……auto apparao song toooooooooooooooooooooooooo weaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkkk……………
maria
Posted at 11:49 PM on September 23, 2011
no it isn’t, that’s one of the best songs in the album.
Kiran
Posted at 10:23 PM on September 23, 2011
Movie bokka ra babu
Kiran
Posted at 10:19 PM on September 23, 2011
Movie is not upto the mark its average
Dookudu
Posted at 9:27 PM on September 23, 2011
Movie is avg…
Not so gr8……!!!
SHEKAR KUMAR
Posted at 9:24 PM on September 23, 2011
VERY FANTASTIC MOVIE MAHESH I LOVE UUU SAMANTHA IK U
kissu
Posted at 9:16 PM on September 23, 2011
movie is fantastic songs picturisation is also good. but samantha charector is not up to the mark
chintu
Posted at 9:07 PM on September 23, 2011
kirrak mvie bayya…….i want a mvie in the combination of mahesh and raja mouli…..!
Minhaj
Posted at 8:59 PM on September 23, 2011
Are kya movie hai re bhai.naa jnma dhanyam ayindi.
DEEPAK
Posted at 8:56 PM on September 23, 2011
Bokkala Movie Expectations Debba tesadu its a masala movie
preetham
Posted at 8:55 PM on September 23, 2011
dookudu is the biggest block buster hit of the industry…mahesh babu is really daring and dashing in the movie…samantha is really in the movie sexy..but mahesh dominated samantha…..comedy of brahmanandam and ms.narayana is awesome..i hope it breaks pokiri records..it is a all time record of the industry……!…congrats to mahesh babu,sreenu vaitla,samantha,………frm mahesh’s fan preetham reddy.
mahesh babu
Posted at 9:02 PM on September 23, 2011
thanks bayya…..dookudu is dedicated to all the fans like you….!
phani
Posted at 8:40 PM on September 23, 2011
mahesh babu is asusual ordinary. With out superstar krishna who could have allowed him into film industry. The movie is ordinary due to ordinary mahesh.
pavan kalyan
Posted at 9:09 PM on September 23, 2011
ni ayya bewakuf, sachipo ra daridruda, chudav pikav ni ayya avg mahesh aaa, vadini ane mundu ni face chusuko ra, duki chastav
shine
Posted at 2:22 AM on September 24, 2011
oh so u r very special than mahesh babu, tell me who is handsome than mahesh in south indian movies.
true
Posted at 8:17 PM on September 23, 2011
movie rocks 100% grant
Tulasi Ram
Posted at 8:27 PM on September 23, 2011
EEEEEEE STAR is the Best, Mahesh Babu is the Best…….
Regards….
Tulasi Ram
Tulasi Ram
Posted at 8:29 PM on September 23, 2011
Movie Industry Number one Actor Is Mahesh Babu onlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Priyanka
Posted at 8:11 PM on September 23, 2011
200% paisa vasol movie
Tulasi Ram
Posted at 8:25 PM on September 23, 2011
ninni aa ee movie lo pedithe adi kuda radu, DUKUDUUUUU SUPER HIT Understand……….
anil
Posted at 8:10 PM on September 23, 2011
its avg movie….
2nd off good….
dialogues are excellent….
mahesh performance hilight
karthik
Posted at 7:58 PM on September 23, 2011
It’s good
Shahid
Posted at 7:45 PM on September 23, 2011
Excellent Awesome movie mahesh rocks.
Hari Royal
Posted at 7:32 PM on September 23, 2011
Super hit in mahesh records
Shamu
Posted at 7:28 PM on September 23, 2011
Dookudu movie not good.Borring Movie but one time can see.
Just Jocking
Movie is excellent and awesome Mahesh action is excellent mind blowing……………………
Jai
Posted at 10:23 PM on September 23, 2011
are mental bore ani cheppi malli oka sari ela chustav first comment sariga ivvadam nerchuko
sai
Posted at 7:18 PM on September 23, 2011
this movie was very very good movie its ssssssupper
swwty
Posted at 6:31 PM on September 23, 2011
movie was awesome………………………………………………………………………………………………fights n acting were tremendous…mahi rockz………….we luv u…u proved once agn……..
chandru
Posted at 6:35 PM on September 23, 2011
hai this film is very hightlited filim & rockkkkkkkkk like pokiri
ram
Posted at 7:54 PM on September 23, 2011
prakashraj waste in this movie… if a small character give him then movie is excellent…
murali
Posted at 8:07 PM on September 23, 2011
its plapmovie… i”ve lot of troubles, its boring…..
pavan kalyan
Posted at 9:11 PM on September 23, 2011
pora ulfaa ga bewakufff,
PavanKalyan
Posted at 10:08 PM on September 23, 2011
Nee ayya…. Evadra Mahesh….Bokka na koduku
Dukuda….ukkuda…vadu vani waste cinema….
Voice lo dammumdadu…dialogues chusthe king laga…
ulfa…
mahesh fan
Posted at 10:19 PM on September 23, 2011
@pavan kalyan:- endhibe nuvvu cheppedhi, nuvvu hero ayithe janaalu cinemaki vachedhi undadhu
Cherry
Posted at 10:49 PM on September 23, 2011
Ora Phani Ni baga balisi kotukuntunav ra pavan kalyan annatu dantiloiena dukisavra intaki nuvu avadiki fan ra jr NTR fana ni ayya niku ni fav hero ki guda pagilipothadi musuoni first movie chusi appudu mataladara chudakunda chusa ani pitchi vagudu vagaku piena kinda musuko
durga
Posted at 8:28 AM on September 24, 2011
movie ni chusi right comments cheyandi boothulu raasi youth paruvu theyakandi “caste feelings” tho chusi bad comments rayakandi movie chala bagundi “pakka family entertainer”.
Cherry
Posted at 10:51 PM on September 23, 2011
Movie Superb……..!Dookudu Rockinggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg……………………………………………………………….!
TEJA
Posted at 11:26 PM on September 23, 2011
dialoges keka,, ms nrayana commedy bagundi
NTR Balayya izzath tisadu movie lo hahahahaaaaa