MY ADVICE: I know every director cannot be Mani Ratnam but just watch SAKHI by Mani Ratnam if you are really interested in the subject of young married working couple.
MOVIE CREDITS:
MOVIE: PELLAINA KOTHALO
GENRE: FAMILY/DRAMA/COMMEDY
RIGHTS: STRAIGHT
BANNER: AA NALUGURU FILMS
MUSIC: AGASTHYA
CINEMATOGRAPHER: SURENDER REDDY
LYRICS: VETURI, CHAITANYA PRASAD AND UMA MAHESHWAR
STORY/SCREENPLAY/DIALOGUES/PRODUCER/DIRECTION: MADAN
ROLE PLAY (CAST): JAGAPATHI BABU, PRIYAMANI, AASTHA SINGHAL, RAJU SUNDARAM, VENU MADHAV, SUNIL, JHANSI, KRISHNA BHAGAVAN, ALI, KOTA SRINIVAS RAO, DHARMAVARAPU SUBRAHMANIAM, MS NARAYANA, GIRI BABU, RAJITHA AND GEETHANJALI, SANDESH, MADHU, HEMA, KOVAI SARALA AND OTHERS
RELEASE DATE: DEC 9, 2006
CHOREOGRAPHY: SIVA SHANKAR, RAJU SUNDARAM, VIDYA
EDITING: NANDAMURI HARI
CBFC RATING: U
BACKROUND:
· Priyamani is a new actress.
· Jagapathi Babu is in dire need of a hit after a series of flops, although Samanyudu was an average success.
· Madan who proved his mettle with Aa Naluguru is debuting as Director with this movie. Apart from directing, he also provides the story and scripts it too. As if that is not enough, he takes the risk of producing it under the banner of Aa Naluguru.
CONCEPT & STORY:
Pellaina Kothalo is all about the egoistic clashes between couples when both are working to keep up with this fast paced generation. It is all about how that couple separates with misunderstandings and reunites understanding the strong ethos of the institution called marriage.
Hari (Jagapathi Babu) works as a software engineer and Laxmi/Lucky (Priyamani) works as a call centre professional. They both earn big and lead pretty decent lives. Jagapathi has Krishna Bhagavan and Priyamani has Jahansi as their best pals and mentors. Both are equally dominating on their partners and try to preach their ethos as the lead couple are about to get married in an arranged way. Hema plays wife to Bhagavan and Sunil plays husband to Jhansi. Both are equally submissive and yet sensible with unflinching love towards their partners.
The hell breaks lose before the first night as the lead couple following their friend’s advice keep dominating each other and in turn avoid the first night. In the second half of the film the grand entry of grand parents solves the problem although it takes a Vratam to do so. In the end all goes well and the couple reunites.
MUSIC & LYRICS:
Agasthya’s music compositions for this movie have the potential to become commercially successful. But the range of success will be limited because of the “class only” appeal. Lyrics are refreshing in a couple of songs.
PERFOMANCES:
· Jagapathi Babu, the lead actor, is a very good comic timer and excels in family oriented movies. He is looking his recent best. He plays his character that will surely appeal to the wider audience although hardcore masses might not connect as they would not connect with the movie in the first place.
· Priyamani, the lead actress, is a fresh heroine and she definitely has a long innings ahead of her as she connects with every Telugu speaking person with her ease in acting. In fact unless you already know that she is not a Telugu speaking girl, you would take her to be a Telugu girl. Her traditional looks will appeal to many.
· Krishna Bhagavan is at his best in making the audience laugh with his witty dialogue delivery that is his trademark.
· Hema is very good with her role as Bhagavan’s submissive yet sensible wife.
· Brahmanandam and Kovai Sarala may generate some extra laughs but proves to be unnecessary and as a result irritating.
· Kota Srinivas and Geetanjali might click as the elderly couple with a strong bond of love between them.
· Venu madhav might not be connected directly to the movie but generates loudest laughs through out the theatre with his trademark comedy.
· M.S. Narayana is a bit on the irritating side even to the hardcore masses.
· Sunil and Jhansi perform their roles with ease.
· Raju Sundaram and Astha are unnecessary with an unnecessary song as an addition.
TECHNICIANS:
· Choreography is adequate and passable.
· Cinematography is just about O.K.
· Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Direction are good in the first half and lacks the pace and deviates from the concept in the second half.
DON’T MIND MY MIND:
I expected a lot from this writer turned director Madan. I came out of the theatre disappointed.
· In the first half of the movie, screenplay is crisp. But in the second half of the movie, screenplay gets so worse that at times one is left wondering whether it is a soft porn movie or a family movie.
· The whole Vratam episode generates humor to start but soon turns out to be just too, three, four much. The elderly couple and their ever-romancing servants are just too clichéd and masaledar to be even considered dignified to the storyline that the director chose.
· Now to start with, it is very unconvincing that a newly married couple just won’t have any of the feelings that any couple would have entering the first night room. Then to just start arguing over silliest matters the same night and next and next and on shows how immaturely the script is written.
· The climax is highly boring with a message oriented song and speeches by the elderly couple who up to that moment were just interested to get the lead couple to get on bed to solve the entire problem.
· The only things I enjoyed in the movie are Krishna Bhagavan and Hema’s relationship. Then the conversation between Jagapathi and Priya over the phone. And a couple of beautiful romantic melodies by Agasthya.
To read KALCHAs prediction on Pellaina Kothalo’s box-office fate click HERE.
READERs RATING:
DON is the next hope for NAGARJUNA to further his career. And so the Director LAWRENCE and the Producers from KEERTHI CREATIONS are leaving no stone unturned. Earlier a character was created for the NEW GOLDEN LEG of the Telugu film industry JAGAPATHI BABU. Almost every movie in recent times with Jagapathi Babu’s involvement has been a success. A few examples are ANUKOKUNDA OKAROJU and LAKSHYAM. Jagapathi is donning the role of a POLICE OFFICER in DON. Wherein, Nagarjuna is playing a modern day ROBIN HOOD according to the industry sources.
