Das CH
Das CH
The film has an interesting start, and it’s a story of a carefree village protagonist who falls into the political gamble while seeking leadership through his mischievous actions. If you see it like this on paper or on screen, it does not provide any sort of interest unless it has good narration skills by the director. However, Krishna Chaitanya failed in this aspect. Though there were a few promising scenes, they are mostly overshadowed by poorly written ones, which dominate the film so far. Additionally, it has a few vibes of Rangasthalam and Pushpa.
It’s good to see Vishwak Sen back in his mass role after the experimental Gaami, and his performance is decent. However, the lack of interesting elements in the project makes his efforts go fruitless. The film holds promise when he gains power, and we will have to see how things unfold in the later half.
Anjali and Neha Shetty’s roles were okay, with nothing notably special. Yuvan Shankar Raja’s background score works in parts.
In search of hope, we met with a dead end, with nothing much further explored.
It’s a haunting move from the makers to kill the spectators who were already close to breathing their last breath.
The unnecessary family conflicts with forced sentiment and the lagging rivalry—everything, literally everything, falls apart.
“Hopeless political drama unfolds under the village backdrop”
First of all, I didn’t understand the concept of ‘Gangs’ in the title. If we consider them as the protagonist’s gang, well, they don’t even get a single dialogue and seemed more like rowdy sheeters who usually stay behind the anchor like statues. If we think that these gangs are actually the characters of the film, there’s no life to them.
Coming to the protagonist Vishwak Sen’s characterization, I have never seen such a hopeless character written in recent times, especially during the latter half of the film. It’s like the protagonist degrades himself intentionally and later covers his mistakes by coming up with motivational dialogues to live up to his reputation. The horrible family scenes literally kill the moment of watching the film.
Anjali should have never accepted this role. Except for one good scene, it was unnecessary for her to have a go at it.
Overall Verdict: You neither get the Godavari vibes, except for one promising scene in the middle of the river, nor an interesting element in the story. Better not to take the risk.
