Review – Unstoppable

Diamond Ratnababu is trying hard to make a mark as a director and is back with his new film Unstoppable. The film starring VJ Sunny and Saptagiri has been released today. Read the review here.

Plot

Kohinoor Kalyan (VJ Sunny) and Jilani Ramdas (Saptagiri) are two childhood friends who are not serious in life. They gamble with their parents’ money and one fine day, lose 20 lakh in IPL betting. Upon this, when the time comes to repay the money, they send it to the wrong account thereby bringing massive problems in their lives. How these two friends come out of their problems is the basic story of Unstoppable.

Performances

VJ Sunny plays a mass role and he is good at it. Though he went overboard in many scenes, he has a decent screen presence and made full use of it. It is good to see Saptagiri back in comedy roles and here he speaks a new accent and manages to hold well. His chemistry with Sunny is quite good in the film. Posani Krishna Murali’s role is cheap and over the top. Aksa Khan and her special song were good. Raja Ravindra and Nakshatra, who played the female leads were just okay in their characters.

Technicalities

Diamond Ratnababu’s story is as silly as it can get. There is no story in the film and the writer penned a few comedy scenes and then weaved a story around it which falls flat on its face. The music by Bheems Ceciroleo is not that great as none of the songs make any impact. However, the cinematography is quite good in the film. The editing is pathetic as so many scenes could have been chopped off. The rest of the technical aspects are not worth mentioning here.

What’s Good

Saptagiri-VJ Sunny performance
A few comedy scenes

What’s Bad

Lack of Story
Screenplay
Over-the-top scenes

Analysis

When young directors in Telugu cinema are making films with solid content, here is one film which ticks all the boxes wrong. Such comedies used to work in the era of EVV Satyanarayana but not anymore. Well, it is hard to even compare EVV with Diamond Ratnababu as his writing and direction are both pathetic in Unstoppable.

Just by having a solid title of Unstoppable, one should not think he has half the game won. Instead, he should work on the story and execution. Unstoppable has hardly any story and banks only on comedy which fails to connect one bit. The film is riddled with silly scenes that it is hard to make a count of them after a point. There is absolutely no seriousness in the film and the blame should go on Diamond Ratnababu for thinking the audience would love such a slapstick comedy.

The narrative is so loud that you look at the exit door to wonder when the film is going to end. There are a few tongue-in-cheek humor moments that are good but that is also marred by some silly scenes which have no depth in them. The emotions go for a toss and there is not a single episode that connects to the audience. The sheer arrogance with which Ratnababu unleashes one character after the other without any purpose only irritates the audience further.

In today’s time when there is much available in terms of reels and social media jokes, Unstoppable lands a badly made film that has nothing going it’s way. The director gave his phone number and requested the audience to call him if they do enjoy the jokes. Well, looking at the film, it is better that Diamond Ratnababu hides his phone and he himself goes into hiding.

Verdict- Unbearable

Rating: 1.5/5