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Star Cast: Sudigali Sudheer, Auto Ram Prasad, Getup Srinu, Karunya Chowdary, Shakalaka Shankar etc., Director: G. Anil Kumar Producer: G. Nagesh Run Time: 2 Hrs 11 Minutes Release date: February 7th, 2020

Introduction

Sudigali Sudheer, Auto Ram Prasad and Getup Srinu are very popular among households with their comedy skits in popular comedy show Jabardasth. They both acted together in lead roles in the movie 3 Monkeys. The movie’s promos are decent and let us see how the movie is in the review.

What about story ?

Santosh (Sudigali Sudheer), Phani (Getup Srinu), Anand (Ram Prasad) are buddies since childhood. They happily lead their respective lives. Story takes a turn when Santosh gets to know about his issue in sexual life. He has erectile dysfunction. To know whether he really has that problem, the three calls upon a pimp (Karunya) to their house.

However, Karunya dies mysteriously. What happens to her? Is the death related to these three? If not, who did this? How did the three monkeys solve their problems is rest of the story.

How about On-Screen Stars performance ?

Sudigali Sudheer has proved with this film that he can do emotional scenes well apart from comedy. He stands out among the other two lead actors. Getup Srinu is fine too. Auto Ram Prasad in his own style has entertained to some part with his punches. Karunya did a small role. Shakalaka Shankar irritates with his double meaning comedy. There is nothing much to talk about the other performances.

How about off Screen Talents ?

It is not necessary to point out one by one. Every technician in this movie competitively gave the worst output they can. We cannot figure out the winner among them.

What’s Hot ?

What’s Not ?

Sudigali Sudheer and his Jabardasth team played lead roles in the movie and that itself is a crowd puller point for the film. However, director makes the movie as if he wants to torture the audience with his narration. It tests your patience. There should be appreciations for the audience who watches the whole film without any complaints. Such is the level of torture. 3 Monkeys is a utter disappointment.

Immediate reaction at Intermission:  Can I bear the second half too!

Immediate reaction at end credits:  What am I doing here?

Watch or Not? : Don’t even dare to.

Box Office Status:

Because of Sudigaali Sudheer, Auto Ram Prasad and Getup Srinu there might be some buzz among the audiences but by the time of first show it all falls flat. Thanks to the torturous direction and taking. 3 Monkeys will end up as a failure project for producers and unbearable one for the audience.

Telugubulletin.com Rating: 1/5

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02.00 P.M: With lots of emotions and twists, turns movie finally comes to an end. Main twist comes at the time of title cards.

01.40 P.M: Movie turns into emotional mode with lead actors trying with their performances to save the movie. But the scenes are not worth it

01.25 P.M: Director has taken audience for granted. He is playing with story and screenplay and of course audience. However no scene is engaging so far. No twist is worth mentioning

01.05 P.M: Movie is going from bad to worse with horror-comedy going horribly wrong. However it ends with a twist

First half report: Except the opening block there is nothing much to say about the film. Scenes are filled with double meaning comedy. Even Jabardasth comedy is not worked out. There is absolutely no story in first half.

12.40 P.M: These 3 monkeys decide to book an aunty to confirm what doctor has said. But that aunty scene ends up with a twist. Only adult content is going on targeted purely at C centers. They are enjoying it though. Comes to interval with adult content story taking horror twist. This is very bad. Really very very bad

12.15 P.M: Sudheer, Ram Prasad and Sreenu tries to enter a pub. This scene is executed very badly with too much vulgar comedy. Basically Aayushman Khurrana’s problem in Shubh Mangal Saavdhan is applied to Sudheer’s character here. He has started an affair with his Boss’s wife but then issue gets highlighted. Shakalaka Shankar makes his entry as doctor. His double meaning dialogues are OK.

12.00 P.M: Movie turns into comic mode. But the comedy is very low. Very average start. Three heroes got introduced. Nothing impressive to say about it.

11.55 A.M: Movie starts with childhood episode and mother sentiment.

11.45 A.M: Movie has just now started with 131 minutes run time.

Sudagali Sudheer, Auto Ram Prasad and Getup Srinu who are very popular as a team in comedy show Jabardasth have turned heroes for the movie 3 Monkeys.

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Santosh (Sudigali Sudheer), Phani (Getup Srinu), and Anand (Jabardasth Ram Prasad) are three misogynistic and unmarried friends who are not much serious about their deeds in life. These three fellows are desperate to get laid no matter what is the cost. Amidst the cooperation of a pimp, they pick Aasha (Karunya Chowdary) for the plan. A storm is begun and a crisis follows after this fiery and attractive girl enters their life. They start getting into difficulty one after the other which is only heightened by the introduction of Shatru into the entire mess.  

