Chiranjeevi Vs Chiranjeevi

5 or 6 years ago Chiranjeevi in the one of the interviews said that he used to overact as compared to the films released after 90s. I wasn't convinced with that statement considering the films "Swayam Krushi", "47 Rojulu", "Manavoori Pandavulu", "Subalekha", "Abhilasha", "Challenge", "Aaradhana", "Idi Katha Kadu", etc.. I'd say his films released prior to 90s were better than the films released after, barring a few.

I find most of the stars did better films during the starting of their careers. This is because the director, writer, producer etc. don't bother to think about the actor, they only think of the character. They prepare an actor for a character and not a character for an actor. This I'm saying only in the context of an actor who does have a stardom however a few exceptions are there.

Coming back to Chiranjeevi's films, I find "Rudraveena" much better than "Tagore" in the intellectual and emotional sense. Both the films dealt with "For a better society" concept.

"Rudraveena" was about the ideological clash between a person and his father; what is the use of music if it disassociates with the commoner and lives of those it touches. Though it didn't deal totally with the "For a better society" concept, the approach for social reform was very much appealing. Chiranjeevi was at his best in this film; I was surprised to know that he didn't win best actor award for this film. His performance was far better as compared to his performance in "Indra", for which he won Nandi Award.

"Tagore" was about an individual who is fed up with corruption, forms an anti-corruption force to eradicate it. Till here it sounds good but the approach didn't appeal to me as it was miles away from reality. No dumb professor would preach his students to kill the corrupted government officials. I couldn't control despising Srisri's "Nenu saitam" as the movie spoiled the mood of the song.

"Tagore" was far better than "Rudraveena" in terms of the collections and to correct myself emotionally too in the sense of anger. That's the only emotion I found through out the film. Of course, I experienced other emotions as well in rare, single sparks that flash and die without consequences.