Genuinely, if two of the finest actors in the country get together to be a part of a movie, one shall expect nothing but brilliance. But that's not the case with Janatha Garage. So much hype around the movie, so little has it in store. The movie starts off with Sathyam (Mohanlal) imparting his form of justice to the people, under the facade of a garage, appropriately titled Janatha Garage, but personal tragedy separates him from a part of his family. After many years, Anand (Jr NTR), an environmentalist, gets into trouble with Sathyam's son. The rest of the story is how Anand is linked to Janatha Garage, and what happens next. The first half is utterly unbearable to watch, primarily because it appears to be a hodge-podge of some scenes. But, the pre-interval scene is very well done. The first half hour of the second half is interesting and good too. But it all goes downhill. And that's a shame. The gravest fault of this movie though, is the characterization of Anand. He is portrayed as an environmentalist, but rides a Royal Enfield. I was willing to excuse that, but there is a scene in the second half, where he shouts "NO MORE PARTIES", but subsequently dances to an item song. Hypocrisy much? The performances are one of the main draws of the movie. Jr. NTR does a great job, as usual, in the movie (albeit a flawed character). Some scenes show his range as an actor. Mohanlal does his role with grace and gravitas. Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menon, extremely good actors, are just reduced to eye candy, and that's sad. There's the item song featuring Kajal Agarwal, which was completely unnecessary. The cameo appearance from Rajeev Kanakala was good. The scripting was flawed, the editing was okay, and the music could've been better from DSP. The cinematography was good. All in all, this could've been a potential classic, but is reduced to a commercial masala potboiler.
Review of Janatha Garage
