Directed by: B. Sukumar
Starring: Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil
Pushpa is basically a rags to riches gangster drama. Probably because of the "PAN India" release and the hype around, it would've set the wrong expectations. Otherwise at the core, it's a hypermasculine gangster drama set in the world of red sandalwood. A guy at the bottom, a coolie, slowly climbs the ladder by outperforming his peers and killing a few, comes to the top and then faces the villain. We see this structure in any gangster film. Here, since the film is shot in a way that the setting and the world comes through so well, the scale of the film got so huge, and hence the expectations. I loved Allu Arjun in the film. I was not enjoying the flashback, and the mother's track that much till the climax face off comes. Then, everything got justified. It's a man to man war, like that in Ayyappanum Koshiyum. We see very few of such hypermasculine dramas done well, especially after the overdose of the "embrace your vulnerabilities" movement.
I thought the entire Rashmika's track could've been taken off, it's just a subplot. It was given a lot more importance than needed. The climax face off is a very powerful setup for the next part. Anasuya's character was also setup well for the next part. I like how the film is shot, the lighting and the palette looks realistic. But the action scenes are Telugu-ish. There were a lot of mass moments in the film, some of which would've been elevated better with a different kind of score. Apart from a few things, I loved the film and I'm looking forward to Part-2.
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