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Spy!
James Bond, Jason Bourne and Ethan Hunt - for someone who grew up watching these kinds of films and reading Frederick Forsyth's thrillers, I always had a question - Why are there no worthy Spy thrillers in Telugu? A few attempts were made steeped in sarcasm and copy-paste (‘inspiration’) despite no lack of motivational tales all around (Remember ‘Kaoboys’ –R&AW, tales and exploits of India’s spies which are still hazy viz, the likes of legendary Rameshwar Nath Kao, Ajit Doval etc,). Maybe it all boils down to lack of interest and succumbing to a safe commercial template.
And then came ‘Goodachari’.
Adivi Sesh garu’s story and the taking of the film, basing on the technique of the ‘Unreliable Narrator’ are simply awesome! To be a good thriller, a film should have some inevitable ‘twists’, but they should not be the sole point of the film as people rapidly lose interest after watching it once. ‘Goodachari’ does a fine balance of being a classic and ‘twistyful’ (sic). Even small details were attended to with great care as evidently, a lot of research went into the film. Kudos to the director Sashi Kiran Tikka garu and for once the BGM is apt and spine tingling for such a flick.
The ensemble cast does justice – Sobhita, Mahdu Shalini, Prakash Raj, Vennela Kishore (shout out), Surpiya Yarlagadda, Anish Kuruvilla, Jagapathi Babu and Adivi Sesh himself. The screenplay, the chases and goosebump inciting fights – just wow!
As Agent Gopi (Trinetra 116) traverses with ease at Hyderabad, Rajahmundry, Chittagong – a style and panache hithertho associated only with 007 at Tijuana, Paris or Tangiers – my cravings are satisfied!
Film – 'Goodachari' (Telugu) by Sashi Kiran Tikka & Adivi Sesh
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7758160/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodachari
