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Home > Telugu Movie Reviews > Bahumati Time-pass Remake APK | June 30, 2007 Rating: **.75 (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad) Cinematography: Jawahar Reddy. Dialogues: Diamond Ratnababu. Editing: KV Krishna Reddy. Music, Story, Screenplay & Direction: SV Krishna Reddy. Co-Producer: V. Suresh Reddy. Presenter: K. Atchi Reddy. Producer: Venkat. Banner: RR Movie Makers. Release Date: 30th June, 2007. SV Krishna Reddy's latest venture is Bahumati starring Venu and Sangeetha. It's screenplay and storyline has been lifted from a Hollywood movie 'It could happen to you'. The nativisation has been, nonetheless, done well. Bahumati passes two hours plus effortlessly.  Plot Venkat Ramana (Venu) is a sincere police officer, honest to the core and full of ideals. His wife Banumati (Sangeetha) is a nag, and tortures him endlessly to get home bribes and riches, which he refuses to do so. He buys a lottery ticket on her insistence, eats at a restaurant and has no money for the bill. He tells the waitress there that he will give her half of the lottery if he wins-he does, and keeps his word. Much to his wife's disdain, he gives her 5 crores, and media speculation begins while his wife doesn't stop harassing him. What happens to this honest cop is the rest of the plot.Story, Screenplay and Direction The movie is based on the Hollywood movie 'It could happen to you' starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda, with a few obvious changes. A Hindi movie 'Bade Dilwala' has also been made starring Sunil Shetty and Priya Gill. So no points for originality here. The direction is typical of SV Krishna Reddy, with humorous sequences and well-defined and flat characters that we remember later. Even the titles are played with a background score copied from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and AR Rehman's Gurus of Peace. The ending is good, without the regular drama where the wife falls at her husband's feet, etc. This SV has done in many of his movies, so here we watch something slightly different. Sangeetha's character is well-written and humorous. Krishna Bhagawan and his wife, with her 'Bagunda?' tag for every thing she says is funny. Brahmanandam and Ali's track is silly, but generates laughs. Kota Srinivasa Rao and Suneel's repartee is good. Suneel and Ali, both dance much better than Venu. The courtroom scenes with Suneel and Kota playing lawyers is good. Dialouge of the Day: When Krishna Bhagawan tells Venu to leave his wife because she is such a nag, Venu replies promptly 'Signal raledani cell phone parestama?' Scene to watch out for: Before the announcement of the lottery is made, the tension keeps building up and advertisements test the already irritable Banumati's patience.  Performances Venu is convincing and does not overdo anything. Sangeetha is fun to watch as a greedy, ill-tempered woman. Shabna suits the role of Dharani. Brahmanandam, Ali and Krishna Bhagawan are good. Kota and Suneel, Pavala Shyamala and Sudeepa have great comic timing.Song and Dance Music is mediocre. Suneel's song is good, but could have done with a few more steps to show off Suneel's caliber and few less pounds on Suneel. It could have rocked, but its just okay now. Ali's dance on all popular numbers is good. Last Word The movie is totally borrowed from the original Hollywood version. Typical SV Krishna Reddy, with memorable characters and some fun sequences. |