Movie Review: Mr Perfect Prabhas Kajal Film

Movie: Mr Perfect

Director: Dasarath

Music: Devi Sri Prasad

Cast: Prabhas, Kajal, Taapsee, Nassar, Murali Mohan, Prakash Raj

Mr Perfect seems to be a result of director Dasarath’s hangover from his previous films Santhosham and Suswagatham.

To be frank, instead of Prabhas, his lady love Kajal steals the show with her beauty and pleasing performance. Despite the imperfections, its release during the summer holidays will, in probability, ensure Mr Perfect success.

The storyline is simple: Vicky (Prabhas) is a serious young man who studies in Australia. He goes by a steadfast principle – I shall not budge for anything I don’t like. He believes he is Mr Perfect.

When he visits India for his sister’s marriage. his father (Nassar) and his friend (Murali Mohan) hope to get Vicky married to the latter’s daughter, Priya (Kajal). However, the pair can’t stand each other.

But soon the hatred flowers into love. Priya even changed herself to suit her man’s desires.

Vicky then returns to Australia, where he meets another beauty, Maggi (Taapsee). He believes he has made the perfect match for himself. However, things begin to change rapidly. He finds himself in a strange situation that forces him to choose between pure love and principled love. What happens next forms the crux of the movie.

As usual, Prabhas is neat in his performance, and in some angles there is a feel among the audiences that the Dasarath has been influenced by Allu Arjun’s performance in Aarya 2.

Kajal Agarwal proves that she is the beauty queen of Tollywood with her vivid expressions, and chic onscreen presence.

Taapsee’s role is etched out well, to present the contrast between serious love and obsession. Dasarath reserved Taapsee for hot scenes instead of Kajal, going by the formulaic presentation of the glamour portions.

K Vishwanath is dignified. Prakash Raj displays some variety in his characterisation. The other stalwarts of Telugu screen - Sayaji Shinde, Nassar, and Brahmanandam - are up to the mark.

Raghu Babu’s role is quite bad, while Master Bharath’s is routine.

Director Dasarath should be appreciated for his clean, family-oriented outlook, keeping under check all the elements that are not his forte. He is one director who makes the heroines say something about themselves and do something for the movie rather than merely dancing and romancing.

The screenplay is slow, but interesting, and remains unpredictable till the end of the film. Cinematography adds that much required fizz to the movie, coupled with scintillating locations.

The songs are nice, though you don’t have a duet. Devi Sri Prasad dominated certain scenes with splendid scores.

However, compared to the first half, the second half is weak. The director should have taken more care in developing the emotional scenes. The sermonising about love is taxing, too.

Verdict: Entertaining