What is Different Perspective?
We do have a tendency to get carried away by the success of a film and rarely look deep down into it to justify the ‘praises’ heaped on the film as well as on director. Should success blind our ‘thinking’ and shouldn’t we study its shortcomings as well. Agreed audience appreciation is all too important but will it not be a crime to overlook its flaws. This is just an attempt to pause for `moment’ and analyze the structuring of the `plot’ and how it would have been a notable effort if director had adhered to few rules of Filmmaking grammar.
It’s a “Different Perspective’ of popular Telugu films by a “Friendly Viewer’. We begin this series with “Bommarillu”. |
Director Bhaskar holds audience interest by drawing good performance from actors besides comedy and songs instead of substantiating his plot. He begins his film with protagonist (Siddharth) announcing that he would not seek his father’s permission for his ‘profession’ as well as for his ‘love’. Invariably setting two goals for his protagonist but he doesn’t put hurdles to these two aspirations to make the conflicts realistic and challenging.
Unfortunately protagonist doesn’t broach these two topics before his father to justify his anguish. So the whole film rides on his assumption that his father could disagree to his ‘plans’ since he chose dresses and even a bride for him. In the first scene itself his father doesn’t force him to join his business rather allows him to take his own time. Is it not a boon for a person who aspires to enter construction business to be born in a family who own a leading construction company. (I don’t think it’s a curse for an aspiring actor to be born into Akkineni’s family). Similarly even his second ‘goal’ love has realistic obstacles. Since his father allows his son’s love (Genelia) into their house for 7 days even though his marriage has been fixed without giving it much thought. (hope we all had such a magnanimous father). Even his family doesn’t know how to react to Genelia’s presence in their house but Genelia blames all of them for walking out on them for no fault of theirs. Ironically Siddharth who hates being advised by his father keeps admonishing Genelia for venturing out in nights for ice-cream and also for speaking frankly. (He stifles her freedom more than his father did for him since he reaches home late after enjoying and drinking with his friends). He blames his father for his unhappiness but in reality he is a confused boy. He doesn’t know whom to love but suddenly falls in love (as soon as director asked him to) and makes mockery of himself by approaching bank for 25 lakhs but reluctant to disclose his family details.
However director rounds it up with a few heart-touching dialogues but he should have worked on his screenplay to justify the ‘anguish’ of a son since in the present format Prakash Raj sounded like a protagonist. If director had tightened up his script than he would have made a note-worthy film. He shows promise but needs to go a long way to join elite band of talented directors.
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