We have had a decent history of remaking movies. Our Shankar Dada MBBS and Gabbar Singh out did their originals by many folds. However here is another one that could have been much better. In short, Gopala Gopala is written and directed by somebody who either did not quite understand the essence of "Oh My God!" or could not make what he intended to.
The movie starts with an atheist Gopal Rao (Venkatesh) struggling with the devotion of his friends and family towards god and that does not make any sense to him. He prefers feeding the poor, helping those in trouble over offering things to god. Well, this is conveyed by a couple of seriously unconvincing shots. As the story moves on, Gopala suffers a huge personal loss in terms of an earthquake which damages his livelihood. Insurance companies denies his claims citing the term "Act of God". The rest of the film goes around how Gopala files cases against god his committee managers (Godmen) to get his money.
When I watched Oh My God! and PK movies, I felt there is a necessity to remake any of these films and show to people who cannot understand Hindi. But alas, not this way! The enthusiasm that has built up once the poor fellow files a case on god goes gradually down with every court hearing. It takes a Pawan Kalyan to keep you awake through the boring and illogical logics. Most actors except Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan seem to have over done it. Mithun Chakraborty's role did wonders in the original but its poorly dealt with here. Another huge let down for the movie is Pawan Kalyan's role as god Krishna who guides Gopala through tough times. Well, you know that because of that dialogue where Venkatesh says "It's you who guided me through all this". Otherwise you never know what Pawan Kalyan is doing in this film. His role was more like a brand ambassador to the film than actor.
Overall, I wish this movie is only better. You may watch it because you don't want to miss a Pawan Kalyan film simply because it is not good!
The movie starts with an atheist Gopal Rao (Venkatesh) struggling with the devotion of his friends and family towards god and that does not make any sense to him. He prefers feeding the poor, helping those in trouble over offering things to god. Well, this is conveyed by a couple of seriously unconvincing shots. As the story moves on, Gopala suffers a huge personal loss in terms of an earthquake which damages his livelihood. Insurance companies denies his claims citing the term "Act of God". The rest of the film goes around how Gopala files cases against god his committee managers (Godmen) to get his money.
When I watched Oh My God! and PK movies, I felt there is a necessity to remake any of these films and show to people who cannot understand Hindi. But alas, not this way! The enthusiasm that has built up once the poor fellow files a case on god goes gradually down with every court hearing. It takes a Pawan Kalyan to keep you awake through the boring and illogical logics. Most actors except Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan seem to have over done it. Mithun Chakraborty's role did wonders in the original but its poorly dealt with here. Another huge let down for the movie is Pawan Kalyan's role as god Krishna who guides Gopala through tough times. Well, you know that because of that dialogue where Venkatesh says "It's you who guided me through all this". Otherwise you never know what Pawan Kalyan is doing in this film. His role was more like a brand ambassador to the film than actor.
Overall, I wish this movie is only better. You may watch it because you don't want to miss a Pawan Kalyan film simply because it is not good!