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#Peddi,  #RamCharan Is  The Real Dhurandhar Rating: ****  For  my time  and money,  Ram Charan is  the  most  dedicated  mainstream actor in Indian cinema. And I say this  only on the basis of Peddi. His performance  as a  rural athlete  is do dedicated and passionate, I just wanted to give  the actor  a standing ovation .In comparison Ram Charan  in RRR seems like  a teaser trailer. Normally, big mainstream  actors when  called to perform the  rise-from-the-ashes trope, tend to  bend their  histrionics—for whatever they may be  worth—only to play to the  galleries.In Peddi, Ram Charan  goes beyond the applause to search for  the darkest recesses of a character who is born to  dieun sung. But then God  and  A R Rahman  have other plans.  “After all, you only live once,” Peddi tells  his friends,  a motley crew of faceless, nameless villagers in an anonymous  village  which has  only one  ambition: for a train  to stop for  just   a minute .  The railway track plays  a pivotal  part in the  breathless proceedings. It defines  the characters, none more  so  than  the eponymous Peddi. The role is one of the best written for a  superstar  in  Indian cinema. Ram  Charan  does  full  justice to it. He brings  a primeval passion to  Peddi’s part, playing him as both a  victim and  hero,  sometimes simultaneously .  It is  an astonishing  performance, unequalled  by anything  I’ve seen by  an upfront  superstar of cinema,  including Ranveer Singh in  the over-hyped Dhurandhar.   Here is an actor and  performance that  stride the  feral  mood of narration with an arresting fluency. When put in the athletic  mode  Ram Charan is  pure animal. He wrestles with a  forthrightness that makes Aamir Khan in  Dangal look  like  a body trouble. Ram Charan is forceful  and  deeply moving when speaking of  his character’s quest for identity and why  that is  of far more importance  to him than winning a  gold medal.  Much of this impassioned film’s  cogency depends  on  the central  performance.  However it would be   unfair to the  film if we  ignore its storytelling  excellence  . Director Buchi Babu Sana takes  some  time to come  to grips with  proceedings. Part  of the  blame  goes to Janhvi Kapoor whose  bosom-jutting act is  a distraction. By the  time we  arrive at  midpoint the mood of the  narration is comfortably  ensconced  in  a confident  blend of  entertainment  and social  statement.Peddi  has   a lot to  say  about neglecting  sports and sportsmen  in our  country. The finger wagging tone  gets noticeable when  Boman  Irani is on screen.  Ram Charan and some  of the  supporting cast, especially  Jagapathi Babu as a villager who  devotes his life  to  getting that one train to  stop in his village ,  make  a huge  contribution to  giving Peddi the  feel and texture of an  epic, even when the  drama  gets  too thick to be effective. The shocking twist  at the  end is hard  to  digest. But only if  we  fail to follow what  the  film is  trying to  say all along: it’s  not an easy world  for  the  underprivileged.It takes  a privileged  actor to take that message to the last row.

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