The politics that unfolded within the Telugu lands within the final decade and a half have been very eventful and dramatic, ensuing within the rise or downfall of leaders and events. It’s a Herculean job to pack within the vital political milestones and related feelings that occurred between 2009 and 2019 in a two-hour film. Yatra 2, directed by Mahi V. Raghav, makes an attempt to seize the journey of the present Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, from the time he was thrust onto the political stage instantly after the sudden loss of life of his father Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR).
The film is a sequel to Yatra, which confirmed how former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy stormed to energy in 2004 along with his signature padayatra (walkathon). In each installments, senior Malayalam actor Mammootty performs YSR convincingly. To an important extent, Yatra 2 is a biopic of Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, performed by Jiiva. The essential plot of Yatra 2 is public information, and possibly that can be the USP of the movie, as politics is a keenly adopted topic within the southern states.
The film opens with the ultimate days of YSR when he will get re-elected because the chief minister of a united AP in 2009. Within the simultaneous elections held for Parliament, his son Y.S. Jagan will get elected as an MP of Progress Occasion (a fictionalised title for the Congress). It’s right here that Jagan will get a bitter style of coping with the high-handedness of the Delhi central management. The viewers is launched to the bond that the son and the daddy share.
Publish the tragic helicopter accident of YSR, a younger Jagan is seen absorbing the shock of dropping his father whereas these round him bask in scheming and planning. It’s right here that some controversial revelations are made, which makes the film attention-grabbing. For an extended interval, Y.S. Jagan’s opponents had alleged that it was Jagan who wished to be the CM after the demise of his father.
Based on the film, it was the leaders within the Congress celebration who rapidly wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi to make him the CM with out his information. And it was senior leaders near Sonia Gandhi who provoked and misled her into antagonizing Jagan.
The movie is stuffed with real-life politicians like Ok.V.P. Ramchandar Rao (Subhalekha Sudhakar) who add depth and depth to the narrative that Jagan was the sufferer of a witch-hunt by each Sonia Gandhi and Chandrababu Naidu (Mahesh Manjrekar). The film additionally lays naked the alleged backdoor dealings between Congress and Naidu’s Telugu Desam Occasion (TDP) to sideline Jagan. Mirroring actuality, Jagan defies the Progress Occasion excessive command and begins his personal celebration, after which winds up in jail on corruption fees.
Yatra 2 additionally has attention-grabbing particulars about how Jagan was requested to assist a invoice of the Central authorities in return for bail, and the way he turned down the provide. The second half of the film follows Jagan reviving himself whereas following his father’s strict beliefs, values, and a padayatra to clinch energy. The filmmakers used authentic footage of Jagan and YSR household in bits and items, which is an effective worth addition to the film.
Jiiva as Jagan offers his finest shot emulating his expressions and physique language. The film’s background music is common and on many events fails to raise the scenes. The screenplay is nice. Whether or not it’s showcasing his 2017 padayatra or the aftermath of the discharge of Jagan on bail or when he began a celebration, the film appears to be in a rush to seize all the weather of Y.S. Jagan’s political life, and within the course of fails to mete out particular remedy to a few of his excessive moments.
Although the director does strive his finest to maintain the film as lifelike as attainable, Yatra 2 makes for an attention-grabbing watch even for individuals who usually are not political fanatics.
Film: Yatra 2
Solid: Mammootty , Jiiva, Mahesh Manjrekar, Subhalekha Sudhakar
Director: Mahi V. Raghav
Ranking: 3.5/5
