Liger Movie Review: The hottest thing in Tollywood right now With the movie “Liger,” Vijay Devarakonda is spreading his wings. The movie has been getting a lot of attention since it was announced, in part because it is Vijay Devarakonda’s first PAN India movie. When the trailer came out, people were even more interested.
But the people who made the movie have promoted it all over India, and we all know how Vijay Devarakonda likes to do that. The movie came out today, August 25, 2022, with a lot of hype, so let’s get right to the review and see if it lives up to the hype.
Story
In Liger’s story, Balamani (Ramya Krishna) and her son Liger (Vijay Devarakonda) are from Karimnagar. They live in Mumbai, where they start a Chai business to make a living. Balamani hopes that her son Liger will become a great boxer one day. But things don’t go as planned. It seems like Liger needs a lot of money to become champion, but Balamani’s story about Liger’s father adds a twist. Who is Liger’s Father, finally? how did Balamani get to where he was? Will Liger start boxing? You have to watch the movie to find out all of these.
Cast & Crew
Vijay Devarakonda and Ananya Pandey played the main roles in the movie Liger. Ramya Krishna, Ronit Roy, Vishu Reddy, Ali, Makarand Desh Pandey, and Getup Srinu also played important parts. Puri Jagannadh wrote and directed the movie, which was shot by Vishnu Sarma. Azeem Dayani was in charge of the music, and Junaid Siddiqui was in charge of editing. Puri Jagannadh, Charmee Kaur, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Hiroo Yash Johar were all involved in making the movie.
| Movie Name | Liger |
| Director | Puri Jagannadh |
| Music Director | Azeem Dayani |
| Producer | Puri Jagannadh, Charmee Kaur, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Hiroo Yash Johar |
| Genre | Sports Drama |
| Cast | Vijay Devarakonda, Ananya Pandey, Ramya Krishna, Ronit Roy, Vishu Reddy, Ali, Makarand Desh Pandey, and Getup Srinu |
| Editor | Junaid Siddiqui |
Movie Verdict
Boxing movies are very popular in Telugu. There are a few good ones, like Srihari’s Badhrachalam and Pawan Kalyan’s Thammudu. After a long time, Puri Jagannadh decided to make a movie about boxing. The story begins with a typical Puri Jagannadh action scene, and then it moves to Mumbai, where Balamani and Liger have some drama. But after a while, the drama gets boring, because Puri
The first half was good but not very interesting. It seems like Puri Jagannadh crammed all the drama and love story into the first half so that he could spend the whole second half on boxing sequences and Myke Tyson scenes. However, this seems to have backfired because the core emotion didn’t land well in the first half, which hurt the second half as well.
Vijay is good as Liger because he shines so well in most of the scenes with his stammering, but he failed to show a few core emotions. Still, we should appreciate how he changed to look like a boxer. Ananya Pandey has no room to act. Ramya Krishna is brilliant as Balamani. Her body language, dialogue delivery, and every little nuance added so much to the character. Ronit Roy, Vishu Reddy, Ali, Makarand
Puri Jagannadh is known for his direction, the way he writes his heroes, and the way he writes their lines. We can see Puri’s touch in this movie, but not as much as in his other movies. This time, he focused more on the story than on the hero.
Technically, Liger looks great, and we can see every penny in every frame. Vishnu Sarma’s cinematography is good, and different musicians from Bollywood worked on the film’s background score, which was supervised by Azeem Dayani. The songs aren’t great, but the background score is good, and the rest of the technical departments did their best.
Lastly, Liger is an interesting boxing drama that can be watched by anyone, and for fans of Vijay Devarakonda, it’s a feast for the eyes.
Rating: 3.5/5
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