Rating: 3/5
Banner: A Working Dream Production
Cast: Asif Tej, Rohan, Nishanthi and others
Music: R Anil
Cinematography: Andrew Reddy, Suresh Babu
Story, screenplay, dialogues, direction: Praveen Sattaru
Producers: Naveen Sattaru & Deborah Stone
Release date: 18/02/2011
So far, cinema was classified into mass, class but now another category has joined and that is multiplex. Slowly, this trend is picking up in Tollywood as many are showing interest to make such films. One such flick is LBW, let us see how this is..
Story:
The film runs in two backdrops
Hyderabad backdrop:
Jai (Abhijeet), Rishi (Siddhu) are two opposite characters but very good friends. Jai is focused on music, studies and nothing else. Rishi takes life as it comes and he is into all activities without taking anything seriously, including Anu (Nishanti) the girl he loves. Anu parts ways with Rishi due to his bad habits and becomes close friend to Jai. Where did this friendship lead to forms the rest of the story.
Dallas Backdrop:
Rajesh (Rohan), Radhika (Chinmayi) are close friends and though their natures are different, they like each other. Radhika loves Rajesh but is waiting for the right time to express it. Meanwhile, Rajesh friend Varun (Asif) comes and stays with them in their flat. Radhika finally expresses her feelings to Rajesh but he declines it straightly stating he never had any such feelings for her. In this process, Radhika friendship with Varun becomes strong. Whom does she choose in the end forms the rest of the story.
Performances:
Siddhu impresses with his act. His careless attitude, body language is good. He carries the film completely during the first half though he disappears in the second half.
Nishanti has a beautiful body and good performance skills too. She was quite natural in her act and has a sexy appeal which is domestic yet desirable. Abhijeet was alright in his performance but he must focus on his body language. It is kind of hard to accept him as a hero due to his odd body language.Chinmayi has come up with a decent act and her dialogues were entertaining. She has an attractive expression and scores.
Rohan doesn’t impress at the start but eventually he covers up and proves his mettle.Asif came up with passable performance. His looks, characterization, dialogue delivery are very funny so that gives an additional impact.
The rest of the padding artists hail from the TV serial background so they did their bit as required.
Highlights:
* Music and background songs
* Script handling
* Convicted narration
* Fresh appeal in idea
Drawbacks:
* storyline connects to very exclusive audience
* hiccups in editing
* slight jerks in screenplay
* Domination of English in dialogues might not appeal to all
* Cinematography
Analysis:
Right from the title, there is variety in the approach of director and he has taken his film sincerely without thinking about any commercial elements.
This is aimed at youth and urban audience but focus was there on Indian emotions and traditions. Factors like giving value to parents feelings and wishes scores the brownie points. The dialogues were crisp and due to the flavor, those who connect with it will like it very much but others may not. The director wanted to portray it as realistically as possible. But the film suffers due to lack of publicity.
It is not just about making a good film, efforts must be made to get it to the audience’s reach. Let us hope this picks up in the days to come.