Pantham movie review: Gopichand and Mehreen film gets mixed response from audience

Director K Chakravarthi Reddy's Telugu movie Pantham starring Gopichand and Mehreen Pirzada has received mixed reviews and ratings by the audience around the world.

Pantham is an action drama with a good dose of romance and other masala elements. K Chakravarthi Reddy, who is known for his screenplay for Balupu, Power and Jai Lava Kusa, has turned director for the movie produced by KK Radhamohan under the banner Sri Sathya Sai Arts. The film has got a U/A certificate from the censor board and its runtime is 2.25 hours.

Pantham movie story: The movie is about a brave young man who always wants to see others happy. He is never scared of anything and never steps back in fighting for a cause. The twist in the tale is that he gets involved in a case, which lands him in jail. How he solves things in his own way forms the crux of the story.

Analysis: Pantham deals with a routine story, but what makes it interesting is that the director has blended a relevant social issue. The first half lacks a good story, but some masala elements engage you. The story gains a momentum before the interval and the second half is very good, say the audience.

Performance: Gopichand has delivered a brilliant performance, which is the highlight of Pantham. Mehreen Pirzada's glamour and chemistry with hero are assets of the film. Sampath, Srinivasa Reddy, JP, Tanikella Bharani, Prudhvi, Asish Vidhyardhi, Sayaji Shinde, Prabhas Sreenu, Hamsa Nandini, Kaumudhi, Jhansi and Prabhakar have done justice to their roles.

Technical: Pantham has decent production values and Gopi Sundar's songs and background score, Prasad Murella's cinematography, action choreography, AS Prakash's art direction and Ramesh Reddy's dialogues are the attractions on the technical front, add the viewers.

Pantham review live updates: We bring you some viewers' verdict on the film shared on Twitter. Continue to see audiences' response.

Karthik‏ @HeIsKARTHIK

#Pantham -- (2.25/5) A Cause for Audience Liked it in Parts. The 1st half turns to be DECENT with Comedy but Except, the Court scene everything in 2nd Half runs in a PREDICTABLE way. On a whole, it turns out to be another Regular n Outdated masala flick with only few +ve's.

Kireeti‏ @Kireeti34081090

Watched #Pantham is commercial entertainer with social message. @YoursGopichand intense acting n climax court scene . @Mehreenpirzada loses lot of weight n look cute n glamoures❤❤. Eventhough her role is small her screen presence is awesome @Mehreenpirzada ❤❤

Bunny justin‏ @Bunnyjustin4

Watched #Pantham superb performance by @YoursGopichand and @Mehreenpirzada (cutey)done superb job another hit for u @Mehreenpirzada and best cutey message to the society #PanthamDay

jpnaidu✊‏ @jpnilugonda

#PanthamDay @YoursGopichand excellent performance and court scene lo inka koncham intensity unte bagundu anipichindi @Mehreenpirzada too good performance and in right now song simply superb @gopisundar songs are good and coming to bgm nice #Pantham

SHIVA PURI‏ @SHIVAPURI12

Just watched #pantham......... Director #chakravarthi done great job.... Especially his aiming current corrupted issues... Some dialogues r very impactable.......... #gopichandh well played his role will awesome attitude... Climax court sene very highlighted as volcano blast

KTR Follower‏ @AbhiDesamuduru

@YoursGopichand Garu I just Now watched your #Pantham Movie its mind-blowing sir Manchi msg icharu Nd that court scene GOOSEBUMPS Movie pakka hit sir Congratulations

Lohit‏ @Lohitsai7

Watched #Pantham super performance by @YoursGopichand and @Mehreenpirzada Wat an actress u are extraordinary mam applause for u mam... Talent has another word known as Mehreen

Darling Naveen‏ @mavidalanaveen

#Pantham Movie #Super @YoursGopichand @Mehreenpirzada Charecter's Super #Chakravarthi garu #Story peacks last final court scene okati chalu movie mothaniki total ga Movie Super

Yaswanth‏ @yaswanth__nunna

Excellent casted by @Mehreenpirzada @YoursGopichand #Pantham is undoubtedly best movie in recent times.. Superb story , Great work by the whole team.. Right on the money.. Deserving Victory..

Badri Jagadeesh‏ @BadriJagadeesh

Watched #Pantham superb performance by @YoursGopichand and @Mehreenpirzada done superb another hit for u @Mehreenpirzada and best message to the society #PanthamDay

Dhruv Sekhar‏ @directordhruv

#Pantham is a well intended but wrongly executed film... #Gopichand shines in his role and the production values are grandeur... The result purely depends on how the audience will receive the film...

Vamsi Kaka @vamsikaka

#Pantham is a commercial entertainer with a HARD-HITTING Message. Action Hero Gopichand delivered powerful performance. Climax Episode

Kushal Reddy‏ @kushalreddyr

#Pantham cinema chudatam jarigindhi.. good political background movie with good story.. very bad music ... manisharma would have been good option .. over all movie is abv Avg.. but mana system lo follow avaru..

AVAD‏ @avadsays

Though #Gopichand #Pantham has an outdated story, things are packed well in first half and climax, making this film just an okay watch..My Review

Nitin Chakravarthy‏ @Nitinreddy1111

Gopichand is a superb actor. His films might have failed but he never failed as a lead actor. Sad to see him in yet another poorly written-made film #Pantham

Ravikumar Tedla‏ @ravitedz

Good first half Emotional & gripping 2nd half. Gopichand Acting is really good Mehreen Pirzada glamour adhurs.. Final ga #Pantham neggindhi

Telugu filmy News‏ @TeluguFilmy

Comedy scenes and Interval Plot were too good...!!! 1st half #Pantham #Pantham overall A Very good movie with A good message and emotional gripping story....!!! Gopichand was FANTASTIC 1 st half and 2nd Half both were too good...!!!

Cinema Radar‏ @cinema_radar

#Pantham Movie Review - Routine Mass Entertainer #Gopichand performs well , production values , Decent Social Message , Some Mass Moments Weak Story , Screenplay , Routine scenes , forced emotions #Pantham is Strictly Average - 2.5/5 #Gopichand25 #PanthamFromJuly5th

Censor Reports‏ @CensorReports

#Pantham - Flop Routine commercial movie with no plot. Failed to impress in any aspect.

Telugu Cinema‏ @MondayReviews

Good first half Emotional & gripping 2nd half. #Pantham

TollywoodTimes‏ @TollywoodTimes

#Pantham - Except some comedy scenes, Interval scene, and climax court scene, there is nothing fresh in the film. All those who love to watch action mixed message-oriented films can easily watch this film but for others, it is just yet another regular-routine film. 2.50/5.00

Kishore Markandeya J‏ @imkishorejm

#Pantham Average - Nothing new! Prudhvi comedy bagundi kani same routine! Time pass!

CinemaPichhi‏ @CinemaPichhi

#Pantham much better than Gopichand's previous movies One time watch if you like routine mass masala movies with a social message

FirstReview‏ @cine_pulse

#pantham 2.75/5 lacks novelty, works for few mass centers.

Mohan Das‏ @MohanDa56148921

Getting super positive response for #Pantham from netizens and reviews and aggressive performance by @YoursGopichand and superrb chemistry between @YoursGopichand and @Mehreenpirzada first half with full comedy and second half with action and emotions especially court scenes

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