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Home > Telugu Movie Reviews > Andala Ramudu A Time-pass Fare APK | August 19, 2006 Rating: **.75 (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad) Cast: Suneel, Aarti Agarwal, Akash, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Venumadhav, Dharmavarapu, Brahmanandam, Kondavalasa, Vadivukkarasi, Duvvasi Mohan, Chalapathi Rao, Master Bharat, Lakshmipathi, GV and Others. Art: Kumar. Cinematography: Sameer Reddy. Dialogues: Ramesh-Gopi. Editing: Nandamuri Hari. Executive Producer: Vakada Apparao. Music: SA Rajkumar. Story: Livingston. Screenplay & Direction: Lakshmi Narayana (Deepti). Presenter: RB Chowdary. Producer(s): NV Prasad & Paras Jain. Banner: Megaa Supergood Films Pvt. Ltd. Release Date: 18th August, 2006.  Comedian Suneel as the main lead? And paired up with who-Aarti Agarwal, back from a long and turbulent hiatus. The promos intrigued cinegoers, and the first day witnessed a full house, viewers ready for a comedy and geared up to cheer for their favorite comedian as the lead now, instead of his usual sidey slot. A little bit of comedy, cool dance moves from Sunil and a dash of emotions and sentiment-hopefully, that was all people expected, because that's all Andala Ramudu has to offer. Nothing less, nothing more.Plot Ramudu (Suneel) runs away from home after a fight with his father about another woman in his life soon after his mother's death. He returns after 20 years only after the old man's death, but the property is not what he is interested in-it is for the love of his cousin, Radha (Aarti Agarwal). He stays with his grandmother, and welcomes his half-brother (Venu Madhav), the one born to the other woman, to stay with him and quit stealing. Radha obviously loves someone else (Akash), an orphan without a job with who her father (Kota) promises to get her married only upon his finding a job. Not knowing the entire truth, Ramudu gives him a job, and their marriage is fixed, leaving Ramudu broken-hearted. Unable to see his brother like this, Venu Madhav manipulates the situation-and finally, Radha and Ramudu are married. What will happen when the truth comes out? Will she stick to Ramudu or go back to her lover.. is the rest of the story. Story, screenplay and direction The story is really old, there's really nothing new on that front-we've probably seen stuff like this in the early 90s. There is no freshness in the story or the narration, and the setting in a village and incidents that occur only in a rural background are sure to appeal to the viewers there. Suneel gets to display a variety of emotions-from comedy, to being the good guy to getting beaten up, and to beating up someone, to dancing he does everything a regular 'hero' does. If Suneel is projected as the USP of the movie, then the comedy is just about okay. There is a lot of sentiment and lectures about marriage et all in the end, but thankfully the story moves fast and drags nowhere. His entry into the village, the scene where he gets drunk and when he changes his name to Krishna to suit his Radha are funny. The entire climax scenes from when Radha discovers how she's been cheated into marrying him are a bit of a bore-it's no fun watching Suneel getting beaten up nor is it interesting to listen to Aarti go on about the sanctity of marriage.  Performances Suneel has his usual 'stupid' tag attached to him, and he plays the innocent, good guy in love with a pretty girl-but hey, not for her looks! Stereotyped character, but one that audiences will enjoy watching. His dancing comes as a surprise, because he is consistent in all the songs and shakes a leg really well. Aarti does justice to her role. Venu Madhav is a little too loud, and Brahmanandam is a bit jittery, although the comedy involving the two works, and manages to generate a few laughs. Kota delivers, and Akash forgot how to act.Song and dance SA Rajkumar gives extremely mediocre music. But Suneel more than makes up for it by dancing well. The picturizations and the songs remind us of the kind of settings we had in the early 90s. Nothing fresh about them-can be skipped. And the verdict is.. The comedy, the village sentiment, the simple story might appeal to certain audiences. In an industry where most of the character artists and comedians are more emotive than some of the stubbornly wooden faced here today-gone tomorrow lead actors, it will be no surprise if a movie with Suneel as the lead works, he displays a range of emotions and manages to make one laugh (may be not as much as one expects). Have no expectations, and the movie will be an okay watch-two odd hours of time-pass. |