Liger Movie Review

Vijay Deverakonda, Ananya Panday, Mike Tyson and others starrer Liger, directed by Puri Jagannadh has finally hit the big screens today on 25th August 2022. Let’s see the review of Liger.

Director: Puri Jagannadh

Producer: Puri Jagannadh, Charmee Kaur, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Hiroo Yash Johar

Music: Sunil Kashyap, Vikram Montrose, Tanishk Bagchi, Jaani, Lijo George, DJ Chetas

Starring: Vijay Deverakonda, Mike Tyson, Ananya Panday and others

Release date: 25th August 2022

Rating: 2.5/5

Story:

Liger (Vijay Deverakonda) and his mother Balamani (essayed by Ramya Krishna) come to Mumbai from Karimnagar. She wants to see his son as national MMA champion and they run a tea shop in Mumbai for a living. The film, Liger gets trained in MMA but the twist in the story arises when he gets cheated on by a girl Tanya (Ananya Pandey) and her entry changes his life.

What happens next? Will he become the international MMA champion? To get these answers you should watch the film on the silver screen.

Positive Points:

Performance

Presence of Vijay Deverakonda

MMA fight sequences

Negative Points:

Water-thin storyline

Vijay Deverakonda stammering act

Mike Tyson presence wasted

Forced love story between Vijay and Ananya

No Strong villain

Performance:

The young sensation Vijay Deverakonda is a natural talent and doesn’t try too hard to act and keeps it simple irrespective of the complexities of the character he essays. His expressive face and agile frame separate him from the other trained actors. He is a talented actor but his stammering act that looks good in the promos, disappoints the audience on the screen.

It is the biggest mistake of Puri to show him as a man with a disability. Making Vijay stammer does not work one bit. Ananya looks cute and justifies her role. Once again Ramya Krishnan wins the hearts of many with her terrific performance.

Mike Tyson makes an appearance in the climax part and he is just fine. Getup Seenu, Ali, and Ronit Roy and others justify their roles.

Technical Aspects:

Liger has a water-thin storyline and Puri Jagannadh’ way of narration and the realistic feel makes Liger a special movie but his mark dialogues and emotions are missing in the movie. The Cinematographer’s splendid work is its major asset of the film. The Background music is very good. The Songs are good and the editing is not up to the mark, the film needs a lot of trimming. The production values are fine. There is no proper antagonist in this drama, which is one of the major drawbacks of the film.

Overall Analysis:

Liger is strictly passable watch and Vijay’s stammering act and no strong villain are the minus points of the film. MMA Mixed Martial Arts fights, that come one after the other, make the film watch.