The whole film is based on the point that Prakash Raj and Ramya Krishna are separated. The second half is about the couple uniting the parents of hero which is targeted towards the family crowds. The interval block is about heroine’s father putting a condition. The first half is about two youngsters falling it love and hence it is targeted to the youth. Story: Story of the film is nicely divided into two parts. Venu Madhav is good though his comedy is of mass type. Brahmanandam is good in most of the scenes (especially when he listens to ‘yeem’ in phone during Geetanjali spoof episode). Karuna and Samrat are adequate as buddies. Ramya Krishna is just ok in the role of doting mother with an attitude.
There is a scene in which he acts like Robert Di Nero by saying ‘Aren’t you proud of me?’ three times (There is a famous ‘are you talking to me?’ episode in Taxi Driver film). Prakash Raj got lot of dignity to the role of father character he portrayed. Tamanna is good as the girl who is torn between her father and her lover. His emotions in the drinking scene are nice. Siddhardh is lovable in the role of a youngster. The rest of the story is all about how Siddhardh unites his parents (Ramya Krishna and Prakash Raj). When she introduces him to her father (Nassar) he says the he would give the hand of his daughter to him if Siddhardh unites his parents. He falls in love with Geeta (Tamanna) who comes to Hyderabad from a village. His parents get separated in his childhood and he stays with his mother. Siddhardh is a playful youngster with no emotions. On a whole, Manorama is not a bad film though a better handling of script would have made the film more interesting.Ĭast: Siddhardh, Tamanna, Prakash Raj, Ramya Krishna, Nassar, Samrat, Karuna, Sudha, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav, Hema, Surekha It is a risky proposition to make a film with limited locations and with an idealistic story with hours of time-frame. The negative points are slow second half and excessive preaching.
The plus points are plot idea and humanism. Editing is fair.Īnalysis: First half of the film is nice. One song is inspired from Bollywood flick Gangster (Bheegi Bheegi). Other departments:Songs of the film are mediocre. But, Manorama film isn’t treated with classy execution. This kind of plot needs stylish execution and sophisticated treatment. The story idea and the set up of plot are good. The second half drags and it needs some serious trimming.
We are supposed to be sympathetic about her character, but we end up becoming bored due to the excessive preaching. He didn’t do the characterization of Charmme character properly. But he could not narrate the love angle convincingly in second half. Director Eeswar Reddy handled the first half smoothly. The dialogues written and dubbing done for the same is very good. The idea of animated 500 note is innovative and gives lot of relief. The entire Manorama chat bhandar set-up remind us of Gokul chat blasts that happened recently. The concept of Charmme watching Cha t Bhandar and surroundings using a binocular from the window of her room and discovering that something is wrong reminds us of the Alfred Hitchcock’s film ‘Rear Window’. It preaches that love should overcome all the hatred developed by mankind due to various issues like religion and regionalism. Story - screenplay - direction: Story of the film is humanistic. Srivastav (Hyderabad Nawabs fame) is mildly entertaining though he went overboard towards the end. Ali and MS N arayana are uninteresting in this film. Dhanush and Pradeep (Radio Mirchi) are good in their roles.
National award winning child actor Sai Kumar (Belly Full of Dreams fame) did the role of a servant in chat bhandar and he is very good. Her histrionics in the second half are worth commending. The rest of the story is all about the bomb and the relationship between the stranger and Geetanjali.Ĭharmme did a different role in this film. That is when that stranger sees Geetanjali at chat bhandar and develop soft corner for her. There are chances t hat it may go off at any point of time. The bomb is supposed to blast at 1 pm and it fails to do so. A stranger arrives at Manorama chat and plants his bag containing a time bomb. Geetanjali (Charmme) stay s at an apartment that is just opposite to Manorama chat place. Manorama chat bhandar is a popular hangout place for Hyderabadis in Koti area. Cast: Charmme, Nishan, Dhanush, Pradeep, Lahari, Master Sai Kumar, Srivastav, Sridhar Rao, Ali, MS Narayana, Sudeepa, Narsing Yadav etc