Fidaa (2017) User Reviews (33)

Fidaa is Sai Pallavi's show all the way with her terrific performance.A One Time Watch

[shobanchittuprolu · 7/10 · 24 July 2017]

Fidaa (2017): Who wouldn't have expectations on Sai Pallavi and Shekar Kamula combo.Sai Pallavi is heartthrob for all the youngsters after Premam.She is mostly known as Malar.She has great fan following all over South India even though she has acted in two Malayalam films till now.Now its her entry to Tollywood which was already successful as reviews have been positive and Sai Pallavi is being appreciated a lot.So how is Fidaa? Plot: Varun (Varun Tej), a NRI, lands in rural village in Telangana to attend the wedding ceremony of his brother (Raja) and meets Bhanumathi (Sai Pallavi), the bride's sister. They get attracted to each other and start finding out about themselves.Due to a misunderstanding, they part ways on a bad note. Though he likes her, she hates him for some incident.Months later, Bhanumathi comes to USA to see her pregnant sister. Will they fall in love this time? Does the story end on happier note?

My Review: Sai Pallavi is the major attraction of the film.Right from the first frame, she mesmerizes you completely. Be it her looks, Telangana accent and the way she carries the emotional scenes, she is a show stealer.It is so impressive that she got the Telugu language with Telangana slang so perfectly.Her dance moves in Vachinde song are awesome.Anybody can easily go fidaa over her.She is Tollywood's new heartthrob.

Shekar Kammula has selected ages old love story between two youngsters belonging to different backgrounds and their love-hate-love cycle.Even the movie is so clichéd,it still is entertaining only because of performances and dialogues.Shekar Kammula quite failed in second half as a story writer but his dialogues are entertaining throughout the film.

Music of the film is very good.Songs like "Vachinde","Hey Pllagada" and "Oosu Podu" are nice to hear.They are visually mesmerizing.

First half of the movie has lot of fun moments.All the moments between Varun and Bhanumathi are cute and filled with wit.

Second half is the major drawback as it gets repetitive with dull scenes.Even though Sai Pallavi's performances engages us,still the movie lost its charm in second half.

So,Fidaa is Sai Pallavi's show all the way with her terrific performance.A One Time Watch My rating 6.5/10

Refreshing acting by Sai Pallavi

[ravitadepalli · 8/10 · 27 May 2018]

Just got to watch this movie lately and I am super impressed by Sai Pallavi's acting and her ability to dub her own dialogs in Telangana Telugu! I really enjoyed every single one of her dialogs in the movie written by Sekhar Kammula. Yep, this movie is a hit because of Sai Pallavi and the rural Telangana settings portrayed by awesome cinematography and those 2 songs (Vacchinde & Hey Pillagada) carried through and through by her great dance moves and subtle expressions. She is the heart and soul of this film.

Now for the story, Sekhar did an excellent job narrating the story in the first half and fell short at the intermission and the second half. He did the difficult job of portraying the love story in great detail which is where most directors typically struggle. I wish he had spent a week more thinking about how he could have created and bridged the rift between the protagonists. A missed opportunity for film to be excellent from where I rated as good today. The scenes and dialogs set in the US could have been smoother - they look broken, hurried and induced with nonsense (Suzy, Ali,dress, etc.) in between. Here is where Sekhar lost the plot. I would have liked more dialogs from Sai Pallavi (Bhanu) here. She was unusually quiet for most of the second half. Raju (Varun's brother) could have had better dialogs. Varun Tej did a good job portraying his character.

Bhanu talks about her love to her friend, her sister, types and erases that on phone, but never overtly expresses her love to Varun throughout the film! If it were not for the super guesswork of Varun (Bhanu never gave any indications post the village life) and convincing by her dad, Bhanu would have ended up marrying that other dude - per the plot. I find it kind of odd that Sekhar missed that for the strong character he is portraying for Bhanu who could have expressed herself to Varun. Again, needs more dialogs for Sai Pallavi!

After all the talk of "half-and-half" (sagam-sagam), the fact that Bhanu is fine with the second option (Varum settling in the village) in the end seems a bit compromised and sudden without setting up relevant scenes and reasons.

All in all, a good refreshing movie. Go watch for Sai Pallavi, her Telangana accent, her dance moves, cinematography, and the monsoon rains in the village!

