Yashoda film reviews

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Yashoda movie review: Samantha Ruth Prabhu shines in engaging ... (Hindustan Times)

Yashoda movie review: Samantha Ruth Prabhu delivers a knockout performance in the Telugu thriller, playing a role that's hard to guess for the most part.

The way she handles her character and the eventual transformation is proof of her ability to go the extra mile to make her performance look authentic. The production design deserves a special mention since most of the story unfolds inside a large facility and the setwork is commendable. As Yashoda tries to uncover the secrets of Eva, a strange connection is established with the case the police are working on. The film’s central premise is very interesting and it’s rarely explored before. The rest of the story is about what’s Eva actually doing in the name of surrogacy? Her latest outing Yashoda, too, falls in the same category, as it offers something new to the viewers and it succeeds to a large extent, despite taking a very familiar route when it comes to some twists.

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'Yashoda' movie review: Samantha Ruth Prabhu's spirited ... (The Hindu)

Telugu film 'Yashoda' springs a few surprises and benefits hugely from Samantha Ruth Prabhu's performance that makes up for some missteps.

Sukumar’s cinematography and Mani Sharma’s score add to the mood of the thriller. One of the double-faced characters is not hard to guess, but other reveals hold interest. The story tries to address whether surrogate mothers can have an emotional attachment with the child that is growing within them. In one of the first fights that Yashoda is engaged in, it is her survival instinct that kicks in; she takes on her opponent with anything she finds in a room. Other women in the hospital, played by Divya Sripada and Kalpika Ganesh among others, are bound by the common fact that they opt to be surrogate mothers for financial necessity. Then, when something sinister happens, Yashoda decides to get to the bottom of the puzzle.

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'Yashoda' movie review: The ideas are there, but the execution isn't... (The New Indian Express)

For one, pregnancy is at the thick of things, and it adds flavour that the protagonist, Yashoda, is going through it herself, as she uncovers a horrific ...

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