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Gopichand despite having a towering personality and macho physique is reeling under a string of flops as he didnot get stories suited to him, is now gearing up to test his luck with his action entertainer Bhimaa. The film directed by Harsha will be released on 8 March 2024. Gopichand is playing the role of a powerful police officer in Bhimaa after a long time and Gopichand and the makers are confident that Bhimaa will break all the shackles at the box office. The film's OTT rights have been bagged by Disney+Hotstar.
Bhimaa revolves around the journey of an honest and sincere cop as he unravels the mysterious occurrences in the town of Mahendragiri and how he takes care of his adversaries protecting his near and dear ones. SI Bhimaa (Gopichand) has a unique style of dealing with the ruffians and after he reaches Mahendragiri,he gives 15 days time for all the thugs to mend their ways before it is too late.
In the meantime,he falls for a beautiful teacher Vidya (Malvika Sharma). Even as their love story is about to reach the next level, his clash with Bhavani (Mukesh Tiwari) takes a new turn. Where this leads to and what is the connection to the closed temple in the place, how ayurverda doctor Ravindra Varma (Nassar), Rama (Gopichand), Pari (Priya Bhavani Shankar) and others are related form the rest of the story.
Gopichand looked fit as a fiddle in the role of a powerful cop. He showed good mannerisms and body language to carry himself on the screen. He showed good expressions and emotions and enacted high octane action blocks with intensity to drive all his fans crazy. He also surprises in another role.
Priya Bhavani Shankar is ok in the traditional role and she got limited screen presence. Malvika Sharma oozed with glamor. Mukesh Tiwari looked menacing as the villain while Naresh,Vennela Kishore, Raghu Babu, and Chammak Chandra evoked few laughs. Others performed according to their roles.
Bhimaa story penned by A.Harsha is high octane mass action flick. Harsha starts the narration in an interesting and exciting manner with references fo Prasurama and Mahendragiri. Then the story slips into routine track and the pace dips with the romantic track between Gopichand and Malvika Nair. Both the intensity increases before the interval with intense action block bringing a perfect end to the first half.
This sets the pace and tone for the second half. the to and fro narration increase the curiosity levels but at times confuses also. The flashback episode has a surprise twist and the excitement increase during the pre climax and climax sequences. Story turned out to be predictable and screenplay and direction turned out to be average.
Swami J Gowda's cinematography is good. He showed the night scenes in an effective and impactful manner. The background score of Ravi Basrur elevated the scenes to new heights. Editing of Tammi Raju is ok and could have been far better as there are many silly scenes that impacted the pace. Dialogues are ok and production values are fine.
Altogether, Bhimaa turns out to be mass action entertainer. Gopichand showed his acting prowess in the powerful role of the police officer. Director Harsha included intense action blocks to thrill masses. But few scenes at the start of the first half and the routine elements, undid his good work. Had he done away with the romantic elements and concentrated on the mystical fantasy elements, things would have been different. Considering all these aspects, Cinejosh goes with a 2.5 rating for Bhimaa.
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