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Critic Review
I (manoharudu)Lingeshwar(Vikram) is a lower middle class guy who aspires to become Mr. India, is also a ardent fan of Dia(Amy Jackson, who is a famous model, with major ads of her being done along with John( Upen Patel). Lingeshwar eventually becomes Mr Andhra and turns into a bouncer to Dia. Dia, who is annoyed by John, who is after her asker her to sleep with him, is being made infamous by John, with his influence. Dia as a solution to this approaches Lingeshwar( who is a Mr. Andhra already) to make an ad along with her. Finding that Lingeshwar is unable to shoot with her, Dia pretends that she is in love with Lingehswar. They shoot the ad successfully but, later Lingeshwar knows the truth of Dia’s pretension from Oozy(Lingeshwar’s Stylist, who loves him, but is being denied)who is a transgender. Upset Lingeshwar confesses his feelings for Dia. Dial feels guilty, but eventually falls in love for Lingeshwar. They both become a hit pair in the modeling industry. John is no more known to people as he lost his craze with Vikram and Dia getting all the craze tries to kill Lingeshwar along with Oozy and an owner of a top agency with whom Lingeshwar gives a damn to work with. Suresh Prabhu, who is a Doctor by profession and acts as a guardian to Amy Jackson and her mother, is secretly a crook who wants to exploit Amy, since childhood. He also joins, John, Oozy and Ad agency owner to kill Lingeshwar, as Dia and Lingeshwar decides to get married. He injects ‘I’ Virus(Influenza Virus)into Lingeshwar’s body, with which Lingeshwar turns into a beast, losing all his glamour and absconds to a lonely place and decides to die, but is saved by his friend Santhanam. He is revealed the truth that he is being injected the virus by all his enemies, by a doctor who treats him. Lingeshwar decides to take revenge on all the four of his enemies and kidnaps Dia, who is about to get married to Suresh Prabhu. Lingeshwar successfully takes revenge on all his enemies, by turning them into ugly beasts by his careful coups. Lives the rest of his life with Dia in China(their favourite place) - See more at: http://www.telugucinema.com/shakars-i-movie-review/#sthash.fot8YZVT.dpuf.
A big director coming together with a big hero is usually a sure-shot hit. But sometimes, two big names can really up the expectations and that mars its BO performance. 'I' could turn out to be one such film, at least in Telugu.
Bottomline: Lost cause.
'I'(Manoharudu) Ai is definitely a must watch. Watch this Indian movie for the outstanding perfornace of Vikram and the international standards of film making displayed by Shankar ..
Shankar is a master story teller. The screenplay format adopted for a simple action revenge concept has absolutely gone wrong. Nevertheless, for the first time he might be a defeater. Well, appreciations on one point because no one can anticipate a fact t.
Overall, this is a film which must be watched for its production values and style than the emotional substance. At the box office, the openings will be massive and success would depend on the word of mouth publicity.
Bharatstudent verdict: Eye for the .
A movie worth watching for Vikram’s outstanding acting in three different roles and definitely Amy Jackson’s glamour and Shankar’s intelligent film making skills. The movie as touted to be with Hollywood Standards is not seen much in that aspect. It.
On the whole, I is surely Shankar’s weakest film till date. Excessive length and lack of emotional connect are basic drawbacks. But keeping the festival season in mind, and Shankar’s grand visuals added with Vikram’s mind blowing performance, this f.
'I' received second biggest release ever for a dubbed flick (700-plus screens for Telugu version). Theatrical Rights were sold out for a bomb and hence recovery isn't going to be easy with pretty poor word of mouth even though openings could be extraordin.
