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Yatra 2 makes 'the party high command' and its senior leaders seem more of a caricature than actual political opponents. There's also a passing scene where we see former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waiting to meet 'Madam' who refuses to cut short her coffee break! At least Naidu's characterisations, in the later portions, get a slightly better deal showing some political moves.
While the 'odarpu yatra' and the rise of the son to a leader are narrated with some conviction, the last half hour between Jagan and Naidu gets increasingly lopsided, long-drawn and dull. Jiiva's performance and that of Ashrita Vemuganti (as YS Vijayalakshmi) and Ketaki Narayan (as YS Bharati), keep us somewhat engaged in the final portions. The two women have an uncanny resemblance to the real-life characters they are portraying.
Mahi Raghav also finds the scope to include dialogues such as 'Devudu nammakam, YSR nijam (God is a belief, YSR is truth)', which works like a mass moment that draws whistles in the hall. In another scene, the reference to strong-willed Kadapa son of the soil also elicits cheers.
However, these moments aren't enough to prop up a narrative that gets tiresome despite all the yatras. The film depicts events that led to Jagan launching his own political party, breaking away from the Progress (Congress) party and shows how he lost the 2014 elections to Naidu. However, it refrains from discussing the bifurcation of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and the formation of Telangana in 2014 in detail. The character of Y S Sharmila is also conspicuous by her absence. The film stays focussed on portraying the rise of the son as a leader who wins the elections in 2019 to become the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Yatra 2 makes 'the party high command' and its senior leaders seem more of a caricature than actual political opponents. There's also a passing scene where we see former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waiting to meet 'Madam' who refuses to cut short her coffee break! At least Naidu's characterisations, in the later portions, get a slightly better deal showing some political moves.
While the 'odarpu yatra' and the rise of the son to a leader are narrated with some conviction, the last half hour between Jagan and Naidu gets increasingly lopsided, long-drawn and dull. Jiiva's performance and that of Ashrita Vemuganti (as YS Vijayalakshmi) and Ketaki Narayan (as YS Bharati), keep us somewhat engaged in the final portions. The two women have an uncanny resemblance to the real-life characters they are portraying.
Mahi Raghav also finds the scope to include dialogues such as 'Devudu nammakam, YSR nijam (God is a belief, YSR is truth)', which works like a mass moment that draws whistles in the hall. In another scene, the reference to strong-willed Kadapa son of the soil also elicits cheers.
However, these moments aren't enough to prop up a narrative that gets tiresome despite all the yatras. The film depicts events that led to Jagan launching his own political party, breaking away from the Progress (Congress) party and shows how he lost the 2014 elections to Naidu. However, it refrains from discussing the bifurcation of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and the formation of Telangana in 2014 in detail. The character of Y S Sharmila is also conspicuous by her absence. The film stays focussed on portraying the rise of the son as a leader who wins the elections in 2019 to become the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.