DJ Tillu Review: A wacky fun ride!

What’s it about?

 Tillu (Siddhu Jonnalagadda), a DJ in Hyderabad, lives in a false world. He claims to be a highly talented musician, leads a flashy lifestyle, despite his middle-class roots. When he falls for the attractive singer Radhika (Neha Shetty) at a club, he doesn’t know her background fully. Assuming that she’s a single girl, he flirts with her. In no time, they hit off.

After a few days, she lands in a murder incident. Shocked at the knowledge of her relationship with Karthik (Kireeti), who is now found dead in her home, DJ Tillu gets confused. How will he come out of the situation, and who really Radhika is?

Analysis

‘DJ Tillu’ is a crime comedy. At the very beginning, it makes clear that the film doesn’t take itself seriously. No rhyme and reason, delivering fun matters. As is the case with most crime comedies, the protagonist lands in a crime situation without his/her direct involvement and tries to come out of it.

The first half of the film has many entertaining moments. Siddhu has delivered many one-liners that put us in splits. “DJ Tillu” is completely his movie. He wrote the dialogue and co-wrote the screenplay besides acting as the lead hero. He gets the Hyderabadi accent perfectly, peppers every dialogue with humor.

Despite familiar situations and regular screenplay, the first half of the film doesn’t make you think much. It ends quickly by making us laugh in many places. It seems the writer Siddhu and director Vimal Krishna seems to have drained the fuel itself after the interval point. Whatever that we see in the second half proves that they have taken things for granted and wrapped them.

There is no proper character arc for Neha Shetty. The hospital comedy and the entire mummery-loss angle are farfetched ideas. The penultimate episodes are not up to the mark. 

As said above, Siddhu Jonnalagadda does everything. He is cool, gives an entertaining performance. He holds the film. Neha Shetty leaves a mark. Among other actors, Brahmaji is cool. 

Thaman’s background score is another addition to the positive angles. 

Bottom-line: ‘DJ Tillu’ has a breezy first half loaded with fun dialogue writing. But the same cannot be said for the later part. The final moments are chaotic. Still, Siddhu as a writer and actor steals the show, and the film’s fun factor works. 

By: Jalapathy Gudelli 

Rating: 3/5

Film: FIR
Cast: Siddhu Jonnalagadda, Prince Cecil, Neha Shetty, Brahmaji, and others
Dialogue: Siddhu Jonnalagadda
Music director: Sri Charan Pakala
Background score: Thaman S
DOP: Sai Prakash Ummadisingu
Editor: Naveen Nooli
Producer: Naga Vamsi
Director: Vimal Krishna
Release Date: Feb 12, 2022