"YUVATA" Movie Review
Good : The film Yuvatha is all about friendship and love for life. Director Parasuram manages to weave a light hearted and feel good movie right trough the first half. However, post interval, the film move on to a serious plane and the twists and turns and heavy sentimental scenes take the sheen away from the youthful and light hearted entertainer that Yuvatha was touted to be.Story: Babu (Nikhil) loses both his parents in his childhood and his maternal uncle grabs al the property in his name in the name of giving him shelter and raising him. Babu is a happy go lucky guy without a care in the world. He does not do any work and also neglects his studies.
After his uncle scolds him for being a good for nothing fellow, Babu leaves his native place Kesavaram and lands in Hyderabad where his friends are staying. One of them is a Ajay, software engineer and he is waiting for his visa to go to the US. Another guy is an aspiring director who dreams of making a film with Pawan Kalyan. The third wants to become a police officer but is at present working as a private security guard.
Ajay is in love with the Madhavi (Monali Choudhary) daughter of the landlord. Babu meets Baby (Aksha) and it is almost love at first sight. Baby is studying medicine. Babu and his friends give a big treat to Baby on her birthday. But a rowdy makes some lewd comments against Baby and an enraged Babu bashes him up.
The rowdy attacks the friends the next day and fatally injures Subbu, the aspiring director. Subbu is rushed to the hospital and the doctors tell the friends that five lakhs is required for surgery. The friends try all means but fail to arrange the money. Then one of the friends thinks of borrowing the amount form a gangster Narsing Yadav. The gangster gives them the required five lakhs on the condition that they will return it along with interest within one week.
When the friend fail to pay up after one week, the gangster bashes them up and give them another 48 hours to cough up the amount. With no other option, Babu and Ajay in association with the friend who is working as a security guard plan to rob a securities firm that is responsible for loading money in ATMs. When the two friends enter the strong room, they find it empty. When they try to leave the place, the police arrive on the scene and take them into custody. Babu and Ajay are no in jail on charges of stealing 20 crore from MS Securities. Who is the real robber? How do Babu and his friend manage to wriggle out of the case forms the basis for the rest of the story.
Performance:
Nikhil is the hero and h does a convincing job in his role of a carefree youth who is ready to do anything for his friends. Aksha debuts as heroine in Tollywood with this film. She plays the role of a medical college student. She is good looking and sensuous. However, she needs to hone her acting skills a lot.
Monali Choudhary and Randhir are okay in their roles. Sayaji shinde plays an inmate in the prison and he raises some laughs with his obsession for the sexy Simran. Jeeva as ‘Sonu Seth – Hyderabad ka Baadsha’ manages to raise some laughter. Jayaparakh Reddy as the jailor goes about his job in a routine fashion.
There are some good one-liners that draw a lot of applause from the audience. In one scene, Nikhil says “Iddaru Kalisthe Pudatham, Naluguru Moosthe Potham”.
In another scene Nikhil says “Alochinchukuni cheyyadaniki idi vyapaaram kadu – friendship”.
The title song Yuvatha …Yuvatha…Yuvatha…’has been filmed well and shows the friends in a playful mood. There is also an item song in the prison. Music by Mani Sarma is okay.
Director Parasuram manages to make the film quite enjoyable in the first half but he has put too many twists and turns in the second half. The heavy sentimental dialogues by Nikhil also affect the light hearted mood that was so enjoyable in the first half.
The film is targeted heavily at the youth and the fate of the film now rests entirely on their patronage.
End Credits :
Starring : Nikhil, Aksha, Monali Choudhary, Ranadhir, Sayaji Shinde and others
MUSIC : Manisharma
DIRECTOR : Parasuram
RELEASE DATE : November 7th, 2008
Labels: Aksha, Monali Choudhary, Nikhil, Ranadhir, tollywood
Plot Karthik is fat, unhip, good at heart, fun and comes to Hyderabad to work. At his office, he meets Kalpana, an independant and opinionated girl who dislikes him as soon as she is introduced while he falls in love with her. Their problems include but are not limited to the difference in their weights and personalites and the fact that she has a ready parents-approved suitor at hand.
Performances Krishnudu as Karthik acts dumb a whole lot and stares blankly. Now the trick is to figure out whether it's for real or that's how his character brief was given to him. It will take one more movie to figure out his potential as an actor. Sonia is natural and her looks are an asset for her. Suryatej as Altaf is not bad as is Poonam. Satya Krishnan as Karthik's sister is good. The guy who played Ananth, the office casanova is convincing but he needs to discard the accent next time and Ankitha is okay.
Plot Surya looks up to his father, who's his inspiration and his role model. He contemplates on his life from being a crazed lover who persues and then loses his love to a drug addict and an army man in control of even a crisis situation. His father, quietly but significantly, influences Surya.
Performances Surya gives a commendable performance, and he has many shades to portray even as the character 'Surya'. As Krishnan he is very good, and pulls off playing a man of his father's era very effectively. He's never loud or melodramatic. Actually, performance-wise Surya and Krishnan are harder to work at than his Ghajini role. That considered, it's probably one of his best ever performances. Simran justifies her role as Krishnan's wife. Sameera has this mysterious air about her which works for the character and hides her lack of skill-at least as compared to the others in the cast. Divya Spandana is okay in her brief role. Prithvi makes a comeback cameo.
Mainly, there is nothing novel or refreshing in it-a Hindu-Muslim love story in a rural set-up with relatively new faces and everyday situations and people. Where Kammula gets the audiences' attention is with a tight script that refuses to drag and ends at the right time, humor and scintillating music; all the departments where Kuruvilla's feature debut lacks.
Performances Kamal Kamaraju is believable and has good chemistry with Bindu Madhavi as Laxmi. Bndu Madhavi is raw and new, and it might take a movie or two more to understand her potential. She looks the part of course. Akbar's friends add some flavor to the movie while Rao Ramesh as Masterji is another Villain (we like villains here, don't we?). Laxmi's brother-sister: cute, well-written characters you can identify with and the kids justify thier roles. Laxmi's parents (stereotyped) are okay.