Can't get better than this
Watching Balayya's Okka Magaadu was a hilarious experience. Sounds idiotic but true.
I have gone to watch the movie (on the tenth day after its release)only to enjoy YVS Choudary's directorial debacle and Balakrishna's weired mannerisms. I was in Delhi and my friend Sripathi, who watched the flick on the second day, smsed 'Okka Magaadu is utter flop'. Later when I called him up he told he that watching the movie was real fun and it was a mix of three or four movies. Then I made watching this flick my first priority after reaching Hyderabad and along with another friend of mine, I went to a nearest theater to watch the magnum opus.
There were only a handful of people - I assume they too were anxious like me to see what the film was all about - waiting in front of the theater.
The following are the scenes that evoked laughter:
1. Old Balayya buries his sword in 1947. He goes to the exact spot and takes it out in 2008. Only Balayya can do this.
2. A person touches Balakrishna's (old version) sword and his finger is gone.
3. Balakrishna (old version)jumps from the 6th floor of a CBI building and walks out in style.
4. Young Balakrishna (of course even this version is old but younger to the old version) radiates light during a confrontation scene with the villain.
5. Gandhiji, Nehru and Subhash Chandrabose talk about Balakrishna in Telugu. Funniest part is that while Gandhiji and Nehru appear in color, Subhash Chandrabose appear talking before a mike and in black and white.
6. In the climax scene, Balayya fights with about 25 kung fu champions from China alone. During this time, a gang full of crooks escape in an aeroplane. Suddenly Balayya comes out from the pilot's cabin and gives a small lecture. When asked how he came, he says " Ela vachamannadi kaadu, endukochhanu emi cheyabotunnanu anedi mukhyam." Finally, the pilots get down using parachutes and the plane along with all the members on board crashes after hitting the Himalayas.
7.YVS Chowdary appears on the screen and informs Simran (wife of old Balayya aka Okka Magaadu) that he would write the story of Okka Magaadu as a Kaaavyam.
8. Finally, old Balayya appears on screen with graphics Himalayas behind him and laughs HA HA HA. The caption "His journey begins again" appear on the screen.
Then without any further delay all the people began their journey to their homes.
January 21, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Gandhiji, Nehru and Subhash Chandrabose talk about Balakrishna in Telugu. Funniest part is that while Gandhiji and Nehru appear in color, Subhash Chandrabose appear talking before a mike and in black and white.
That takes the cake. Awesome.
January 22, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Anyway, it made you laugh for the day. So, its worth paying Rs.50 for that movie. Isn't it?
January 22, 2008 at 5:27 PM
@akhil and prasanthi: If you want to experience the same joy and fun, pls watch it asap as it will disappear very soon ' good times always end fast.'
January 24, 2008 at 12:12 AM
I wouldn't dare.
January 24, 2008 at 10:03 PM
It’s good that you had a great time watching that movie. Thanks for portraying the movie, which I would never dare to watch. I can visualise Balakrishna yelling in those scenes. He is one actor (of many in the industry) who has been putting up consistent performance trough out his career, without any improvement noticeable; instead his performance has become even worse these days.
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