Bheemala Nayak is not what I feared would have happened to Telugu remake of an iconic Malayalam film Ayyappanum Koshy. To give due credit, Pawan Kalyan has towards the climax given more than expected footage to Rana's Liquor Daniel (who plays Prithviraj's role) sort of made a balance equal. Though the original did end with nobody declared a winner, Pawan being POWER STAR, it has to be an exception.
Going by earlier remakes, the film has not been butchered badly as it was in Pink remake. If Pink was about whether consent is needed from a woman for sex was the issue, the Telugu remake was all about Pawan's love and caring to women folk . An exercise in brand building of Pawan the politician.
Here it does take place and an overdo of it but the story line changes . Here cop Ayyappan ( Pawan) gets suspended for arresting Koshy (Rana) who is not an ex-serviceman but a son of a liquor Mafia Don. In final battle, Pawan losing the first round ( he was back stabbed by Liquor Danniel's goons) is itself a sacrilege to fans. If Ayyapan's trump card was his locking grip across the waist of opponent, here Bheema pulls out the hand of his rival from the shoulder as if it was a tuff of hair. What a deadly change in character !!!
Nithya Menon ( wife of Bheema) is probably most pretty tribal woman seen on screen in recent times. Samyuktha Menon as Daniel wife springs to life in the climax. Samudrakanni role was a casualty as how can we forget director Ranjith as estate landlord. As it is season of Lal baiting, I was wondering if the original film was in Telugu and remade in Malayalam with Mohanlal in Ayyappan role .
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