Movie: Good Luck Sakhi
Rating: 2/5
Cast: Keerthy Suresh, Aadhi Pinnisetty, Jagapathi Babu
Director: Nagesh Kukunorro
Produced By: Sudheer Chandra Padiri
Release Date: January 28th, 2022
Award-winning director Nagesh Kukunoor is making his Telugu directorial debut with the sports drama Good Luck Sakhi. The film stars Keerthy Suresh in the lead role and the trailer looked promising. The film was completed last year and was mostly shot in Vikarabad and Hyderabad. Keerthy Suresh’s new look as a rural girl and Aadhi as ‘Goli Raju’ look promising in the movie. But, does it have enough to hold the audience’s attention? Let’s find out.
Story: Good Luck Sakhi follows the life of Sakhi, a young girl from rural Telangana who is often chided for bringing bad luck everywhere. This belief of the villagers is further strengthened after her fiance dies just before their wedding. While the entire village believes in Sakhi’s bad luck, Goli Raju (Aadhi Pinnisetty), a local theatre actor doesn’t give much heed to others and encourages Sakhi to take up shooting. Jagapathi Babu plays a coach who helps Sakhi achieve her dream and prove her detractors wrong.
Performances: Keerthy Suresh as Sakhi gave a good performance and looks natural on screen. She picked up the nuances of the local language quite well and fits the role of Sakhi quite well. Jagapathy Babu and Aadhi also did a decent job however, the flat screenplay and lack of engaging storytelling don’t allow the actors to do much. The dull writing and rushed editing make the movie viewing experience quite unsatisfactory. Devi Sri Prasad appears to be the only technician who has given his 100 %.
Analysis: Good Luck Sakhi had the massive advantage of being a solo release. With no film coming up for the next couple of weeks, it has a free ground to rake in as much as possible. However, rushed editing and dubbing along with inaudible dialogues due to rushed work make the film viewing experience quite sub-par. The makers should have focussed on the technical aspects before releasing the film.
Plus Points:
- Natural Village backdrop
- Runtime
Minus Points:
- Rushed dubbing
- Flat writing
- Sports scenes picturisation
- Editing
Verdict: Good Luck Sakhi has a good scope for being an entertaining sports drama. There is enough scope for comedy and emotion but screenplay restricts it. Everything happens and ends abruptly with no reason. The film lacks the punch that is needed in the sports drama. Even shooting scenes did not have an impact and could have been captured and presented way better.
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