Nenu Sailaja

 

For the first time a teaser, “Nenu Sailaja” prompted me to hit the blog to scribble. Seems Sravanthi movies gonna hit the bull’s eye with this one after series of not so commercially sound products….same for Ram, who is struggling to fit into one image, owing to influx of fresh blood in Tollywood. His successful template formula has been copied so many times in the recent past that even Gopichand, changed lanes and scored a hit with Loukyam. Then there is a big successful stratum of lover boys around. Nikhil and co are now leading the concept based ventures… leaving him little space to fit in to a mask. So what could be his next genre to explore and establish, a lover boy, family entertainer, action hero, concept based themes or all of them.

Meantime the teaser of “Nenu Sailaja” erstwhile “Hari Katha” (title changed now) is “fresh” and suggesting us that Ram chosen the lover boy path in the lanes of Arya. By mentioning fresh, I meant the orchestrated string by DSP, the controlled n calculated release of expressions by Ram and exhibition of innocence by Keerthi Suresh.  Seems Kishore Tummala, Second Hand Fame, is eyeing for his First commercial success. Kudos to the whole team who cut this 49 seconds teaser, which definitely raised the curiosity levels about the move and music release, before that.

I believe no other teaser in recent times quite reached the perfection levels as this one, with crisp content, revealing the elements and raising the expectations (the same way Hari looks up) and more importantly an addiction for repeated watch for his “Ah…” at the end of teaser to the response of “I am not in Love with You”……....but we are!

“Nenu Tanuja” watched this trailers numerous times already..."Ah…"

Half the battle won…wishes and hope that this “Ready” hero is Ready for much deserved Hit…

...Venky!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oohalu gusagusalade

 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 19^th 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