The reviews for the film Veera Simha Reddy appeared in national media and here a few excerpts from different sources:
Not A Family Friendly Watch
Veera Simha Reddy is Balakrishna’s film through-and-through. However, where he triumphs as Veera, he fails as Jai.
Whenever the man comes on-screen donned is black is when you feel like paying attention, his cakey makeup and lukewarm performance while playing the other character takes away from it.
Varalaxmi really comes a close second holding her own against him, proving to be a formidable foe and actor both, someone who can face him with ease. Duniya and Honey also pull off their roles well.
After Krack one can’t help but feel like Gopichand did Shruti dirty. She gets a character that exists only to shake a leg, admittedly she does look stunning while doing it.
Given that the film is right on time for Sankranthi, some of the dialogues might not exactly make it a family-friendly watch. But if you’re a Balakrishna fan, this one’s for you.
Source: TimesOfindia
This Film Has No Soul Or Clarity
The troubling part of Veera Simha Reddy, by that token most of Balakrishna’s movies, is that it argues it’s okay to kill to solve a problem. And the act of killing someone is directly connected to one’s manliness.
If you are man enough, you will kill. If not, you will get killed. There’s nothing more at stake here except for a few inflated egos of men who have toxic relationships with their manliness.
This film has no soul or clarity. It’s just a series of senseless, make-believe violence strung together to propagate a false message that violence could fix all problems.
Source: IndianExpress
Loosely Knit and Archaic Narrative
Logic loopholes and poorly constructed scenes aside, the very screenplay is formulaic and straight as an arrow.
Good writing can even make you root for an already deceased character in a flashback. Not the case in Veera Simha Reddy, where the writing consistently dumps information and doesn’t withhold any for suspense or better pay-offs.
Much of the second half of the film is a long-drawn flashback sequence, and you see the twists and turns from a mile away.
Routine emotional beats with poorly executed pay-off sequences only add more worry, and Thaman’s thundersome background scores go in vain.
Oh, even sitting through the mediocre soundtrack of this film takes effort, thanks to their formulaic placements.
It’s also ridiculous how the film makes a laughing stock out of Duniya Vijay’s character, who is easily one of the weakest onscreen villains.
Source: Hindu
Believes In Violence Alone
Veera Simha Reddy has nothing fresh to offer. Almost every scene and sub-plot that plays out on screen makes you feel you have watched this somewhere. In fact, it even takes inspiration from Kamal Haasan’s iconic film Thevar Magan.
One can only imagine how Gopichand Malineni would have narrated this story to Shruti Haasan (Kamal Haasan’s daughter).
The only redeeming quality about Veera Simha Reddy is its honesty. It believes in violence alone as an answer for everything, without any pretentious dialogues suggesting the opposite.
The first half of the movie runs at a breakneck speed with many fight sequences, and in complete contrast, it moves at a snail’s pace in the latter half which features the flashback sequences.
But despite all this, with an unsolved puzzle remaining at its centre, Gopichand is able to retain the attention of the audience.
Source: thenewsminiute
It's The Pure Madness
It’s not the story or the performances that really keep one invested in the film. It’s the pure madness the action sequences bring to the big screen viewing experience along with SS Thaman’s electric background score that makes Veera Simha Reddy likable to a large extent.
If not for Balakrishna’s energetic screen presence, which makes the most mundane scenes fun to watch, this would’ve been a tiresome watch.
Duniya Vijay as the antagonist is an interesting choice, but he hardly gets to do much other than screaming his lungs out throughout the movie.
Varalaxmi Sarath Kumar is the only other actor from the supporting cast, who gets a meaty part, a Neelambari-inspired character from Padayappa, which she pulls off effortlessly.
Source: Hindustantimes
An Average Affair
Be it the over-the-top action sequences or his punch dialogues, they are aplenty in Veera Simha Reddy. In an action scene, Balakrishna strikes and two men fold hands in mid-air.
These are action blocks that are enjoyable, typical of what can be expected out of a Balayya film. Among the two roles, Veera Simha Reddy's characterisation was etched well. And Balakrishna essayed both roles with such swag.
Veera Simha Reddy is a film that reeks of cliched ideas. While most of them work, the lack of depth in the story made it an average affair.
Source: IndiaToday
