Aagadu USA Premiere & AP/Nizam Record

Mahesh Babu starrer 'Aagadu' has recorded earth-shattering collected especially in Overseas. The Thursday premieres itself set the momentum for a record-breaking spree.

Aagadu USA Thursday Premieres: $ 501K from 107 Locations. The previous highest has been $ $ 346K (Atharintiki Daredi) and the mass entertainer surpassed it by a huge margin of $ 155K.

As per the initial estimates, 'Aagadu' is gonna collect a revenue of $ 2.5 Million at USA Box Office in its Opening Weekend itself irrespective of the mouth talk or reviews as all the shows till Sunday have been sold out even before the release.

However, 'Aagadu' is unlikely to shatter 'Atharintiki Daredi' (Rs 10.75 crore) first day record in Telugu states as the opening in Ceeded isn't up to the mark. It is expected to settle with All Time No. 2 slot.

Mahesh Aagadu Movie Review

Movie: Aagadu
Rating: 2.75/5
Banner: 14 Reels Entertainment
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Tamannaah, Rajendra Prasad, Sonu Sood, Vennela Kishore, Brahmanandam, M S Narayana, Nazar and others
Music: S. Thaman
Cinematography: K. V. Guhan
Editor: M. R. Varma
Producers: Ram Achanta, Anil Sunkara, Gopichand Achanta
Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Direction: Srinu Vaitla
Release Date: September 19, 2014

Mahesh, Srinu Vaitla and 14 Reels make for a powerful combination that assures nothing short of a blockbuster. So, does Aagadu live up to the expectations of fans both in India and overseas? Let’s check out…

Story:
Encounter Shanker (Mahesh) as the name suggests is introduced as an encounter specialist. Thanks to his track record, he is posted in Bukkavaram to eliminate Damodar (Sonu Sood) and his gang who are out to set up a project that is not environment friendly. Once in Bukkavaram, Shanker goes about the task and in the process ends up meeting Saroja and her eccentric family that is into sweet-making business. Well, how Shanker wins over the ‘not-so-sweet’ Saroja and how he seeks revenge for his brother’s death forms the rest of the story.

Artistes’ Performances:
Mahesh is energetic and has shed the lean look that he sported for One-Nenokkadine. It’s a cakewalk for him to play the villain-bashing sincere cop who uses his guts and brain to get even with the villains. Though he is not as convincing as the role he played in Dookudu, he nevertheless looks good and does his job sincerely.

On the other hand, Tamannah is a huge disappointment. She has been paired with Mahesh for the first time and many expected some fireworks on screen. Instead, she looks tired and totally disinterested in the role she plays. Though she does enough skin show, she loses out to Shruti Haasan in the oomph factor who manages to sizzle in the item song.

Sonu Sood is his usual best and perfectly fits into Damodar’s role. In fact, he is a good match to Mahesh and gives tough competition to him with his chiseled body and intense performance.

Rajender Prasad as the cop who brings home an orphan boy, Ajay as IAS officer and Shanker’s brother, Brahmanandam, Ashish Vidyarthi and MS Narayana put in decent performances in keeping with the limitations of their characters.

Technical Excellence:
The film is nearly 165 minutes long. Honestly, for a Mahesh’s film, length need not be a deterrent. But given the storyline of Aagadu, you wish it was trimmed shorter.

The cinematography is alright given the scope of the film. Again, one department that really pulls down the film is SS Thaman’s music. After the chart-topping music of Dookudu, Aagadu has really bad music barring the Bhel Puri song.

Aagadu has been hyped a lot not just because of Mahesh, but also because of Srinu Vaitla. But Vaitla disappoints majorly by making a film that is a vague rehash of Dookudu. The basic theme and the way he handles the story is reminiscent of his earlier film.

Highlights:

• Mahesh

Drawbacks:

• Story
• Music

Analysis:
Ever since the film has been announced, fans of Mahesh have been anxiously awaiting the release of Aagadu.

Since it is Mahesh’s next after One-Nenokkadine, they hoped that Srinu Vaitla will recreate the magic of Dookudu.

And in keeping with their expectations, Srinu Vaitla does remind you of Dookudu, but that’s because he repeats the same theme of a cop making buffoons out of villains, instead of doing the quintessential chase-and-fight sequences.

In Dookudu, Vaitla tried to make a parody of reality shows, in Aagadu, his obsession with small screen continues and this time, he makes a parody of the various game shows in the name of situational comedy.

He starts off the first half by establishing the plot, but by the time second half begins, Vaitla gets to the job of wrapping up the story and in the process tries to add various inane situations that leave you hoping the film ends ASAP.

Given the weak script, Vaitla tries to win over the mass audience by using Brahmanandam as Delhi Suri. But instead of making you laugh, the entire thread leaves you yawning.

And one is left wondering as to why Mahesh gave in to the idea of narrating the storylines of his popular films before bashing up the villains. Though it works the first time around as you try to figure out the film, by second half, it gets repetitive and bores you to the core.

The only saving grace for the film is Mahesh and a few punch dialogues sprinkled randomly which has now become the trademark of Srinu Vaitla. 