The redeeming character

[almoalgam · 7/10 · 29 July 2017]

Fida

Yes, I watch Telugu films too

Let's start with the bad stuff first. Cinematography was not good. There were some shots that were actually out of focus, some that had obstacles blocking the actors and some which were just not framed well. Same goes for the editing, it was not good. They wasted so much time on Trivial things. There was one particular shot in a hospital which was four minutes long when it only needed to be thirty seconds. And one important scene which needed to be longer but was cut much too early without the information being registered completely. The hero and the sister of the heroine were baaaaad. It was strained and it was showing. Lastly, the ending was rushed and all the time that they probably should've saved in the movie should've been used for it instead. It was just very abrupt. More of a conclusion would've been great.

Now for the good things. The story he told was told pretty well. The pacing was great, save for the ending. The direction was good enough and the screenplay was pretty good too. The story had no gaping plot holes and the characters were well written. Speaking of which, the heroine is definitely the highlight of the entire film. She was effortless in her acting and a natural. She was so lively and her screen presence was better than probably almost all of the heroines working here right now. She brought the character to life and did it without a single setback. I had no problem in believing anything she said. She was wonderful. I would really love to see more of her. Special mention to her father in the movie who also gave a pretty good performance.

So, a pretty good Telugu film with a pretty good story and one redeeming character/actor for whom you can actually watch the entire film.

Fidaa is all of Sai Pallavi

[hussainbangalore · 10/10 · 27 July 2017]

This movie presents beauty of love, it shows how the girl (heroine sai pallavi) from village falls in love with Hero (Varun), later how assumptions and confusion creates differences and cope them back, All movie credit goes to Heroine, her hyperactive acting, Telangana language & tremendous dance performance in her First song made really moved to Audience in the theater.

I really Appreciate Bhanu (Sai Pallavi) for her Performance in this movies, thanks for shekar Kammul for giving us such good movie.

Must watch story that defines love

[khushalgupta-98 · 10/10 · 23 July 2017]

From Malar to Anjali to Bhanumathi every performance loved it. Songs, excellent timing of dialogues make the story more beautiful.

Love - Hate - Love - Story truly defined by this movie.

Must watch movie even if you don't understand the language the expression of the actress will define the whole story and dialogue. The excellent performance by all actors and excellent direction.

A VERY MEDIOCRE LOVE STORY - SNOOZE FEST

[sayonbiz · 12 October 2019]

I must start with saying that I am a big fan of Telugu romantic films. I sat to watch this movie with the expectation of getting some good movie content after reading the wonderful reviews. But seems like I was wrong. The movie is based on a highly predictable and very mediocre love story. Nothing's fresh. Few shots here and there are fine, but major part of the cinematography and editing are so hastily done, you can feel it. The senseless transitions in between shots (the ones in America) were so badly knit.

The first half of the movie was still fine. But the second half was a total snooze fest. The first half was still something a bit fresh, but the second half was just completely predictable and felt like it was being pulled unnecessarily. The movie is truly all about the charm of Sai Pallavi. And I must say, she was the only subject that kept me from not exiting the movie. Damn, she is cute! But the story and direction could've been a lot better.

Fidaa. It is all about Sai Pallavi

[abhisheknirvana · 7/10 · 18 September 2017]

This movie is about the talented Sai Pallavi, she carries the whole movie on her shoulder with able support from the other cast. The first half of the movie was excellent, full-on entertainment 10/10. The slang used by Pallavi was perfect, she totally looked the part of a village girl from Telangana. The atmosphere, locals were all picture perfect, beautiful place wherever the movie was shot. I would like to rate 10/10 for the few songs that were there in the movie, they actually carried the story forward and were a part of the story, rather than a mere compulsory distraction as with other movies. Sai Pallavi is an excellent dancer, she will keep your attention on the screen throughout the dance sequence. Everything to praise about the first half, but that cannot be said about the second half. The second half of the movie was like the typical Indian movies where the actress is there just for show and majority of the footage is given to the actor. This movie suffers heavily during the second half, it lacks story, the director seems confused as to how to bring the movie to climax. An average moviegoer could have seen the climax coming hours before the movie ended. Varun Tej does know how to act, he does a good job at it, but his dance skills are yet to be seen. I would rate the second half as 4/10.

Overall 7/10. Hats off Sai Pallavi, Varun Tej and rest of the cast for giving us a blockbuster First Half and a rather typical second.

