What is bad:
The film suffers from a bad casting. Aarthi Agarwal recites her lines meticulously without any emotions for the most part. The only part where you genuinely sympathize with her is the scene where she discovers the true nature of her husband. She’s loud throughout the film and could have done a much better job. Newcomer Louis has a meaty role apart from having to show lot of flesh. While she succeeds in the latter part, she fails to make a mark in her role. It would have been a lot better if Posani had retained her dialogues in English, instead of giving her dialogues to speak in butler Telugu. She hardly moves an inch of her facial muscles and the only expression which comes out when she’s angry and kicking Posani’s butt all over the garden. Kota Srinivas Rao’s role as a scientist who’s conducting an experiment on the lives of ‘Rats’ is poorly written and unnecessary in the film. If this wasn’t enough, Posani (the writer) writes an essay on what differentiates Human Beings from rats/pigs. It’s an insult to the community of Rats and if they could understand our language, probably they would revolt or maybe ‘fast’ to teach humans a lesson.
Bottom Line:
‘Gentleman’ has an important message and it’s a 2 hour guide of ‘What Not to Do when you are married!’ The film has been shot mostly inside bungalows or guest houses and the cinematography required for such a film is adequate. Background score is decent and thankfully it never gets too loud. In the end, the film belongs to one man only, Posani Krishna Murali. Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore him for what he is. He wrote the story, dialogues and screenplay for the film apart from acting and directing in it. His trademark style can be seen in the dialogues and acting more than anything else. To watch a Posani Krishna Murali’s film requires some prior homework to be done. Do watch his earlier films like ‘Mental’ Krishna, Raja Vari Chepala Cheruvu to get an idea of what kind of films Posani makes. The film is high on testosterone and surprisingly the humongous amount of sleaze depicted in ‘Mental’ Krishna has been reduced here. ‘Gentleman’ is strictly for fans and admirers of Posani. You wouldn’t want to take a risk of going to one of his films without any mental preparation.
P.S: Medically, a human being would die within minutes if the ‘Liver’ is removed from the body. However, in ‘Gentleman’ the actors spare a full 2 hours to listen to Muddu Krishna’s version of why he had to donate the liver. Phew…anything is possible in ‘Posanian’ world!
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