Pothugadda Movie Review: Thriller movies are never boring if they are handled properly. When crime is involved, they give more kicks. That is probably why OTTs are mostly focusing on crime thrillers. Recently, a village crime thriller from Telugu has come to OTT streaming in this genre. Let's see what the story of this movie, titled Pothugadda, is worth watching the movie? and whether it really delivers the thrill?
Pothugadda Movie Story:
It is election time. The stage is set for the assembly elections in the Pothugadda constituency of Kurnool district. The sitting MLA of Pothugadda, Samudra (Aadukalam Naren), who has been in office for ten years, is determined to win the seat once again. On the other hand, Bhaskar (the enemy) decides to defeat him somehow and become Emmalaya.
Both are fierce competitors. Bhaskar wants to win by spending money and starts saving it even before the elections. However, Samudra is not a weakling. He wants to field his daughter Geetha (Vismaya Sri) to win the votes of women and youth. Samudra makes her the 'District Youth President' of the party.
But the twist here is that Geetha does not like politics. She plans to run away with the boy she loves, Krishna (Prithvi Dandamudi). In that order, Geetha and Krishna make a plan and one day Geetha and Krishna run away together in a bus.
When Samudra comes to know about this, he orders his men to catch them and kill them if necessary. The next day, Bhaskar also hides the fifty crores he was supposed to share in the same bus that they boarded. The police will find out about that. What happened then? Did the couple win their love? Did the money come out? You have to watch the movie to know things like that.
Pothugadda Movie Analysis:
The latest movie to hit OTT in the backdrop of Rayalaseema is an action thriller in its name, but it doesn't have that much thrill. It feels like an attempt to tell stories seen before in the context of an honor killing. It doesn't feel like anything new. Especially, the core emotion in the movie hasn't been properly registered.
They couldn't clearly tell whether their love was winning or politics. The lack of intensity or emotional depth has become a minus for the movie. Although the way the movie is picked up seems fresh, it feels boring after walking around the bus for a long time. But since it is on OTT, let's take a look.
Actors Performance:
As far as Rahul Srivastava's camera work, Marcus's background music, and Sivakiran's editing are pluses. Naren and Shatru pulled it off with their experience. Prithvi Dandamudi and Vismaya Sri as lovers were good to watch, but they could not be crucial in the story. They could not register emotion.
Movie Pothugadda. This movie was released directly on OTT. This movie is streaming on the popular Telugu OTT platform ETV Win.