Ustaad Review

Ustaad Movie(2023): What's Behind

Sri Simha Koduri's upcoming flick Ustaad directed by Phanideep is appealing to all with the unique title and interesting teaser and trailer. The film is releasing on 12 August 2023. The way the makers slated the film after two biggies Rajinikanth's Jailer and Chiranjeevi's Bholaa Shankar, speaks volumes about their confidence. The film's OTT rights are yet to be finalised and streaming will be after the end of its theatrical run.

Ustaad Telugu Movie: Story Review

Ustaad's story is all about a hot-blooded young man who overcomes all obstacles and fears and wins over his love and also realizes his passion. First Officer Surya (Sri Simha Koduri) is about to take off his flight with Captain Joseph D Souza( Gautam Menon) who is a tough task master. Surya suffers from  Acrophobia and it all boils down to whether Surya managed to land the plane safely.

In the process, one gets to know the connection between Surya with his mother Gayatri (Anu Haasan), beautiful girl Meghana (Kavya Kalyanram), Mama (Sai Kiran Yedida), mechanic Brahmam(Ravindra Vijay) in the life of Surya and also about Ustaad and his relation with him.

Ustaad Movie: Artists Review

Sri Simha Koduri performed in the role tailormade for him. It is known that Sri Simha is known to live in the role of a underdog who has some problem and then overcomes and accomplices the task. He showed good expressions and emotions, highlighting the friendship and son-mother sentiment and emotions with his lover. He scored full marks for his performance. Except for few minute slips, he did well in his role.

Kavya Kalyanram looked chubby on the screen. She impressed all with her Telangana accent and dialogue delivery. The romantic track between Sri Simha and Kavya came out well. Anu Haasan played the role of Sri Simha's mother and she lived in the role. She came up with subtle expressions dn emotions and did not overdid herself.

Sai Kiran Yedida in the important character of Mama made a good impact. Ravindra Vijay as mechanic performed well showing good emotions and also highlighting the importance of treating machines with love. Gautam Menon as the captain takes the story forward and he made his presence felt. Samy who played the role of Sri Simha's friend performed well.

Ustaad Movie: Technicians Review

Ustaad's story directed by Phanideep through routine touched a new point and highlighted the bonding between man and a machine. To a simple feel-good love story, he added the bonding between the man and the machine, a bike called Ustaad, and generated interest among movie lovers. The first half goes off smoothly with entertaining, emotional, romantic, and hilarious scenes. The first half ends on a sedate note setting the stage for the second half.

However, Phanideep seems to have gotten excited with the first half, and in his excitement, he included many repetitive scenes that impacted the film. Phanideep's story is just ok but the way he highlighted the bonding between the man and the bike, not only visually but also in dialogue, excited all. Even the romantic track between the lead pair generated interest though after a point everything turned routine. Phanideep's screenplay is quite good and the direction is just ok. Dialogues are entertaining and at times thought provoking. But at times, dialogues faded bringing down the intensity.

Akeeva's  music is melodious and melancholic. It highlighted the right feel and mood of the story. A couple of songs are shot in the exotic and beautiful locations. He made a good impact with his BGM. BGM elevated the soul of the film. The cinematography of Pavan Kumar Puppala beautified the film. He showed the natural and realistic locations of coastal Andhra and Araku in an appealing way. Carthik Cuts' editing is good in the first half but he left many repetitive scenes in the second half and this adversely affected the film. Production values of Vaarahi  Chalana Chitram are good.

Ustaad : Advantages

• Cinematography
• Intense Emotions, BGM

Ustaad : Disadvantages

• Repetitive Scenes
• Lag in the second half

Ustaad Telugu Movie: Rating Analysis

Altogether, Ustaad is a feel-good emotional romantic entertainer. Phanideep planned Ustaad with Sri Simha Koduri and he got the right kind of role for him. He got the optimum out of the cast and crew coming up with a decent story. Though he lost the plot in between with repetitive scenes and stretched scenes, he struck to the point. His screenplay and direction is on the mark. A little bit of fine-tuning of the story and script would have done wonders for the film. Considering all these points, Cinejosh goes with a 2 Rating for Ustaad.