Clap Movie Review : Sports based regular drama

Of late Telugu film makers are coming up with several sports based movies. Clap is one more movie in that category. Hero Aadi Pinishetty who has just recently starred in sports drama Goodluck Sakhi has once again come up with another sports drama in the form of Clap movie. It is being live streamed on Sony LIV from March 11. Read on to find how it pans out.

Vishnu (Aadi Pinishetty) dreams to be an Olympic winning athelete from childhood days. In the process of fulfilling his dream, he gets selected to National level athletics competitions, with the support of his father. Prakash Raj plays the supportive father role. When everything seems to be going right, Vishnu’s life turns upside down as he loses his leg in an accident. Even his father dies at the same time. In spite of Vishnu’s troubles, Mitra (Akanksha Singh) who is also an athlete marries him. But their marriage does not consummate, as Vishnu suffers with depression as his dreams are shattered.

At this juncture he knows about another tallented athlete Bhagyalakshmi (Krishna Kurup), who has good potential but stopped her practice after she lost her father. Vishnu decides to motivate and train Bhagyalakshmi and make her national champion. He aims to achieve his unfulfilled dream by making Bhagyalakshmi a successful athlete. But Sports Authority of India President Venkat Rao (Nasser), who had played spoil sport with Vishnu’s career six years ago, tries to sabotage even Bhagyalakshmi’s career. How Vishnu faces the dirty politics in sports administration and whether he achieves his ambition or not, is what Clap movie all about.

Telugu audience are opening up to sports based movies and therefore film makers are trying this new genre daringly. But unfortunately in most of the movies, story is taking a routine route instead of focusing on new concepts with in sports genre. In most of the sports movies, we see a failed hero taking on politics in sports administration. Clap also falls in the same category.

While that was on story and screenplay front, Aadi Pinishetty excelled as an athelete and coach. He has acted quite naturally in the scenes where he has to appear as an athlete who lost his leg. Krishna Kurup as young athlete is fine. Akanksha Singh does a matured performance within her scope. Roles like these are cakewalk for seasoned performers Nasser and Prakash Raj.

One good aspect about Clap movie is, it is an Ilayaraja musical. Nice to hear Ilayaraja’s music. Praveen Kumar’s cinematography is decent. Director Prithvi Aditya has done a sincere attempt. Those interested in sports dramas can watch Clap.