Damarukam is a socio – fantasy film from telugu cinema industry
after a long time. So, it is with some amount of expectations of being
entertained that one would go to watch this movie. What would a socio fantasy
promises to deliver? Some magic, good music, a super hero, a very beautiful
heroine, a powerful villain and above all lots of entertainment. Yet
‘Damarukam’ fails on all these fronts!
The story is lame without any interesting twists or turns.
The villain delivers some good dialouges but they are very few and at other
times he does not seem to be making an impression! The character lacks wit. The
Rakshasudu/Mantrikudu that we are used to see in all our good old janapada
cinemalu will make villain of Damarukam even more placid.
Even Nagarjuna is not very impressive, neither is his
character in the movie. Anushka’s job is to just look beautiful, which she does
but without the least traces of any acting skills. I wonder if this is the same
lady who carried so well the character of Arundhathi! Prakash Raj as lord Shiva gives a good performance, though it is not of much use. His makeup is weird and does not carry that heavenly look.
