The one positive chord of having
classics as new movie titles is, the classic magic gets revived for new genx. I
believe it does generate some royalty also from (You) tubes and spotifys.
One such movie, we gonna talk
about here is Ohalu gusagusa lade, a classic track from 1963 Blockbuster
“Bandipotu”, the product from legends, B Vithalacharya, NTR, Sundar Lal Nahtha,
Doondi and Ghantasala.
Fast forward to 2013, Avasarala
Srinivas (Srini) created his magic with the simple story narration, natural
conversations, soulful tracks (from Kalyan Koduri) and decent performances from
the limited & choosen cast. Srini declared his admiration for Woody Allen,
early in the movie, by a telugu version of “Annie Hall” poster, maybe he wanted
to warn us about limited supply of regular tolly commercial elements and tiny experimentation in the narration.
Diving into the characters,
Srini did a perfect balancing act of a hobbledehoy with a decent support from
rest of the cast, Rao Ramesh, Hema, Posani and Prudhvi. Harish Koyalagundla got
a full length comedy act (I believe first for him so far) here after his
struggle all these years, including missing a connecting flight in Dubai for
Biryani, true foodie Andhrite. His dialogues of L1/H1 in the movie are loosely
linked to his real life events. His summarised struggle is here : http://www.idlebrain.com/news/focuslight/harishkoyalagundla.html
From the promos, I was quite
surprised why did they cast Rashi Khanna but after watching the movie, my
notion was wrong. She was perfect to emote a character with the shades of 19
& 25 years. There was a scene where she asks Venky to “Let life unfold”
when he proposes her at 19th birthday. Srini shows us his writing
depth here, the matured approach towards life, of a practical adolescent (yes, per WHO definition, 10-19 years) to a
dreamer, whose eyes are set at sky.
Naga Shourya, another promising
youngster to look forward from Tolly. He has already done close to half a dozen
films and couple in kitty with major production houses including Varahi, after struggle of half
a decade in the industry. His act is a perfect balance of appeaser and a
dreamer. He is a perfect blend of, guy next door and urban lover boy amongst his
contemporaries.
The lyrics are absolutely weaved
in to the story. Such instance is where Venky’s mother reads the letter, which does
carry few notes which were used in a song in the first half. The songs takes
the movie forward and the lyrics are pretty much integral part of conversation
of the move. Kalyan, who admits himself working as a composer, just for earning
money to lead a comfortable life with two kids. His magic worked here again,
giving him his long outstanding recognition since his “Aithe” days. The Mirchi
radio for best song award is a bonus. He has got so much music left in him.
The movie shot extensively in
and around Visakhapatnam and splendidly captured the picturesque locals to the
advantage of the key flash back plot. It was a beautiful lie to create Araku
yellow fields at the sea bed, though which Venky rides Prabhavathi to Vizag
beach.
So what the cinema itself is a True
lie!!!
I was curious to know why this
title for the movie and that prompted me to listen to the 1963 classis track
couple of times (link below). The movie carries the emotions of first stanza of the classic
track to certain extent… specially the struggle of Venky in the second half.
Hope Srini’s Oohalu will take us
to few more exciting outings in future on Telugu Celluloid….
....Venky
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