January 13, 2010 Y. Sunita Chowdary
Cast: Navdeep, Nikhil, Kajal, Bindu Madhavi, Aditi Sharma, Murali Mohan and others.
Art: Bhupesh R. Bhupati.
Banner: Three Angels Studio.
Cinematography: Jayanan Vincent.
Dialogues: Nagaraju Gandham.
Editing: Marthand K. Venkatesh.
Lyrics: Ananth Sriram, Vanamaali, Ramajogaiah Sastry.
Music: Ilayaraja.
Presenter: C. Dharmaraju.
Producer: Seshu Priyanka Chalasani.
Director: Prakash.
Release Date: January 13, 2010
There is a sense of earnestness in the film but sadly it doesn't work. Debut director Prakash packs five stories whose protagonists meet at one common place in the climax to drive home a point.
Firstly each of these stories are inspired by different plots in films. We have seen a farmer selling away the fields, for his impetuous, insensitive, foolish son who is duped by a real estate man and bad company in Sontha Vooru. Bindu Madhavi as the Muslim woman looks like one but her relationship with her sibling looks artificial. There is a terrorist angle in her family and this too has been dealt innumerable times in fast forgotten Telugu films.
Nikhil is in a hurry to make a statement, that he is a poor man's Ravi Teja. If Ravi Teja were to see this movie he would definitely give up his career wondering if his acting is so bad and someone would make light of his skill in such a sparkles manner. Pity Siva Reddy, he was better off mimicking characters, he should have shared his skill with NRT for friendship sake.
Navdeep looks smashing with some tasteful designer clothes et al but he is wasted in a superfluous role as a guy who is hunting for a partner hopelessly and in the latter part is shown suddenly as a man who knows what he wants from life.
Kajal does a competent job, confidently but her role is a bit uneven. In a film that has a serious plot dealing with terrorists, wonder what made the story writer prop a whimsical quality of making the heroine hunting for thrill in a graveyard in the middle of the night. What goes wrong for the film is that none of these plots evoke curiosity, none of them sustain interest. You hardly want to know what happens next with each of them. When the conflict is shown at the start of the film, the director should pay extra attention to narrate it and take it forward.
Even the cast is less interesting. Aditi Sharma is sweet, just herself and Madhavan..hmmm. Did we need him in this circus? FYI, preserve, retain some sanity this festive season. We need Shanti in this already turbulent State and Country.
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