Return of the Dragon Movie Review: Pradeep Ranganathan made his directorial debut with the film Komali and made his debut as a hero with the film Love Today. He, who became known as Junior Dhanush in Tamil Nadu, also gained recognition among the Telugu audience with the film Love Today. Now, Pradeep is playing the lead role in the film Dragon, directed by Aswath Marimuthu, director of O My Kadavule.
This film was released in Telugu by Mythri Movie Makers Distributions under the title Return of the Dragon. The audience was interested in this film with the teaser and trailer content. How is the film? How much did it impress the audience? Let's see in the review now.
Return of the Dragon Movie Story:
Raghavan (Pradeep Ranganathan) passes his intermediate with 96%. When he goes and proposes to a girl in the same vein, she rejects him saying that she likes bad boys. With this, he unexpectedly fails 48 subjects in engineering in the process of becoming a bad boy. Keerthi (Anupama Parameswaran), his love in college, breaks up with him and says that he does not have a job.
He gets a job in a software company by getting fake certificates on her. After buying a house and a luxury car and settling down, he gets married to Pallavi (Kaiyadu), the daughter of a big shot.. In another six months, when he is planning to get married and go to America, Raghavan gets an unexpected shock in the form of the college principal.
What was that shock? Did Raghavan marry Pallavi? What did Keerthi do when she came into Raghavan's life again? What happened in the end? This is the story of this film.
Return of the Dragon Movie Analysis:
After being introduced to the Telugu audience with the film Love Today, everyone was curious about what kind of film he would come up with. Without reducing that interest at all, he once again came in front of the audience with a trendy love story. In fact, at the beginning of this film, you feel like you have seen the entire college episode somewhere.
But later, after the wedding is set, the pace of the story increases. This film was made based on the line that if you make one mistake, your whole life will change, which means that what consequences did a boy's attempt to make because of a girl who believes that even if you make that mistake, it is not a mistake?
In addition, how many elements that the current generation can connect with were combined in the story made the film more interesting. In fact, you feel like you have seen the entire film somewhere, but how each scene was created by engaging the audience is impressive. Now, a boy who has failed in love tries to fake his ex-girlfriend and grow up.
What happened to his life after that? While another life is being destroyed because of him, he is also prepared to give up a very luxurious life and face difficulties. In fact, thinking of making a film with this line, which seems surprising to hear, is a big adventure. But it is commendable to make a film with such a line and bring it to the audience.
The story revolves around the hero from the beginning. An attempt has been made to establish his character and bring his difficulties to the audience. Later, even after entering a rich life, the audience feels thrilled by the difficulties he faces. In fact, how does society view a person who grows up without any difficulties? What will happen if they find out that he is fake? The way the film shows these things is good.
Especially, one can grow up by making a mistake, but if that mistake changes the fate of another person, the sequence of being ready to give up everything is definitely impressive. What developments and situations led to that person's life? The team has succeeded in engaging the audience in such a way that the audience is engaged. Although the first half of the film feels a bit dragged, the second half engages the audience. The way the climax was written is especially commendable.
Actors Performance:
Pradeep Ranganathan once again got into a role that suited him well. In a role called Raghavan, he made it seem as if no one else but Pradeep would have acted. And people like Anupama and Khayadu Lohar got into their roles and acted. Especially people like Mysskin, KS Ravikumar, Gautham Menon, and Napoleon did full justice to their roles.
Although the songs by Leon James, who provided music for this film, are not all pleasant to listen to in Telugu, the background music elevates the film. The cinematography is successful in presenting the film in a very colorful way. It would have been better if a little more care had been taken regarding the length. The production values are outstanding.