Brahmaji is known for his versatile performances and he is now starring in the lead role in the upcoming film Baapu. The film directed by Dayakar Reddy.K is releasing on 21 Feb 2025. The film's teaser and trailer elevated the emotions and let us find out what the film which comes with the tagline 'A Fathers Story' offer to movie lovers.
Baapu story revolves around the struggles of the farmer and his family comprising of his wife, son, daughter and his father and the interesting and surprising developments associated with it. Mallayya (Brahmaji), a farmer toils hard along with his wife Saroja (Aamani) to take care of his aged father Rajayya(Sudhakar Reddy Kethiri), his son Yadigiri (Mani Aegurla) who drives an auto and his daughter Varalakshmi (Dhanya Balakrishna), a student.
But due to unfavourable climate, he lands in huge debts and unable to sustain and pay the debts, he takes a shocking decision. Where this leads to and how Lachchavva (Gangavva), lecturer Ravi (Avasarala Srinivas) and others are connected form the interesting part.
Brahmaji shows his experience in living in the role of a struggling farmer. He showed good bodylanguage and expressed and emoted himself showing variations in his face. He showed the struggles in his mind quite aptly swallowing the bitter pain while taking the shocking decision.
Aamani is good in the role of his wife who tries to support her husband in all possible ways. She complimented Brahmaji with her performance. The scenes featuring Brahmaji and Aamani powered the film to another level.
Sudhakar Reddy Kethiri came up with a realistic performance in the role of Brahmaji's father. His body language is natural and delivered dialogues with ease. Dhanya Balakrishna looked good in the role of the daughter, controlling her romantic feelings due to the situation of her family and also showing the anger before giving in to her family's decision.
Mani Aegurla looked good in the role of a hot blooded youngster who takes impulsive decisions and also gets carried away with the romantic feelings. He showed good emotions and body language on the screen. Avasarala Srinivas is good in the role of the lecturer while Gangavva played an important role in her own style. Racha Ravi is ok but he overacted at times.
Baapu story penned by Dayakar Reddy is inspired by the real life incidents. He came up with a simple story and started the narration by highlighting the plight of the family of a farmer and how he struggles when people surround him demanding repayment of the debts.
The story and narration moves forward in a slow and steady manner highlighting the characters and the thought process of each family members before the pre interval and interval brings an end to it with a surprise element setting the tone for the second half. The second half is full of emotions and the story culminates with few cinematic liberties during the pre climax and climax.
Dialogues highlighted the Telangana accent and it added value to the story. The screenplay is intact and though slow made viewers glued to the screen most of the time. Dayakar Reddy did a decent job as a director and with few improvisation, he would have taken the film to new heights.
The editing of Aalayam Anil is good but could have been better. The slow pace in the narration at times ended up testing the patience of the viewers. Pendem Vasu's cinematography showed the village atmosphere in a natural and realistic manner elevating the rustic feel. RR.Dhruvan's tunes are situational and highlighted the Telangana feel and soul. His background score added value to the story. Production values are good.
Altogether, Baapu is a decent and simple flick with couple of twists. Dayakar Reddy though came up with a simple story,with his screenplay and direction emerged successful in making viewers watch the film with keen interest. With seasoned performers like Brahmaji, Aamani and Sudhakar Reddy, he managed to make an impact. The technical elements played a good role in propelling the film. Cinejosh rates it a 2.25 out of 5.