Maestro [Telugu]

Andhadhun will not only remain one of the best movies in the history of Bollywood, or Indian cinema as a while, but, frankly speaking, it's up there with the best of all time in world cinema. To put it plainly, it's a very tough act to follow. So, does Nithiin, Tamannaah Bhatia and Nabha Natesh's Telugu remake, Maestro, written and directed by Merlapaka Gandhi, manage to make a fist of it. Sadly, the apple falls very, very far from the tree in this case. Merlapaka Gandhi attempts to take on the award-winning black crime comedy--Andhadhun and tweak it a little bit for Maestro. While the basic beats of the film remain familiar and it's almost a frame to frame remake, there are hearts tugged by sentiment and key plot points spoon-fed while it was left to imagination in the original. By the time the scene where a lead knocks a soda can out of their way rolls around, you're left with mixed feelings. Arun (Nithiin) is a blind pianist in Goa, living in the handicapped quarters with only his cat Rani for company. He plays his music at local restaurants to make ends meet and save enough money to head abroad. Sophie (Nabha Natesh) and her father Pedro (Balakrishna) allow him to play at their struggling restaurant. Elsewhere there's an ageing superstar called Mohan (Naresh) who loves re-watching his old films to remember lost glory. He's been married to a much-younger Simran (Tamannaah Bhatia) since two years and she harbours the dream of being an actress. Maestro also sees Jisshu Sengupta as a CI called Bobby, Sreemukhi as his wife Lucky and Harshavardhan as a doctor looking to make a quick buck. An illicit affair leaves murders in its wake, a key witness must find a way to save themselves and a rabbit escapes a cabbage farm right on time. Also, as earnest as Nithiin is, and as drop-dead gorgeous as Tamannaah and Nabha Natesh are, they simply can't match up to how Ayushmaan Khurrana, Tabu and Radhika Apte brought so much to the table courtesy of their expressions and body language. Even the supporting players like Jisshu Sengupta, Sreemukhi, Harsha Vardhan, Mangli and Racha Ravi pale before their counterparts from the original. We wonder if this again has to do with the direction. And while some changes to the script are welcome, the others seem forced, merely added to show that we can do things differently. Maestro is a classic case of how a remake seldom matched up to the original despite it treading the same path, owing to the Director changing hands. Instead of watching this failed remake, you should watch Andhadhun.

Great team work, wonderful acting by Nithiin and Tamannaah.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Must watch. 7 out of 9 found this helpfulMaestro movie looks like a game.. Many twists thats whonever thinking.. Wonderful acting by nithiin sir.. Great & hard work.. We missed Bgm due to release of ott.. Blockbuster movie Rating :5/5 Pls see all frnds.

One star because they chose a good movie to remake. Sadly they didn't live up to that. I don't understand why they chose this cast. Nithin doesn't look like a blind person at all. Ayushman is more silent and looks full of mystery. Nithin looks mischievous. On screen something felt out of place. And the music. It sucked. If you are curious about the movie. Just watch the Bollywood one. Dialogue, music and screenplay is much better.

It is just a not better remake of the 2018 film Andhadhun, not better, not even the same. The producers, director, cast and entire crew just wasted their time, effort and money trying to remake everything in a worse way. It was as if this film was only made by playing Andhadhun, re-enacting it on stage piece by piece while recording. There is hardly any cast better than Andhadhun. Nithiin's acting was acually not too bad, but still not as good as Ayushmann Khurrana. Tamannaah Bhatia: very disappointing and seems forced to appear evil; her acting is still far from Tabu for the role of an antagonist, and this is the biggest weakness that actually eliminates the evil atmosphere of the antagonist. The rest of the cast are worse, nothing special, weak character. The only one who is better is Nabha Natesh who appears slightly superior to Radhika Apte.

After I came to know that it is the remake of Andhadhun, I got excited. While lead actors performed really well. The movie's performance was ruined by side actors. They performed really bad.