Johnny

Johnny was very ahead of its time. The cinematography, the bgm, the slow pace, they're all concepts that Telugu cinema was not ready for yet. The technicalities were solid and captured the vibes of both Hyderabad/Old City as well as Mumbai, which was really cool cuz this movie was made in 2003 and intha solid technicalities ippati movies lo kuda kanipinchadu appudu appudu. And this movie was able to break so many stereotypes, which is only possible by the man, the myth, the legend PSPK man. Like have we ever seen a movie where a lean hero, that too a lean star hero, was elevated to this level? Or a Christian hero coming from a society where people of all religions were seen and were in equal numbers? Or a star hero starring in a tragedy, fighting not for his parents or siblings but for his wife's natural ailment? This was all new to Telugu cinema appudu. The biggest drawback with this movie was the 3 hr runtime. I had to watch this movie for two days. The 1.5 stars were taken away solely cuz of the runtime; I strongly believe thay if the movie's runtime was cut by at least 30 minutes, it would not have changed the movie's essence at all. And Renu Desai, tbh. Like she was really pretty and all, but I felt that her character was very one dimensional and could have been developed better. But it was Pawan Kalyan's directorial debut, so it's fine le. tldr: appudu ee movie Hindi lo ochi unna, ippudu Malayalam lo ochi unna, definite ga hit ayyi undedi, I'm telling that. Aa 3 hr runtime thappithe this movie was literally like a poem, a calm portrayal of something so emotionally heavy.