Godfather film review: An absolute entertainer from Chiranjeevi and Mohan Raja

Godfather, one of the most-awaited films of this festive season, hit the screens today — and in all likelihood we have a big box-office hit on our hands.

Starring megastar Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara and Satyadev in lead roles, the film is directed by Mohan Raja. Godfather is the Telugu remake of Malayalam movie Lucifer, starring Mohanlal.

Chiranjeevi’s last film, Acharya, ended as the disaster of the year. His fans desperately wanted him to bounce back, and he has done so with Godfather.

Story and plot

Let’s right away get into the story of the film: Chief Minister PKR passes away and the entire state is waiting to find out who the next chief minister will be.

Minister Varma (Murali Sharma) has eyes on the post, as also Jaidev (Satyadev), PKR’s son-in-law. But everyone knows that it is Brahma (Chiranjeevi) who has all the qualities to become the chief minister.

Brahma is PKR’s son from his first marriage. And from his second marriage, he has two daughters: Satyapriya (Nayanthara) and Janhvi. Satya hates Brahma as she considers him the reason for the death of her mother.

Jaidev is a criminal and his marriage with Satya is a trap. He wants to become the chief minister so that he can continue his criminal saga. He was the one who killed PKR.

One day, Satya comes to know the criminal side of her husband and that he’s the murderer of her father. Now to save herself and her sister from Jaidev, will she approach Brahma so that he can save the party and state too?

Who will out the fact that Brahma has another persona called Abram Qureshi, and his close aid Masood Bhai (Salman Khan) has connections to the mafia?

The Chiranjeevi show

Godfather is loud and it is entertaining, as it is both a serious political thriller and has pucca commercial elements.

This film is not exactly a remake because, when compared to the original, quite a lot of changes have been made to the plot. In other words, this film is a fanboy tribute to Chiranjeevi from Mohan Raja and music director Thaman S.

With a salt-and-pepper look, dark-coloured kurtas, black goggles and an Ambassador car, Chiranjeevi is downright regal. It’s good to see him back in his mass avatar and it is an absolute delight to watch him on the screen.

Other actors

Nayanthara, as is now expected of her, has done a good job. Satyadev is at his best in this negatively-shaded role. This is the first time he played an antagonist and the entire first half is his.

Samuthirakhani plays a cop and though he has less screen time, he has done a commendable job. Murali Sharma has, yet again, proved that he is a versatile actor.

The producers of the movie spent huge amount on casting, and the production quality.

Special credits to Thaman for amazing background music score. Perfect in every possible way,

Godfather is an absolute entertainer. There are smany elevation shots for Chiranjeevi and they are great too. Director of photography Nirav Shah has done a great job of visually portraying the film.

The long and short of it: Godfather is good, if you don’t compare it to Lucifer. Fans of Chiranjeevi will enjoy every bit the film.