Hari Hara Veera Mallu Part 1 Review: Kohinoor Heist and Second-Half Action

and appears to be going through the motions.

His agile presence somehow takes us to the interval block,

which is where the real story begins.

This is where the journey to meet Aurangzeb is set up,

when Veeramallu is asked to steal the Kohinoor diamond

that sits on top of the Mughal emperor's peacock throne.

Veeramallu forms a gang and the second half gets going

and then the film becomes much better.

The post-interval portions wholeheartedly embrace

the history meets mythology aesthetic

and a masala-filled Amar Chitra Katha flavour kicks in.

We get a landslide, we get a tornado,

we even get a pack of wolves.

The songs like Mata Vinali fit better

and the action is also nicer.

A set piece where Veeramallu takes on a whole bunch

of Mughal soldiers is beautifully done.

Instead of going wide, the camera stays fairly close

and the compressed frames look like action paintings.

There are mentions of Hindu rituals like a Varuna Yagna

to bring rains, but these rains also bring relief

to a drought-stricken village filled with Muslims.

In other words, only Aurangzeb and his men

are shown as bad guys.

I wish the king had been given more to do,

but maybe that's what part two is all about

and I really hope they go all out

with a comic book fantasy feel.

For now, we are left with a half-decent setup

and in a season of disappointing movies with big stars,

that feels like an actual achievement.

That's it about Hari Hara Veeramallu part one.

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