Movie: Liger
Rating: 1.75/5
Cast: Vijay Deverakonda, Ananya Pandey, Ramya Krishnan, Ronit Roy
Director: Puri Jagannadh
Produced By: Karan Johar and Puri Jagannadh
Release Date: August 25th, 2022
Right from the day the title ‘Liger’ was announced, this Vijay Deverakonda- Puri Jagannadh project evoked great interest. This buzz grew further as the days passed and the MMA backdrop, Karan Johar producing it, and finally the presence of Mike Tyson heightened the expectations like never before. While the audio of the film has been underwhelming, to say the least, fans have pinned high hopes on Puri’s writing and Vijay’s performance. Does Liger have enough power to roar or is it just another all hype no substance project from Puri? Let’s check out.
Story: Liger (Vijay) along with his mother Balamani (Ramya Krishnan) moves to Mumbai from Karimnagar with an aim of becoming an MMA champion. Balamani is a protective mother who wants her son to focus only on MMA and not on girls. He trains hard and works towards his ambition. But as fate would have it, he meets Tanya (Ananya Pandey) what happens next and how does his life change from there, and will Liger fulfill his dream? This is what the story follows.
Performances: Liger is all about Vijay Deverakonda. Physically, he has put everything into this pan-India project. His body transformation is truly appreciable. Vijay looks intense and does well in action sequences. However, that’s all that can be said about him. His acting weakness becomes quite obvious, especially in the emotional sequences. The stammering part is quite a distraction and sometimes gets annoying as well. Ramya Krishnan is fine as Balamani but the Telangana dialect sounds quite unnatural from her. Ronit Roy looks good as Liger’s coach but has nothing major to add and so does Ananya Pandey whose character is one of the weakest ones in the film. Apart from her presence in songs, which again are quite underwhelming, Ananya has nothing to add to the film’s proceedings.
Analysis: An ambitious pan-India project needs solid content or entertainment value. Liger lacks in both and has plenty of loopholes and poorly written scenes. From a writing point of view, this is Puri’s weakest work so far. His attempt at a comeback has been halted due to terrible screenplay, predictable plot, and senseless direction. The lack of emotional connection with the protagonist’s journey from Karimnagar to the USA via Mumbai is one of the biggest drawbacks and a few moments in the first half aside, Liger totally fails to capture the audience’s fancy.
Plus Points:
- Fights
- Production values
- Camera work
Minus Points:
- Vijay Deverakonda’s characterization
- 2nd Half
- Illogical Screenplay
- Ananya Pandey
Verdict: Liger is all style no substance and which makes viewers lose interest because of a series of cringe-worthy scenes and weak writing. Vijay Deverakonda and Puri Jagannadh have grossly miscalculated the audience’s tastes and their movies’ power with this poor pan-India attempt.
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