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Happy Wedding
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rating: NA
Punchline: Strictly for class audiences
Genre: Romance/Family
Type: Straight
Banner: UV creations & Pocket Cinema
Runtime: 133 minutes
Censor Certificate: U
Release date: 28 July, 2018
Theater watched: Screen 3, PVR Cinemas, RK Cineplex, Hyderabad
Cast: Sumanth Ashwin Niharika, Raja Chembolu, Murali Sharma, VK Naresh, Indraja, Annapurna, Pujitha Ponnada, Pavitra, Tulasi .etc
Music: Shaktikanth Karthick
Background score: Thaman SS
Cinematographer: P. Bal Reddy
Lyrics: Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Sri Mani
Dialogues: Bhavani Prasad
Editor: KV Krishna Reddy
Story, Screenplay & Direction: Lakshman Karya
Producer: Pocket Cinema
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Anand (Sumanth Ashwin) and Akshara (Niharika Konidela) fall in love and their parents accept them. Marriage date is fixed and engagement is done. That’s when Akshara starts to develop cold feet as she notices that Anand stopped giving her attention like he did in the past. Akshara expresses her doubt to Anand and he assures that everything will be alright. Rest of the story is all about how Anand convinces Akshara.
Actors: Sumanth Ashwin is very good as a guy with lots of positivity in him. He has delivered mouthful of dialogues with authority. Niharika Konidela is also very good as a confused girl. She has performed really in well in emotional scenes where she has to explain herself. You will see a new Niharika in this film. It’s not easy for a new-comer to perform such an author-backed role filled with a weakness so confidently. Raja Chembolu (Sirivennela’s son), who has got recognition with hero’s brother role in Fidaa has done a vital character in this film and he is very good. Murali Sharna comes up with another good performance as an endearing father of heroine. Indraja is seen in a different role and is good. VK Naresh gets a mildly entertaining father role and does justice. It’s nice to see Annapurna in a lengthy role after a gap. Pujitha Ponnada plays heroine’s buddy role. Pavitra and Tulasi make their presence felt as mothers.
Technical departments
Other departments: Background music by Thaman is pretty good. Songs scored by Shashikanth are good. All of them are situational and blend into the movie except for the title song that comes before climax. Visuals by cinematographer Balreddy are glossy. The visual palette mostly includes cyan colors (especially cyan blue and cyan green). Dialogues written by Bhavani Prasad are good and it’s a conversational oriented movie. Production design is sleek. Editing is alright. Production values by Pocket Cinema and UV Creations are excellent.
Analysis: Though it’s a remake of a Marathi blockbuster Mumbai Pune Mumbai 2, Happy Wedding is a risky film to make despite being in salable genres like romance and family drama because the entire film revolves around a wafer-thin subject. The director has succeeded in getting few moments right, but couldn’t give a racy narration and a convincing second half. The entire film is class and glossy and will be liked the ultra class audiences. The lack of logic (heroine’s foolishness in second half and hero’s lethargy in first half (not going to bus station when his fiance is waiting all alone)) which form the basic conflict point might make you squirm!