Anil Ravipudi’s cinematic style is becoming increasingly recognizable – loud, joke-filled, and often featuring inane plot points and quirky characters. F2: Fun & Frustration explored the frustration of married men, while the sequel F3 revolves around the pursuit of money. While the film is likely to elicit chuckles from its audience, it is also the kind of movie that you’ll either love or love to hate.
Venky (Venkatesh) suffers from night blindness and operates a “shortcut” business with his usual sidekick, Raghu Babu. His family is constantly in need of money, and Venky often resorts to quick-fix solutions that typically fail. Varun (Varun Tej) has a speech impediment but compensates for it with impressive dance moves. He is an orphan who teams up with Sunil in search of a fast way to get rich. Harika (Tamannaah Bhatia), Honey (Mehreen Pirzada), and their wacky family are not very bright but are full of ideas for scamming people. What happens when a frustrated police officer (Rajendra Prasad) enlists these fools to steal cash and diamonds?
Describing the plot of F3 is challenging since it hardly exists. While there is a wealthy businessman named Anand Prasad (Murli Sharma) looking for an heir to his fortune, most of the film does not revolve around him. Instead, the movie focuses on Venky and Varun’s ridiculous antics, with Harika and Honey occasionally singing duets. Satya, Vennela Kishore, and Sonal Chauhan are also thrown into the mix, adding to an already crowded cast. F3 is essentially a string of loud jokes with little to no plot, and viewers will either enjoy it or not. The film does feature a running joke about seizures, as well as mild homophobia and racism, but it does elicit laughter at times due to its absurdity. Anil Ravipudi himself admits that there is no logic to look for in the film, and he pushes the boundaries of inanity by the end.
Venkatesh delivers a standout performance in the film, particularly when he pretends to have perfect vision or dresses up as one of his other characters during the climax. Varun is also hilarious and elicits both sympathy and laughter when he struggles to speak. Despite the ableist humor, his body language and expressions are too good to ignore. The film also features a Pawan Kalyan reference that fans will surely appreciate. Tamannaah and Mehreen, on the other hand, have little to do in the film, with the latter even disappearing during critical scenes. However, Tamannaah does look quite handsome in her male avatar. The rest of the cast performs their expected comedic duties. DSP’s music doesn’t add much to the movie, with the songs popping up at strange intervals.
F3 falls into the same category as Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal franchise – a madcap comedy that makes little sense, features borderline jokes, and doesn’t require much thinking from its audience. If you enjoy this kind of humor, then F3 might be right up your alley. And if you do, there’s good news – F4 is already in the works.
