Zombie Reddy Movie Review: Moderately Engaging Zombie Ride

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Movie Zombie Reddy
Star Cast Teja Sajja, Anandhi, Daksha Nagarkar
Director Prasanth Varma
Producer Raj Sekhar Varma
Music Mark K. Robin
Run Time 2h 10min
Release 5 February 2021

Child artist turned actor Teja Sajja is making his debut as male lead with Zombie Reddy which is hitting the big screens today. Zombie Reddy is billed to be the first Telugu film based on zombies and it has experimental filmmaker Prasanth Varma at the helm. Here is our review of the film.

Story:

The prime minister of India Narendra Modi announces a nation-wide lockdown in order to curb the spread of Covid-19. Correspondingly, relevant medical teams starts trials for development of Covid-19 vaccine. Amidst all this high drama, Teja Sajja, Daksha Nagarkar, and Kireeti leave to Kurnool to attend the wedding of their good friend, RJ Hemanth. By the time they reach Kurnool, Covid-19 vaccination drive goes horribly wrong and those who are vaccinated start turning into zombies. Teja, Daksha, Kireeti, Anandhi, and RJ Hemanth are now forced to find their way through a zombie apocalypse. The rest of the story unveils their efforts to find the solution to the unprecedented problem.

What about on-screen performances?

Teja Sajja who starred in multiple films as a child artist picked a unique and experimental subject for his debut film as male lead and his grit is to appreciated. He looks very settled in this challenging role and never goes overboard. His dialogue delivery is very good. Bold beauty Daksha Nagarkar plays a tomboy and she does justice to the role but she has very limited screen time in the film. Nandini and Get-up Sreenu who play important roles in the film put up an excellent performance. Especially Get-up Sreenu takes the comedy blocks in the second half to a whole new level with his rib-tickling performance. Most of the remaining star cast play comical roles and they deliver what is expected of them.

What about off-screen talents?

The fundamental aspect of Zombie Reddy which is promoted as the first Telugu film based on zombies is getting the visual presentation right. The technical team does succeed in creating the right atmosphere. Make-up and costumes for zombies in the film look very authentic. Anith’s cinematography is of top quality. He captures the spooky zombie visuals with technical finesse. The background score goes with the theme of the proceedings and keeps the audience engaged.

The director Prasanth Varma picks the concept of zombies for this film and he extracts the best possible output from his technical team. The way he blends two distinctive topics like zombies and Rayalaseema factionism is very good. But he should have done a better job with the screenplay in the first half. Many scenes look repetitive and offer very little novelty. However, Prasanth hits top gear in the second half as the comedy and elevation scenes penned by him work perfectly well. He shows his ability to churn out a commercial comedy caper with a peculiar plot. Get-up Sreenu’s hilarious performance, the concept of zombies, and action sequences make the second half a whole lot gripping when compared to the opening half. The climax is not conceived properly though. A few people might feel that the ending is not logically fitting.

What’s Hot?

Interval episode
Get-up Sreenu – Annapurnamma comedy scenes
Action blocks featuring zombies
Engaging second half
Performance of the lead cast

What’s Not?

Mediocre first half
Arguably routine screenplay in some parts
Half-cooked climax

Verdict:

Teja Sajja and Prasanth Varma’s Zombie Reddy banks mainly on the entertaining and engaging second half. The lack of entertainment quotient in the first half is compensated with interesting and exciting sequences in the second half. This film does offer a new experience to Telugu audience.

Watch or Not?: A one-time watch

TeluguBulletin.com Rating: 2.75/5

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Zombie Reddy is an action horror film directed by Prasanth Varma starring Sajja Teja and Anandhi under Apple Trees Studios banner. Zombie Reddy is the first zombie film in Telugu cinema. The film is set in the Kurnool faction backdrop.

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5:57 PM CST: Showtime! Movie Just started

6:07 PM CST: Promising start – Move opened with PM Modi speech on Corona Lockdown. Titles rolling with “Go Corona” song followed by hero Teja introduced as game designer..

6:20 PM CST: Teja and his gang (Daksha introduced as one of the hero’s friend) going to Kurnool for their friend’s (RJ Hemanth) engagement. on the way, they accidentally hit a guy who got his covid vaccine and the guy bit one of the hero’s friend (Kireeti) out of anger..

6:37 PM CST: Until now Movie is fun in parts..Hero’s gang goes to their opponent house and fight (faction issues) choreographed there is good..While Kireeti is already showing some Zombie symptoms..

6:50 PM CST: Kireeti turned into a Zombie and attacks the home maid..45 mins into the movie and its bland..

7:00 PM CST: Interval time! Except for Teja, Daksha, Anandi, Getup Seenu and Hemanth, everyone in the house turns into Zombies..Movie is strictly ok until now..Fate of the movie depends on the second half

7:12 PM CST: Second half started off with some good comedy between Getup seenu and Annapurnamma (Zombie)

7:35 PM CST: 30 mins into the second half and the proceedings are already good.. much better compared to first half..Comedy and Scenes are engaging

7:50 PM CST: Heroine Daksha turns into a Zombie too now..Scenes where Hero and friends searching for cure in a temple are on now..Director maintaining the tempo in second half..

8:00 PM CST: Movie done.. please refresh this page for the final review in an hour..

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