Meter review: A cautionary tale for young actors

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By Deepthi Nandan

07/04/2023

Young hero Kiran Abbavaram is steadily building his career. This week, he is reaching out to the audience with the cop drama Meter.

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Arjun Kalyan (Kiran Abbavaram) despises being a police officer after seeing the humiliation and difficulties his father — a sincere police officer — faced.

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What made him turn from a guy who once despised the profession into a ferocious and responsible cop forms the main plot of Meter.

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The story of Meter is pretty routine and lacks freshness. It appears the story is written to satiate the “mass hero” cravings of Kiran Abbavaram.

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Adding to a weak story, poor treatment spoils the whole movie. Director Ramesh Kaduri has thoughtlessly followed a cliched format.

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Kiran Abbavaram has shown ease in essaying a police officer. However, he needs to work seriously on his story selection.

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Athulya Ravi looks gorgeous. She has no role and is there just as eye candy. Dhanush Pawan is impressive as the antagonist.

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Posani Krishna Murali, Saptagiri, Ramesh Reddy and others also appear in this forgettable movie.

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Sai Karthik has composed the music for the film, and a couple of his songs are good. His BGM is fine.

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Venkat C Dileep’s cinematography is also fine. Editor Karthik Srinivas had a lot of work to do.

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Kiran Abbavaram should know that heroes become mass stars only through good stories and not with cliched formulaic movies.

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