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Producer: Nandamuri Kalyan Ram
Director: K. S. Ravindra ( Bobby )
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Casting: Jr NTR, Rashi Khanna, Niveda Thomas, Sai Kumar, Ronit Roy, Nanditha and others
Story
Lava Kumar (NTR), manager of Needs Bank lands in trouble and is on the verge of losing his job due to his innocence and honesty. With these tensions he mets with an accident and to his surprise finds out his lost brother Kusa (NTR), a petty thief who is on a mission to fly to USA to loot in dollars. Kusa promises Lava to solve his problems but instead tries to loot the bank.
However both will be in for a shock from Jai (NTR), their another brother, who is dreaded as Ravana in Berhmapur, Odisha. To find out more about the sibling rivalry and where this will lead to, enjoy Jai Lava Kusa on silver screen.
Performance
NTR as usual slipped into the characters. NTR who is a born actor showed his acting power in negative role as Jai. He should be complimented for accepting the negative role with stammer which many refuse to do. He came with powerful expressions and emotions in the negative role as Jai. He surprises with his body language as Jai.
Compared to Jai,other two characters are less intent and emotional. NTR through Lava and Kusa tried to give entertainment to movie lovers. He with his comedy timing and expressions as Kusa filled the role with energy. He showed good variations as Lava, character filled with full of innocence.
He tried different movements in dances bringing in variations to thrill his fans and movie lovers. He enacted fights with ease and overall gave sumptuous treat to all his fans in three different roles.
Rashi Khanna attracted with her looks in the film. Niveda Thomas attracted with her gorgeous looks and Nanditha appeared in one scene. However all the heroines got very limited roles and no scope to show their talent. Tamanna teased in a special song. Hamsa Nandini indulged in beauty treat. Ronit Roy is OK in the negative role. Posani Krishna Murali, Abhimanyu Singh, Priyadarshi performed according to their roles.
Technical
Devi Sri Prasad gave foot tapping music and the songs are well shot. Masses will love it. Except for the fast beats, there is nothing to rave about the songs. Choreography is good and elevated NTR's dancing talent. Background score elevated the scenes.
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao's editing is ok and could have been better as there are few scenes which dragged the film. Production values are not up to the mark.
Bobby should have concentrated on the story, script, screenplay and direction and included few more twists and turns to get better results. Had he plugged the loopholes in the above said things, the impact would have been even more powerful.
Plus Points
NTR especially as Jai
Background score
Interval bang
Minus Points
Story, screenplay, direction
Lack of clarity
Brothers emotions not elevated to the optimum
Editing
Analysis
Bobby who attracted with Power,despite getting shock with Power Star Pawan Kalyan's Sardar Gabbar Singh, managed to impress NTR with Jai Lava Kusa story line. Bobby tried to show NTR in never seen before three different roles in the film. To some extent he emerged successful as he showed NTR in completely negative role to surprise everyone.
However in his quest to elevate the negative angle in Jai, he lost his focus on Lava and Kusa roles and both looked more or less similar. At the same time, he failed with his story, screenplay and direction. Story of the film looked routine with no real twists and turns.
Right from the start to finish, it looked predictable and first half starts on a slow pace and except for few entertaining scenes between Lava and Kusa, there is hardly nothing in it. Interest increases only during the interval bang with the introduction of Jai.
Jai steals the show in the entire second half. However after sometime, all the scenes turn repetitive testing the patience of the movie lovers. Bobby failed to highlight the bonding between brothers in a convincing manner and also failed to elevate the roles other than NTR. Bobby tries to plug these drawbacks with commercial elements like Tamanna's song which had only limited effect. However for all the drawbacks, NTR with his powerful performance, erased them and powered the film on his shoulders.
Final Talk
'Jai' Lava Kusa unleashes Young Tiger's acting power.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
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