They Call Him OG (2025)

[Drunk Monk]

Like Dhurandhar https://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFo...p?tid=8755 this is another intensily ultravi tollywood film. I watched it because it had a martial reference. The protag is an Indian raised in Japan and trained as a samurai. The yakuza kills all the surviving samurai but him. He befriends a Bombay port mogul on his journey back to India, and becomes his protector. 

OG is dubbed an incarnation of Kalki - the restorer of dharma. What he is here is invincible. He cuts through gangs with his katana, goes full auto, and kills hundreds of thugs throughout the film, blowing stuff up, setting places on fire, literally toppling skyscrapers and parrying bullets. Insane ridiculous action, all in slomo wifh a driving edm beat and sanguineous sprays. 

I don’t know what happened to Indian film. The action used to be lame. Now it’s absurdly brutal and bloody, relentless and merciless. Kids get shot in the back. Lovers get murdered. Failed henchmen are popped of by their bosses unflinchingly. So ruthless. Lots of decapitations and arm lopping off.

I have two fav scenes that capture the ultravi

1. OG is cutting down gangsters and casually tucks his katana under his chin mid-fight to straighten his belt.
2. OG kicks a gang leader on to an exploding car which blows him into the air. OG leaps to meet him midair and decapitates him, all in glorious slo-mo.

This film is nuts. The plot is twisty and there are a lot of characters. 2 1/2 hours of movie gives a lot of time, except that all the action is all in dramatic slo-mo. 

And this is just the beginning - it sets up part 2. This is the 2nd installment in the Sujeeth cinematic universe - the first is Saaho (2019) which I might have to watch. Sujeeth is the writer/director.

There’s a father/daughter arc, and of course, the daughter is named Taara (with 3 As). 

And yes, 2 tollywood dance numbers. 

Pawan Kalyan plays OG and I didn’t find him leading action star material at all. He was uncharismatic and reminded me of an Indian Charlie Day. 

Not D00M reccomended unless you just need a massive ultravi fix.