The twist in the tale transpires when they get into a huge hassle. After she enters their lives something strange occurs. Circumstances grow even more crucial when this dilemma drives them into a homicide case. How they work the strange mystery is  what the whole fiasco is about.

Critic Review

There seems to be no dearth of directors finding backing for silly stories for some reason. 3 Monkeys is another such story where director Anil Kumar G tries to bring in some sentimental drama into a tale filled with filth and fails miserably. The film opens on a dramatic note with a scene between a mother and a son, making you believe you have at least come to watch something sane. The bar is set pretty low with no one really expecting anything out of the box from it, but the film fails to leave any kind of impression, except for cringe. The desperation the 3 Monkeys feel is supposed to be funny but is inherently problematic when one of the three guys feels lustful even looking at a dead body. The film gets no better in the second half where a disgusting crime story turns into an annoyingly sentimental one. The insensitivity of the filmmakers shows when groping women at their work place is normalised. The twist of the film and the climax that’s supposed to be sentimental are all the more contrived. The only good thing about 3 Monkeys is the music by Kumar Kadari, who delivers with his background score. Unfortunately it goes wasted in a film as inane as this. Sudheer needs to stop playing the ‘desperate man’ on-screen because it’s not funny. His comedic timing goes wasted in the middle of all the nonsense. Ram Prasad’s role has nothing much to talk about and Getup Srinu is a good performer compared to the other two. However he isn’t given with much to perform. Movies like 3 Monkeys feel like an extension of idiotic comedy skits that seem oh-so-famous on television these days. The film makes no sense nor does it even try.

On the whole,Three Monkeys is yet another routine comedy caper that has strictly a few good moments.The audience who expects crazy comedy from this Jabardasth trio will be disappointed and the emotional second half is also not handled well making the film dull and boring watch this weekend.

Movie Details

Anand, Santosh, and Phani are three happy-go-lucky unmarried friends who not much serious about their actions. The twist in the story occurs when they get into a huge difficulty. Circumstances grow even more critical when this dilemma drives them into a homicide case.

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• Music Director:
• D Uday Kumar
• G Anil Kumar
• Co-Producer:
• Deepak Jadhav
• Ark Mo Narala
• Director of Photography:
• Sunny Domala
• Executive Producer:
• Sai Babu Vasireddy
• Dialogue Writer:
• Supporting Actor:
• Sudigali Sudheer
• Getup Srinu
• Jabardasth Ram Prasad

Anand, Phani and Santhosh live their life happily without thinking about their future. The happy go lucky guys had to face a problem, all of a sudden. When they were about to solve it, they stuck into a murder case. Were they able to escape from the murder case? Did anyone help them? Watch the movie to know the answers to these questions.

Star Performance

Ram Prasad, Sudigali Sudheer and Getup Srinu did their part well. They had been given good roles that have both comedy and serious emotions. Karunya Chowdary did justice to the given character.

The film didn't have a strong script and it is highly predictable. There are no twists and turns except just one. The screenplay and narration should have been better to make some scenes attractive to the audience. Besides this, the climax seems to be ended up hurriedly. All the stars had performed well. But, the weak script and the loose narration put the movie down.

What's There?

• Performance of the stars are good

What's Not There?

• There are no twists and turns
• Repetitive scenes irritate the audience

If there had been some gripping narration, the performance of the stars could have been elevated well and the movie would have impressed the audience.

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3 Monkeys Movie Review and Rating, Story, Hit or Flop Talk

3 Monkeys Movie Review and Ratings has received positive talk from the audience. 3 Monkeys is directed by Anil Kumar and is touted to be a comedy thriller. 3 Monkeys Telugu Movie is Bankrolled by producer Nagesh G under Orugallu Cine Creations, it will hit screens today. Sudagali Sudheer, Auto Ram Prasad and Getup Srinu who are very popular as a team in comedy show Jabardasth have turned heroes for the movie 3 Monkeys .

3 Monkeys Movie Stroy: The 3 Monkeys Story revolves around three friends getting into trouble after meeting character Sunny Leone played by Karunya Chowdhary. Coming to this movie, a very detailed screenplays plot and the journey of every character connected at one point by the intension called Help (Sahayam).

3 Monkeys Movie Review : What a great attempt you made with these three good actors Sudigali Sudheer, Getup Srinu, Auto Ramprasad are outstanding and there best work as Jabardasth without any doubt. twisting character Karunya Choudary was also great. 3 monkeys plans a “ Dinchik Dinchik ” program to overcome there PME disorder and gets into trouble.

