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This Boss May Not Be Loved Much

APK | September 27, 2006

Rating: *** (***** Very Good, **** Good, *** Fair, ** Average, * Bad)

Cast: Nagarjuna, Nayanatara, Poonam Bajwa, Chandramohan, Tanikella Bharani, Brahmanandam, Nasser, Ali, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Suneel, Venumadhav, Sayaji Shinde, MS Narayana, Kondavalasa, Ananth, Sumalatha, Rajitha, Hema, Lahari and Others.
Action: Vijay.
Art: Anand Sai.
Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Ashokraja & Kalyan.
Cinematography: J. Siva Kumar.
Dialogues: Chintapally Ramana.
Editing: Marthand K. Venkatesh.
Lyrics: Chandrabose & Sahithi.
Music: Kalyani Malik.
Stills: Venky.
Producer: D. Sivaprasad Reddy.
Story, Screenplay & Direction: VN Aditya.
Banner: Kamakshi Movies.
Release Date: 27th September, 2006.

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After Manmadhudu, Nagarjuna plays the charming but ruthless boss again-with a flashback, yet again. Boss-I love you, as the title and the title song suggest, is the story of a boss and his sec (secretary). Why VN Aditya of Manasanta Nuvve and Nenunnanu fame has chosen to make such a big deal out of this boss's love story.. read on.

Plot Gopala Krishan aka GK (Nagarjuna) owns a construction company, and Anuradha (Nayantara) is his personal secretary who is in love with him (surprise, surprise!). He is completely involved in business and never thinks of anything else-so when Anu messes up one contract he screams at her in front of the whole office, and she resigns. But she has to stay on for a month, where she competes with another secretary Sruthi (Poonam Bajwa), helps him crack a major contract and learns about his past. Whether the boss and his sec get together or not forms the rest of the plot.

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Story, screenplay and direction The story is simple enough. The screenplay goes on well till his flashback and then it gets a little corny, borrowing from a real natural disaster to lend some 'realism' to it. The first half is fun with Sunil, Brahmanandam and Ali's comedy and Nag's witty retorts.

The movie is a little slow sometimes, especially in the end. The climax gets a little dragged and could have been chopped here and there. GK laughs and Sunil deciphers his laughter-gets a little silly there. His past is so predictable, maybe they ran out of ideas and borrowed Manmadhudu's DVD. Poonam Bajwa's entry adds a little spark to an otherwise lifeless second half.

Ali asking for business tips, Brahmanandam as 'Abhay', Nayantara's shopping expedition in Malaysia is interesting.

Nayanatara

Performances Nag looks good, and entertains well-but he has become very stiff while dancing. Nayantara and Poonam Bajwa both have shed oodles of weight and look lovely and justify their characters. Sunil, Ali, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Nasser and Brahmanandam are not novices to the characters they portray and pull it off effortlessly. Shriya was given only two sarees and four scenes, still does a good job of it. Sayaji Shinde hams unnecessarily.

Song and Dance The title song and it's remix version at the end, 'Hello Baasu', 'Edo Tamashaga' are good numbers, picturized nicely, although Nag is a little stiff as mentioned before-too much workout perhaps, but he looks good and totally in shape.

And the verdict is.. It's a one line story, and lots of elements have been infused for entertainment. The first half is good enough, a little comedy here, a dance number there and a fight sequence here. The second half drags a little towards the climax. The last time Nag played a boss, audiences couldn't get enough of him-like a real 'Manmadhudu' he pulled viewers to the theatres again and again (Comparisons are inevitable, and Nag's earlier boss role is any day better). Sadly, this Boss might not be so loved. An average fare, not up to the expectations of public in general and Nag's fans in particular.