Cast: Siva Balaji, Mythili, Brahmanandam, Venumadhav, M.S. Narayana, Raghubabu, Thanikella Bharani, Mallikarjuna Rao, A.V.S., Suneel, Kondavalasa, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam and Jayaprakash Reddy
Director:C.V.Reddy, Relangi Narasimha Rao
Producer:C.V.Reddy
Music:Vandemataram Srinivas
Story - screenplay : C.V.Reddy
Camera: Vijay Kumar
Editing: Kola Bhaskar
Dialogues: Marudhuri Raja
Action: Nandu
Rehash of old films
You have seen them all... you have been hearing these stories many times… this is what Pagale Vennela is all about. Very pale and old story with lots of known situations to support it and nothing new has been offered by any body. CV Reddy who is making this film after a long gap, has not chosen a right script to film and even the contribution of yet another director Relangi Narasimha Rao (comedy scene director) is not enough to lift the film.
Lots of comedy actors, all of the Tollywood comedians, but none could help the weak script. Few of them do tickle your bones, but no great shakes. Siva Balaji does try to perform but has very little scope. The debutant Mythili also has little role to play and does look glamorous. Overall the film looks like a comedy version of Pellaina Kothalo.
The Story
Siva Balaji is young man who has lots of ambitions in his life like falling in love with a girl, marrying that girl and spending his homey is a foreign location. He works for is an employee of Brahmanandam. He is always on the mission to fulfill his ambitions, and will be trying to meet the right kind of girl who he can love.
Finally he finds the girl in the form of Mythili. He woos her and falls in love with her. She too reciprocates and they love. Later get married and plan to travel abroad to fulfill the heroes ambition of spending his homey in foreign country. From here the twist starts. Unexpected turns and twists lead to their not going. Here onwards the comedians steel the show and take the film into newer direction.
Again like many comedy movies of the recent times this film too is episodic in nature and most of the comic situations are not exactly related to the film. As the couple are about to travel, there comes a turn in the story and what happens next and whether he has fulfilled his wish and how has to be seen on the big screen. The incidents that follow are hilarious.
This romantic comedy loose from love story to comedy and lots of efforts have been put to make the audience albeit they fail to do so.
The Analysis
The film is direct lift from all the old films; as long as you see the film you will realize that you have seen this sequence somewhere. The story is old; the comedy is not that great and even the performance of the artistes are not really up to the mark. The comedians dominate the proceedings, while the lead actors – Siva Balaji and Mythili – have little role to play.
Relangi Narasimha Rao's comedy scene direction reminds us of his old films and nothing new has been churned out. Little effort should have been put to develop newer jokes and sequences should have been better mingled with the main story. The love story drops out in between, while the comedy (which has no connection with the love story) takes over.
Vandemataram music is mediocre, and other technical departments have very little contribution to the film. CV Reddy should have put more effort to develop the story further, after a certain point he looses out and we can only see Relangi doing the job. A disappointing fare!
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