Banner : Ee Taram Films
Rating : 2.75 / 5
Cast: Taneesh, Praneetha, Ahuti Prasad, Charan Raj, Chandramohan, Vijayachander, Dr Siva Prasad, Duvvasi Mohan, Ramaprabha and others.
Old Wine In New Bottle (Movie Review)
Ee Taram Films is known for making message-oriented films or action films. By the time the banner was launched director T Krishna thought that the banner should make films to give a message to the present generation. However, the producer Pokuri Babu Rao wanted to tread commercial path and came out of the path and started making a film with love subject with a touch of factionalism. Many films with similar subject came and gone on the Telugu screen and this film has nothing to offer new.
Ram (Taneesh) and Bhadra (Praneetha) study in the same college in the same class and they also stay together along with three of their friends in their lecturer GSR’s (Chandrmaohan) house. Ram and Bhadra always fight with each other and soon they fall in love with each other. Their friends encourage them and they are ready to marry each other with the blessings of their parents. At this juncture, a murder attempt was made on Bhadra by a person, who belongs to Ram’s village. Then they both realise that they were the son and daughter of bitter foes of two villages. However, they wanted to convince their parents for their marriage and somehow Ram gets a place in Bhadra’s father Rajababu (Charan Raj)’s house. He wins the confidence of all the family members. Likewise, Bhadra joins Ram’s family and wins the affection of Sattibabu (Ahuti Prasad). At this juncture, a phakir (Vijayachander) narrates the flashback to Ram and Bhadra. In fact, Rajababu and Sattibabu are good friends and due to some misunderstanding and communication gap, they become bitter foes and their enmity turns an enmity between two villages. It goes to the extent of Rajababu preventing water flow to Sattibabu’s village and Sattibabu destroying a bridge that leads to the city causing lots of inconvenience to both the villages. Sattibabu starts looking for an alliance to Ram and finds a good bride in Bhadra. Now, both Sattibabu and Rajababu come to know that their children changed places and are trying to convince them. When both the villages were about to pitch a battle against each other, the children agree to sacrifice their love to avoid bloodshed. Rajababu settles Bhadra’s marriage and invites Sattibabu and his family for his daughter’s marriage. By the time, the bridegroom was about tie the nuptial knot, Sattibabu stops him saying that his son only had the right to tie the knot and no one else. The film ends on a happy note.
Performance:
Taneesh is okay in the film. However, for his physique he suits only for lover boy characters and not for action-oriented subjects. He maintained good comedy timing and looked okay in his role. He still needs to improve his dialogue modulation. Praneetha is an asset for the movie. She is elegant and gorgeous in western outfits and okay in traditional dresses. She did not show any inhibition to expose to the maximum extent possible. Her performance is also okay. Though a debutant, she faced the camera like a seasoned artiste. In fact, if the film runs well, it is just due to the beauty and exposure of the heroine which could pull crowds to the theatres. The characters played by Ahuti Prasad and Charan Raj were routine and they did justice to their respective roles. Duvvasi Mohan as Ahuti Prasad’s buddy and Siva Prasad as Charan Raj’s brother-in law tried to evoke comedy to their best. Vijayachander is okay as phakir, while Chandramohan did similar roles in dozens of films earlier. Pragati, Ramaprabha and the rest did justice to their roles.
Technical:
Manisharma’s music is average. He gave routine commercial mass masala tunes to all the songs and tried to give a loud music. Re-recording is okay to certain extent. Camera work by Ch Ramana Raju is okay as he was able to picturise the motorcycle chase and in capturing the greenery of villages with the same ease. Gauthamraju’s editing is also okay and nothing great. Dialogues by Bhashasri are average and there are very little dialogues that could be remembered. AS Ravikumar Choudary tried to give a novel treatment to an age-old story of factionalism between two villages. In fact, the audiences felt bored to watch certain scenes, which are out of logic. A father unable to notice his daughter’s voice, and a friend could not guess the voice of his friend over phone appeared silly and cinematic. At the same time, two children preventing a big battle between two villages also appear very dramatic. The screenplay is casual and there are many loose ends and the audiences could easily recognise it. There is hardly anything to talk much about the directorial abilities.
Remarks:
It is not a film to be made on the banner of Ee Taram Films which had a great history. Pokuri Babu Rao should maintain the values in making the films and instead of encouraging directors like Ravikumar Choudary, he should encourage new talents and make films worth watching as the audiences would have high expectations on certain banners. It is just a time pass film and one need not feel bad even if they ignore watching this movie. Can be watched once for the Praneetha’s glamour.
Credits: Music – Manisharma, Camera – Ch Ramana Raju, Editing – Gautham Raju, Dialogues – Bhashasri, Presents – Pokuri Rama Rao, Producer – Pokuri Babu Rao, Story, screenplay and direction – AS Ravikumar Choudary.
Movie Released On 16 July, 2010.
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