Fidaa with Sai Pallavi Acting and Shekar direction

[disizzgsk · 10/10 · 29 July 2017]

Bhanumathi,Hybrid Pilla, Okkate piece...Sai Pallavi wow I loved her character lot n lot.She is excellent performer,after Malar character Sai Pallavi got lifetime Memorable character Bhanumathi. Director Shekar Kammula after longtime came up with Fidaa story.Aanand,Happy days,Godavari great pictures of him and now this one Top of the list. He chose Sai Pallavi for Bhanumathi character that is biggest Asset to the film. We felt so many scenes relative to real life. Somebody said how much Savitri did her performance in Missamma and in Same way Sai Pallavi has given that much output.A beautiful story,Hats off to Everyone. Hero Varun in Kanche movie he proved himself the best actor and here he played NRI lover boy..great work has done. Varun best love story movie in his career.

Shekar sir you select new faces really it's workout great. Father,sister,actress aunt and hero brother everyone they lived in characters.Music,songs beauty melody tracks Vachinde Pilla song highlight.

Finally Sai Pallavi I'm big fan with Premam,Kali movies. Now worship her acting dancing everything.I watched 3 days continuously this movie only for Bhanumathi character and her Telangana dialogues. She told dubbing her own that too a malayali girl a telangana telugu accent wow we love more n more, Fidaa of her dialogues. My perception and opinion 2017 best actress would be Sai Pallavi in any film award. We keep smile on face while watching movie with bhanumathi character. Thanks to Shekar sir and Sai Pallavi. Sai pallavi has given life to bhanumathi character this is the reason I gave 10 rating. Still I feel new want to watch more 2-3 times bcos of Bhanumathi,Hybrid Pilla,Okkate piece really,one n only Sai Pallavi. I'm fidaa

Superb and simple love story

[harishankarmani · 10/10 · 12 February 2019]

Fidaa..what a beautiful movie..it is.. Varun and sai pallavi lived their characters as varun and bhanu..sai pallavi is very natural and an awesome actress..and an amazing dancer..varun..doesn't over act in any of the scenes very natural and the chemistry between sai pallavi and varun..is the biggest highlight of this movie with a beautiful bgm's throughout the film..which takes the movie to the next level..the whole credit goes to the director..really an awesome movie..👌👌

Watch movie only for Sai Pallavi

[jawedjhms · 8/10 · 30 January 2018]

A good entertainer worth watching Sai Pallavi dance and her superb performance

A snooze fest

[srikkanth-m · 3/10 · 23 August 2017]

At the core this is just a boy meets girl, misunderstanding, patch-up love story. No surprises here.

The whole movie revolves around Bhanu. Bhanu is the hero of the script and Varun is a supporting character. Technically, there is no villain but in a strict sense of the script, Bhanu's will/ambition is the villain. The lead actress portrayed the character with conviction. The lead actor got the job done but his characterization is very weak. In fact, all the characters are very two dimensional and predictable, like any other Indian movie. The characters keep contradicting themselves time and again and they act out of character in every other scene.

Then there is editing. Badly done editing job makes this movie a drag fest. The scenes are long for no reason and some scenes are too short to take anything away from it.

If not for the lead actress, this movie would've been a disaster. She made this movie somewhat bearable.

A feel good relatable love story!

[sn-shinde2006 · 8/10 · 10 July 2021]

A feel good movie with plot relatable to everyone who had love hate relationship ever! Sai Pallavi is simply gorgeous and Varun entertains with his strong emotional quotient! A good watch for good time!

Excellent

[udaykiranreddy · 10/10 · 21 August 2017]

movie is more than excellent. Telangana slang is beautifully portrayed. movie mainly revolves around lead actress. she has done it fabulously like no one, after watching movie you cannot imagine any other. lead actor just lived in the character. The veteran Director returned with the Biggest blockbuster in Telugu cinema witnessed in recent times. Finally a movie to must watch

A memorable love story , Shekhar Kammula still got it

[bvsaratyadav · 9/10 · 16 August 2017]

Fidaa is a film that rides on the strength of the character of female lead alone. Sai Pallavi delivers as the village belle from Telangana with such a grace and ease that puts most of the leading actresses in Telugu industry to shame. She gets everything right, right from the accent to the emotions and subtleties in expressions bringing freshness to her portrayal. Shekhar Kammula needs to be lauded for great writing and equally good direction except for some stagnant moments in the second half of the film. Varun Tej's bad acting did not bring down the film much but his portrayal of an NRI guy felt like characters from Mogali Rekulu serial unnecessarily speaking in English now and then. He is completely overshadowed by Sai Pallavi, not that we are complaining. One of the best movies in Telugu in recent times, right there alongside Pellichupulu.