65 crores for "Aagadu" producers

The fan following of Mahesh Babu is unmatchable.His latest offing  ‘Aagadu’ is getting ready for a massive release this month 19 th and the pre business has already been completed for almost all areas and the business details are surprising and stunning

The movie is carrying high expectations as it was the second film of Sreenu Vaitla-Mahesh combo post success of Dookudu.The film is releasing 2000 theaters worldwide.The film was made up with budget of 55 crores and according to film nagar sources it has fetched 75 crores for the makers .The movie's satellite rights, Audio Rights and distribution will all inflate Aagadu's worth to over 75 crores already

Production giant Eros acquired the rights of Aagadu and they are hopeful of scoring a big hit at the Box Office. The producers are also very happy and confident that the film will do exceptionally very well.Tamannah is the female lead in the film and Srinu Vaitla is the director of the film.

It is really unpredictable as Mahesh  last film was a dud at BO.No need to say all this was happened due to Mahesh stamina and his craze among audience.

Mahesh Babu's Punch Dialogues in Aagadu

Now, for the third time in his career, Mahesh Babu will be seen as a cop in Aagadu. 

Speaking about this film, Mahesh Babu said "This film is going to be become a super hit. My dad watched the teaser and said that this film is going to be a turning point in my career. I'm privileged to work with a director like Srinu Vaitla and the punch dialogues in the movie will be a treat to my fans".

Milky Beauty Tamanna is the leading lady and Sexy Siren Shruti Haasan will appear  in a hot item number. 

Recently, the unit has completed filming a song in Switzerland and the censor work will be completed tomorrow. SS Thaman has composed the music and the songs have already entered into the chart-busters list. 

Who's eligible for The Best Entertainer Crown ?

The meteoric rise of director Trivikram Srinivas with two back-to-back hits 'Julayi' and 'Atharintiki..' could give some sleepless nights to SS Rajamouli and Srinu Vytla who are holding the top position in T-town with a series of blockbusters and also necessitate a debate, that who is the best entertainer among three most popular dream merchants. 

Even though, T-town witnessed the emergence of some gen x directors, like Vamsi Paidipally, Harish Shankar, Sampath Nandi, Boyapati Srinu and Maruthi who showed few sparks but they need to deliver more hits, to lay claim for the top slot. So, lets see, on whom the crown of best entertainer sits pretty well. No doubt, Rajamouli stands taller among all directors, by exploring various genres like socio-fantasies like Magadheera and Eega, sports-centric movie (sye) and a laugh-riot (Maryada rammana) and now sets out to make a historical film 'Baahuballi', to have definite edge over his rivals, with his creative genius, whereas, Trivikram is not far behind in success rate, but one thing for sure, he likes to play if safe and doesn't take up novel plots or genres and likes to work around simple plots, but heavily relies on his inherent strength 'flair for comedy' and comes up with very powerful punch lines, to keep audience entertained. Giving these two a stiff completion- is Srinu Vytla, the master of humour-driven films like 'Dhookudu', 'Baadshah' who sometimes overlooks 'logic' and like to etch out lot of humour and accodomates loads of comedy characters into his script, (particularly Brahmanandam), but assures laugh-a-minute. 

Even though, threesome have preferences over picking up 'plots' but they mostly rely on song-& dance routine, separate comedy tracks and other so-called ingredients, to engage audience for 3 hours. All of them can design powerful roles for stars and Rajamouli showed it with hits like 'Yamadonga' ( NTR), 'Chatrapathi (Prabhas) but later began to work with lesser known actors like Sunil, before returning to star-driven film 'Baahubali'. Whereas, Trivikram began the other way round, as he scored a hit with young actor Tarun (Nuvve Nuvve), before moving to the big league of stars Mahesh babu(Athadu), Pawan Kalyan (Jalsa) and Mahesh (Khaleja) but couldn't deliver hit with Chiranjeevi in 'Jai Chiranjeeva', since too much comedy on a big star, backfires at times, without a plot, that justifies their superstardom. Even Srinu Vytla, flip flopped with stars like Chiranjeevi (Andarivadu), but found his winning streak with Ravi Teja (Venky) flamboyance and then tastes sucess with Mahesh (Dookudu) and NTR. So he has developed a brand of his own for 'entertainment' and many directors are finding it easy to emulate his formula and love to tickle the pink bones of the viewers.

Whereas, Rajamouli graph has been almost steady for the last decade, but Trivikram became a comeback specialist since he had big flops inbetween to dent his progress, whereas Srinu's also had non money-spinners like 'Namo Venkatesa' but reached the top with one solid hit 'Dhookudu'. All of them capable of handling big stars and can inspire big stars to put in some good performance, as all of them are considered tough task masters. All of them draw inspiration from Hollywood movies like Eega (coackroach), Magadheera (Troy, Braveheart) and Julayi was inspired by 'Italian Job' and Srinu's 'Dhookudu' was rip off of 'Good Bye Lenin' but they are good re-working on these hired themes and make it believable, by sketching boy-next-door protoganists and their simplicity and good-heartedness eclipses the unbelievability factor, in hero's task accomplishment.  

In terms of versality, Rajamouli leads the pack, but Trivikram and Srinu are easy to emulate and discovered the formula for success in T-town humuor-ridden star movies- and don't mind overlooking 'logic; to create magic, whereas Rajamouli is a stickler for perfection and doesn't like to compromise easily. So for now, Rajamouli, is entitled for the crown, but Trivikram-Srinu could also stake claim, by trying some different genres and catapult T-town to a different level and break the notion, that T-town can deliver only 'no brainer' stuff. 

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