The trouble maker (police officer) comes with an unexpected requirement as a bribe which these 3 tried to fulfill and get to know what real life is all about and how they deal with the problems Will they get out of it is the final climax part. But the real star is script and star cast. Every character takes a chance to show the real human emotions in this movie which is like WOW.

3 Monkeys Movie Cast Performances : Sudigali Sudheer as Santhosh (for instance How he sticks on to his mother’s words after her death ). Getup Srinu as Phani ( your heart will be melt after seeing the performance when tears will fall on his script book 2nd half). Auto Ram Prasad as Anand ( his extreme desire takes U-turn but he will stand for his friends)

3 Monkeys Movie Verdict: Sudigali Sudheer, Getup Srinu, Auto Ramprasad make you laugh, roll on seats, and make you emotional. If you feel emotional & believe in karma, you will not be disappointed!!. No matter what pulls you down just be together and you will get a solution. Rather than running out of problem stand and fight with it.

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This is powerful filmmaking for discerning viewers.

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Ceylan orchestrates all the elements of his film into a gripping experience of manipulation and retribution, with an ironic final twist.

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Nuri Bilge Ceylan ’s "Three Monkeys" begins on a lonely country road at night in the rain. A middle-age driver grows sleepy at the wheel. His eyelids droop lower, and then suddenly, there is a body on the road behind him, and he is awake now, weeping with fear. That’s more action than took place in the whole of " Distant " (2002), Ceylan’s oddly seductive film about a cousin who moves in and won’t leave. This film is as steamy as the other was dry, an elegant exercise with four characters trapped by class, guilt and greed.

There is about enough plot here to furnish a 30-minute TV crime show, if they still made them anymore. What makes the film fascinating is its four central characters. Each one is locked within, hidden from the others, driven by private needs that all come together after the death in the forest. Ceylan films them in painterly widescreen compositions that impose a spectacular landscape, one of lowering clouds, indifferent skies and lonely vistas. In this world, their best companions are their desires.

The sleepy man at the wheel is a politician named Servet ( Ercan Kesal ). He’s in the middle of an election campaign. In a panic, he wakes his driver, Eyup ( Yavuz Bingol ), in the middle of the night and asks him to take the rap. If Eyup says he was at the wheel, Servet promises he’ll get a short prison sentence, his salary will continue, and there will be cash waiting for him on his release. He agrees.

We met Hacer, Eyup’s wife ( Hatice Aslan ), and son Ismail ( Ahmet Rifat Sungar ). They live in a spartan flat on a top floor of a strikingly narrow building with such a great view they can hardly be bothered to look indoors. She’s an attractive woman of not quite a certain age, stuck for life on hold. He is a good-looking kid at an age when poor young men often find there is money to be made from crime. He comes home one night bloodied and beaten, and she decides she needs more money to help him on a career path.

Eyup is opposed to any idea of asking the politician for an advance. His reluctance is that of an employee reluctant to offend a rich and powerful man — even if he holds Servet’s reputation in his hands.

His wife is not swayed by such class insecurity, approaches Servet, and soon, to their mutual surprise, is having an affair with him. Sounds like the plot of a 1930s pulp crime story, especially when her son finds out.

But Ceylan is intrigued by more than just the spinning out of the story. There is something more going on. His characters are crowded for room. There’s no place to escape to in their lives. They’re always running up against one another’s motives, needs, problems. And when Eyup gets out of prison, everything grows that much more complicated, especially as we learn more about the shaky foundations of the politician’s career. Nor must we assume that Servet’s affair with the other man’s wife happened only because of cash. He and his stature offer her a way out of her dead end.

These themes are always there under the surface, possibly not perceived by his characters. They come into play when the plot takes an ironic direction that places Eyup and his son in a position similar to the one the politician placed them in. That’s the kind of moral scorekeeping that film noir specializes in.

The film has extraordinary beauty. Indeed, the visuals by cinematographer Gokhan Tiryaki are so awesome that the characters almost seem belittled, which may be Ceylan’s purpose. They scramble about looking for ways out that life has closed to them, while the overarching sky remains indifferent. Words cannot do justice, but check out the still photos at http://budurl.com/hkft that will blow your socks off. Click on "ansehen" to enlarge.

The title? About the monkeys who could see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, of course. Look how far that got them. The film won the best director award at Cannes in 2008.

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Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

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Three Monkeys (2009)

109 minutes

Yavuz Bingol as Eyup

Hatice Aslan as Hacer, his wife

Ahmet Rifat Sungar as ismail, his son

Ercan Kesal as Servat

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• Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Screenplay by

• Ebru Ceylan
• Ercan Kesal

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