well Doctors always get the job done

[pradeepbhai007 · 9/10 · 2 September 2017]

well the doctor is sai pallavi who is a real life doctor. I fell in love with the character. My brother had dragged me to watch a movie called paisa vasool and fortunately we did not get tickets for that so we watched this movie. The girl is not big on looks so to say but her acting skills are out of the world. One might remember kareena from Jab we met. We need actresses and heroines and she is one. Coming to movie the second half is a drag fest and you could not have sat through the movie if not for the lead actors who both did a great job. This is my first Varun film and i was really impressed. I will probably watch his other movies too. I have to watch premam too. Thanks director for this film. Loved it totally. I am giving it one star less because of the bad editing and a very hurried ending.

Wonderful movie.

[hojayfaahmed · 10/10 · 10 October 2021]

Just an awesome movie this is. I have fully enjoyed it. Emotions, Romance, Rural environment and expression was just wow. Highly recommended movie this is. I have become a fan of Sai pallavi after watching this movie. Sai and Varun Combo was extraordinary.

• Hojayfa ~ Hatman.

It was fun for almost 70% of runtime. Then it went downhill.

[akhil027 · 5/10 · 13 July 2020]

I liked the first half a lot. It was really fun to watch. Sai Pallavi spreads such energy to the screen whenever she make an appearance. They ruined the movie with a really unnecessary song and a bad plot development. The ending felt rushed and it didn't make sense that the characters would do that. Watch it for Sai Pallavi's performance and one and half hours of fun and sweetness.

Best performance of Actor Sai Pallavi

[arjunpokale66 · 10/10 · 25 May 2023]

When i started watching, i was not impressed by actress's looks.. but her performance was so impressive that i was glues to the screen. Just one of the best movies to watch. What a love story. It is a movie no one will dislike. There is some great feel good factor that makes us satisfied after watching. Not just a great storyline but better acting which makes a great package. It was Sai Pallavi who stole the show. I watched all her movies after watching this one. Though not so high budget but this one will steal your geart. A great talent and storyline mix makes such wonderful movies. It is made once in a while. A must watch one.

Bhanumathi as Sai Pallavi

[suryaraju-10541 · 10/10 · 5 October 2021]

Sekhar kamula was excellent work. He's screen presence or dialogue writting Was awesome.

And coming to the performences Sai Pallavi was nailed her role, she gave a her more than best. Varun tej was cool man. Music was good.

Overall Movie was Worth watch it..!

Acting makes this film so special

[grtsumit · 9/10 · 29 July 2020]

Sai Pallabi will definitely make you her fan with her natural acting.

Good movie

[vaidyalikhitha · 10/10 · 26 October 2018]

Cute and sweet love story with smooth comedy and but little over reacting by the heroin but it suits the character must watch family entertainer with feel good songs

Lovely music and beautiful story

[pujanayak-42617 · 9/10 · 8 December 2019]

Simplicity of the story hits the right notes. How can there be conditions in love. The background score and music is amazing.

Sai Pallavi is the only reason to watch this film

[Jithindurden · 4/10 · 17 January 2018]

A stupid story that has been done to death in Indian films is again presented here. Still to an extent the pleasantness of the film and the charming Sai Pallavi makes it bearable. But even that can't overcome some stupid plot setups and the Telugu commercial mise-en-scene (Yes, that's a thing!).

Fall in love with the character "Bhanu".Want to meet her one day

[umaransari-08753 · 10/10 · 6 August 2020]

Fall in love with the character "Bhanu".Want to meet her one day.I think, after watching the movie many bachelor will rethink about their future wife.After a long time I have seen a love story like this.Director had portrayed all the characters really well. As I saw the Hindi dubbed version so songs were missing.Wish to watch the movie with all songs.Last but not the least,the background score is really match with pace of the movie.I would recommend this movie for the couple who fall in love and separated.Out of 5 I will give 3.5 to this movie

Predictable story but watched till end!

[haripriya · 8/10 · 28 January 2019]

It is very know subject and predictable story, but watched till end for Sai Pallavi's natural act. She made it as so cute love story.