Cast: Surya, Jyothika, Bhoomika, Costume Krishna, Sudha, Sukanya, Baby Shreya, Vadivelu
Director:Krishna
Producer:Gnanavel Raja
Music:A.R.Rahman
Lyrics:Veturi, Vennalakanti, R.D.Rajasekar
Camera:R.D.Rajasekhar
Dialogues:Shashank Vennelakanti
Editing:Antony
Modern Sati Anasuya Story!
The latest flick of Surya ('Ghajini' fame) seems to have lost balance and lacks basic ingredient called story. Though sounds novel, 'Nuvvu Nenu Prema', the film is not interesting and is a mere drag. Just a rehash of famous mythological story of Sati Anasuya, this film is full of boring elements and situations.
Produced by Surya's brother, this film which comes after the star couple's marriage had lots of expectations. Not just for the star cast but also the top technicians like Rahman, Rajasheka and Antony working, the film was imagined to be a neat romantic thriller; alas it is just the run-of-the-mill film where you would love to give it a miss. Not that you can completely write it off? there are good things too. Surya looks handsome, Jyothika is beautiful and acted well in her role, Bhoomika is good but lacks the acting ability to stand up to the other two stars.
The Story
The story progresses very slowly, you always have the anticipation that something more than the goody-goody things will happen, but that happening falls short of our expectations. Gowtham (Surya) and Vaishnavi (Jyothika) get married. Vaishnavi is a village belle and there is not pre-marriage love story between the two. Six years later these two are with their daughter Ishwarya (Baby Shreya) in Mumbai. The village belle ?
Vaishnavi ? is shown as modern lady and working in Mumbai. Surprising how that small village girl could transform into such modern woman, albeit without evening knowing a single word of Hindi? only director Krishna would be able to answer the question.
Gowtham and Vaishnavi along with their daughter Ishwarya are an ideal family? typical modern family who share all the joys and sorrows amongst themselves. The wife sits with her husband in weekly drinking sessions (sic)! Into their family enters a storm in the form of a dairy written by Gowtham. The dairy brings out the flashback -
Gowtham during his college days was in love with Ishwarya (Bhoomika). Her father (Costumes Krishna) is a local MP. Gowtham and Ishwarya love each other and finally decide to get married at a registred marriage office. While he ties the thali, her father comes and bashes up our hero and takes away his daughter. In that dairy Gowtham writes that he would like to have spent at least one day with Ishwarya as husband and wife. This line affects our Vaishnavi and she goes in search of Ishwarya, brings her to Mumbai and asks her husband to spend one day with her? Now the story is all about what happens after they spend the day. Will Vaishnavi accept her husband back? Will Ishwarya after one day go
back? Does Gowtham want Vaishnavi or Ishwarya or both of them? At the end it is the same story of legal husband and wife living together.
The Analysis
There is nothing new in the film, though the picturisation is glossy and good to watch, the film lacks in substance. Though novel in story, it might not gel with our audience. Today's women are not Anasuyas or Jyothikas. They will definitely not allow sharing their husbands with others knowingly, not even for a single day. The film sounds ridiculous and foolish.
The film, though foolish, is good to watch since the faces are good. Surya is at his best, but his mannerisms remind us of 'Ghajini'. He should come out of it as soon as possible. Jyothika is beautiful and performed better than the other heroine Bhoomika. The comedy of Vadivelu is sickening and doesn't make you laugh. The most disappointing part is the music of Rahman. It seems he had not given a thought about this
film. Except for two songs (which are average) all the others are just songs and nothing to recollect about them. Rajashekar's photography is apt and doesn't dominate the story, Antony's editing, for a change is not irritating to eyes. In fact his cuts are much pleasant.
The first time director Krishna should have adopted a non-linear approach for the film presentation maybe that would have created bit of interest in the film. The film is very slow paced and at times irritating. Basically his story selection is not just right for any kind of audience? maybe next, if he gets another chance, he should come of the foreign films hangover and develop a script that would suit our audience. |  |
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