Akhil Akkineni teamed up with director Surender Reddy for his latest film, Agent, which has been in production for the last one year. There have been decent expectations on this film, for which Akhil went through a massive transformation. The movie has been released today, and let’s see how it has turned out to be.
Story:
Akhil plays a wannabe RAW agent in the movie, and tries very hard to become one. However, all of his attempts fail, which then leads him to Devil, a famous RAW agent, played by Mammootty. Devil has been in a tiff with God, played by Dino Morea, who runs a syndicate in India, and Devil’s job is to take out God. What is the tiff between Devil and God, and how does Akhil’s character fit into this forms the rest of the story.
On screen talents:
Firstly, Akhil has undergone a wild makeover for the film. His transformation into a wild saale is striking. The long-haired look and the chiseled physique suit him well on screen. He plays an action-packed character. The actor delivers a decent performance and has done what he has been asked to, by the director, which reflects in his performance.
Mammootty is also seen as a special agent and his character is a meaty one. He delivers what is expected of him. He is his usual best in this movie as well. New girl Sakshi Vaidya looks gorgeous on screen. She plays a typical commercial heroine character and has nothing to do in the film. It wouldn’t have mattered even if she weren’t a part of the film.
Dino Morea makes his debut in Tollywood with the film, and while his character is not up to the hype that the makers were creating, his performance was decent enough. He has done a decent job with what he has been given, but there’s nothing outstanding about it. It’s a regular formula Telugu villain that he plays in the movie.
Off-screen talents
Director Surender Reddy is known for making action thrillers in his own style. Agent is his most stylist actioner till date, in terms of presentation and visual composition. The film is lavishly shot and the grandeur is seen. While a lot of money has been spent in going to foreign locations and shooting high-octane action sequences, not a lot of focus has been put into writing the story and screenplay of the film. Vakkantham Vamsi provided the story for the film, and it’s a very routine and mundane story that we have already seen in various films, across various languages. The screenplay is also outdated. The wildness that the director tried to bring out in the movie didn’t workout, except for during the interval scene, with the rest of the film feeling very generic.
Hiphop Tamizha’s songs are a letdown. There is not a single chartbuster audio single in the album. The background score is alright. Better songs could’ve worked in a much better way for the film. This is another major drawback for the film.
The cinematography and the locations are very good, making it one of the very few good aspects of the film. The production values are top-notch, which is reflected throughout the film. The editing could have been so much better.
Plus Points:
- Akhil’s transformation
- Visuals
Negative Points:
- Story
- Screenplay
- Boring narrative
Verdict: Agent is a film that has been seen several times before, and it offers absolutely nothing new to the audience.TFI did not produce such a boring flick of this scale in the recent past. Even if you go in with low expectations on the film, the Agent will end up disappointing you. Akhil continues to wait for good success.
Telugubulletin.com Rating: 1.75/5
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Agent is a spy action thriller film directed by Surender Reddy from a story written by Vakkantham Vamsi. It stars Akhil Akkineni, Mammootty, Dino Morea, Sakshi Vaidya, and Vikramjeet Virk. The film is set to release in Telugu along with the dubbed versions in Malayalam. It was previously set to be a pan Indian but later it was set only to release the movie in Telugu and Malayalam languages.
The film’s release has been deferred multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic and production delays. Agent is now scheduled for a theatrical release on 28 April 2023.
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6:30 PM EST: Movie starts with racy screenplay. Akhil’s characterization as an ethical hacker and wannabe agent is wild as shown in the trailer.
7:00 PM : Devil (Mammootty) is a RAW agent who is after GOD (Dino Mario). RamaKrishna ( WILD) hacks into Devil’s system and gets his attention to get into RAW after his application gets rejected for 3 times. The two songs that come in that first hour less than mediocre.
First Half Report : First half of Agent has racy screenplay with twists and turns that fails to create an impact for most part. Akhil’s Characterization is wild that works only in few scenes. The movie’s fate Largely depends on second half proceedings.
Final report:Agent has nothing to offer despite its technical goodness.Bad direction and predictable story makes it a third-rate movie.Akhil’s transformational effort gone in vain.Great visuals and good cast are wasted in the directorial debacle.TFI did not produce such a boring flick of this scale in the recent past.