Taxiwaala Review Vijay Devarakonda who has become a happening hero off late faced a debate with his last outing NOTA. He is now back with Taxiwaala which was in the making for a long time and is finally hitting the screens today. Shiva(Vijay Devarakonda) is a jobless guy who comes to his friend's garage in search of a job. He works in a couple of jobs but finds them uninteresting. And then he comes across this idea to become a taxi driver and buys a car with the help of his brother's money. He meets the heroine in this taxi and they fall in love and at this point, he starts experiencing weird things in his taxi and he soon realizes there is an unfolded story attached to it. Where will this taxi lead him to? And how hoes he solves all the problems forms the rest of the story. Taxiwaala Performances Vijay Devarakonda looked very cool as usual and he is at his natural best as cabbie shiva and does his part effortlessly within his limitations. Debutant Priyanka Jawalkar has a very limited role to play and she does well. Malavika Nair in the flashback portions has got a crucial role and she does well. Comedians Madhu and Chammak Chandra are entertaining while the guy who did Hollywood role is hilarious with his one-liners. Others have minimal roles and have done their part accordingly Taxiwaala Technical Aspects Music and BGM by Jakes Bejoy are good. Visuals by Sreejith Sarang are decent and are according to the mood of the film and set the tone perfectly. Editing is good while the production values by SKN are decent. Taxiwaala Positives Vijay Devarakonda Plotline Maate Vinadhuga song Comedy quotient Taxiwaala Negatives Commercial elements Uneven 2nd Half Fictional part is a tad long and could have been more convincing Taxiwaala Analysis Director Rahul Sankrityan chooses a horror plot line and has added a science fictional twist to it to make it more appealing instead of sticking to the horror genre. He has narrated it very convincingly for the most part keeping the viewers engaged. The movie starts off in an entertaining way and quickly moves onto the main plot and continues to be fun ride till post interval. Once the fictional part comes in, the narration becomes tad slow and it only goes down from there. The fictional element looks a bit dragged and could have been even more convincing towards the pre-climax and climax portions. Maate Vinadhuga song and the comedy one-liners along with Vijay's presence entertain us big time. Taxiwaala Verdict On the whole, Taxiwaala is a content-driven movie narrated in a very entertaining manner. Although the narration is uneven at times because of its fictional content, the comedy part makes this movie entertaining. Keep your expectations in check and you are in for a good entertainer this weekend.
Story Siva (Vijay Deverakonda) joins as an app based taxi driver after buying a good looking vintage Contessa car for a cheap price. As he starts driving, he finds out that there is some spirit in car that takes control of car. Then he realises that the spirit in car is of helping nature, but not a harming one. Rest of the story is all about how he investigates about the past of the car and helps out the spirit. Artists Performance Actors: Vijay Deverakonda gives preference to content and acts as per the requisition of the script. He is very good and makes sure that he doesn't dominate the character. Priyanka Jawalkar is nice as the female lead. Her dubbing is good (not sure if its her own dubbing). Malavika Nair does a key role and she is excellent. The newcomer who acted as hero’s friend Hollywood adds some freshness to comedy scenes with his body language. Ravi Varma gets a good role and is convincing as a para-science professor. Chammak Chandra entertains in a couple of key scenes. Madhunandan, Kalyani, Yamuna, Sijju, Ravi Prakash, Uttej, Kireeti, Chitram Sreenu and others did justice to their characters. Technical departments Story - screenplay - direction: This film is a supernatural thriller that deals with the concept of Astral Projection. Director Rahul Sankrityan starts off the film with a hospital scene where the entire story is connected and he resolves the hospital mystery in second half. Entire first half revolves around hero getting acquainted with his strange-acting car. And second half deals in resolving the conflict. The director has also made sure that he sprinkled entertainment in first half. The flashback episode (the reason for mother’s actions) is partly justified. But the main concept of astral projection interests you. The climax of the film is conceived well by keeping the hero aside (very difficult decision to take when you have star in the film). The episodes prior the climax are entertaining. On a whole, director Rahul Sankrityan sticks to his script and pulls it off well. Other departments: Cinematography by Sujith Sarang is good and is in tune with the concept of the film. Music by Jakes Bejoy is very good. Mate Vinadhuga is extremely melodious (thanks to the magical voice of Sid Sriram). Dialogues are well written. Production design by Srikanth Ramisetty is realistic. Editing by Sreejith Sarang is good. First time solo producer SKN has a taste for different content (Thanks to Geetha Arts and UV Creations). Analysis: Taxiwaala is yet another example that piracy doesn’t matter if the film has decent content. It has got different yet engaging concept. Car acting weird is a concept that is never touched on Telugu screen as the main plotpoint (last such scene I remember in Telugu films was the cellar scene in second half of Arundhati where a car tries to jump ahead on it’s own to scare the villain, Another one is hero hacking car’s security system in climax of Lover film). Plus points of the film are concept, execution and Vijay Deverakonda. On the flipside, narration in second half slows down considerably. On a whole. Taxiwaala is a decent content film and you may watch it!
