Eega (2012)

Lack of good storyline.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

(Disclaimer: This is my first movie review!) After watching this movie, I must say that I was humbly impressed. What seemed like a childish premise turned out to be pretty damn well executed. Plot: Your standard South Indian-revenge story, but the direction is excellent. The second half of this movie is far more riveting and involved than the first half. If the first half could have been tighter and more fluid (Nani's performance is mostly wasted), then I'd say that this was a perfectly executed film. The gradual degradation of Sudeep's character is portrayed well without many wavering distractions/diversions. Overall : 7/10Acting: Sudeep is excellent. Handles himself with grit, emotion, and vigorous fury throughout the film. Samantha is strictly average. Nothing outstanding about her performance, but she doesn't mess up anywhere. Nani is wasted. His pathetic attempts to woe Samantha are straight up funny and very clichéd. The rest of the supporting cast is strictly average. Overall: 6/10Music: Average. Nothing more, nothing less. 5/10Cinematography/Special Effects: Outstanding in my opinion. The CGI is really impressive, and it is especially cool to observe the fly getting its upgrades with the micro scale goggles and protection. Overall: 9/10From these brief evaluations, I'd give this movie a 7/10. Don't discard the initial incredulity this movie possesses. Watch it, you won't be very disappointed.

I find misleading the score of 8 that this movie has here at the time of writing this. First of all, let me start by saying that I don't like Bollywood movies, in general. I avoid them. For the description presented on this website, I didn't think this movie was going to be like that, so I was disappointed at having to cope with (BAD) singing and dancing. In all fairness, it's mostly the first 30 minutes of this that really stick out for mediocrity: I don't know if the bad songwriting and poor choreography were created like that on purpose in order to make it funny, although I can tell you that "bad" doesn't equal "funny", by no means. The 2 people the love story spins around are terrible actors: wooden like expressions, lack of natural feeling in the acting... Thankfully, the male gets killed (like we all know by the movie description) within those 30 first minutes, so one less thing to cope with. The CGI fly makes a much better actor than him. Speaking of special effects, they are mostly OK, nothing brilliant, but they deliver. Strange how it seems to be differences between CGI quality throughout the movie.One thing I don't get is why the H the actors seem to swap between speaking Telegu and English whenever they feel like it. To be honest, I don't know anything about Hindu languages, and wouldn't be surprised if they have been so westernized in some areas that they really speak like that, but I don't like it, sorry about that; India fought very hard for its independence to just include such non-sense in its language. Then again, maybe this is another recourse of the filmmaker to try to add a note of humour to the movie. Well, if that's the case, it's a big fail. Same goes for the inclusion of Christian religion in Hindu life, in this movie. I can respect people, highly, for considering a cow sacred. I won't respect anybody pushing his/her religion in a war of conquest.Thankfully, the interactions between the bad guy (who saves the acting part delivering a solid and humorous repertoire) and the imaginary fly make it up for most of the horrible singing and acting. Speaking of horrible things, what's up with the air blowing effect on the girl, even indoors? Is that a common Bollywood recourse, or just another failed attempt to humour?It's in interesting how much blood and sadistic behaviour this movie contains. I don't dislike it, quite the opposite. Just surprising for a silly Indian movie.Anyway, the only piece of music I enjoyed is the last one, at the very end, you'll see why! The fact that the voice pitch is changed probably helped (a lot).Fun (perhaps) to watch once. I just hope the whole movie was created as a big joke. If the drama, musical or any other genre in it was intended with any seriousness, it is a total failure.

Makhhi or eega is a movie which is absolutely weird and non sense but wait......this movie is a official non sense movie. I am sure the director made it and announced "hey folks this film is non sense...see if you like it or not but i have tried to make it entertaining".So this non sense movie is absolutely a rich experience. Its fresh beautiful and artistic. Unexpectedly this is first movie from south that i loved. Amazing story though nothing new but along with 'arey arey' soundtrack this film is just a refreshing experience. Don't know if they like it or not but i just loved this senselessness. Animation is unforgettable even though it has no match with modern animation movies. In all i loved this movie and congratulate director and crew for this try.

What starts out as a love story quickly escalates into jealousy and murder. The protagonist is murdered in cold blood by the cartoonishly evil villain.And then he is reincarnated as a housefly (eega is Telugu for fly), and sets out to exact revenge and to protect his lost love from the villain's clutches. Yes, it's a story about a vengeful spirit reincarnated as a housefly. Let me be clear here - it's a regular housefly, not a superhousefly or something. Well, a housefly with human intelligence and past memories, so super to an extent... but still a housefly that can be zapped by a bug zapper.It is a well made movie, given the premise. Good effects, nice sequences... enjoyable overall. But it's still over-the-top in-your-face action, typical Telugu masala fare. The plot gets thicker once the fly partners with his ex-beloved, who happens to be a miniature artist, who helps him train himself physically and makes protective gear for him to wear. No kidding. Ridiculous? Yes, but you would have stopped caring about realism and sense long time before this happens.It's a good story - given the premise. It's well made - given the premise. It's entertaining - given the premise. The premise itself is quite novel and groundbreaking, but it's difficult to take it seriously when you remember that it's all about a reincarnated housefly executing a planned revenge on his killer using stealth tactics and miniature weaponry.Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed the movie immensely. It's great to see people coming out with experimental stuff like this. And it delivers what it promises.