Saturday, August 12, 2006

Fully Furnished BOMMARILLU

When we are in our 8th standard,Nirmala Teacher told us Bommarillu = Bomma + Illu ( Rugaagama Sandhi). This is the first thought that flashed,at knowing the title. That time I felt for a film that boasts of talented youth in its crew (Producer 'Dil' Raju, latest heart-throb Sidhaarth and the glamorous Genelia) the title is surprisingly "Family Type". I was wrong and I was right.


Bommarillu is fresh and at the same time intense. It is youthful but with a underlying message.It is entirely based on the theme of human relationships and their emotional undercurrents. The interactions between the lead characters have been developed in an interesting way.Some earlier films, touched the topic but only fleetingly. The film succeeded in striking an amazing balance between entertainment and emotion.It is refreshingly peaceful in the midst of fiercely violent flicks.Ofcourse, there is a mandatory fight through which any Telugu hero proves his lady-love that he is indeed in love with the lady.



Sidhaarth's and Genelia's are very good roles and they excelled at them exceedingly well.Sidhaarth is charming as usual as a lover-boy and looked an immensely matured actor when playing the son. His monologue towards the climax is the icing on the cake.I feel Genelia got a bigger pie compared to Sidhaarth and she helped herself to discover unknown depths as an actress.She did a truly commendable job even going to the extent of eclipsing Sidhaarth at times.But in the process, she got on my nerves sometimes ( 2 or 3 times maybe), no fault of hers though, its the character which irritated me.Guess need not pat the backs of Prakash Raj,Jaya Sudha and Kota , all verterans who know how to play their respective characters as well they know the respective backs of their respective hands.Though I have to admit each time I took my kerchief out fearing tear-lash from Jayasudha whenever she appeared on-screen,she did not trouble me much. Suneel has his punches.And the hero's friends gang inluding Chitram Seenu, Vennela Ravi Verma did well.Neha (Dil fame) plays an insignificant role.


The film's director Bhaskar earlier assisted Sukumar and Boyapati Srinu for Arya and Bhadra respectively; both Dil Raju ventures. He did a truly truly good job here. Let us only hope, unlike most of the youth brigade, he gets better with the next one. Abburi Ravi penned some very good dialogues; though a very few of the jokes may come across as stale.And then there is this good 'old' music bloke called Devi Sri Prasad. "Apudo Ipudo Epudo..." is surely the pick of the lot.

Nede Choodandi ! ( It not today; tommorow. But do see it.)

Mee Abhimaana Theatre lo !! ( The 'abhimaana' part is not mandatory )

BOMMARILLU BOMMARILLU BOMMARILLU ....
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