AMAV -- A Review

Honestly not many are intelligent enough to understand why the movie is named as Aaduvari Matalaku Ardhale Verule. Definitely I am not so intelligent but I made my own guesses. One guess being Song is one of best songs of NTR whom Venkatesh etc., admire. Other is Pawan Kalyan, a close buddy of Venkatesh, has the parody of the song in his last hit movie. (Kushi) Only thing many people are not very clear is how does it relate to characters in the movie.

Storyline:
Looking at the preview many of us mistook the movie to be software love story that we encounter every day in office. (Silly jokes, uncertain emotions, canteen comedy, falling for each other etc., is what I had in mind when I went to the movie.) Selection of best actors for the roles could not make up for the lousy story and narration. Ganesh (Hero), a jobless man, gets reprimanded by all including his father for his repeated attempts to get a job with out a success. Director made a futile to show that father and son share deep bond in their hearts and messed it up with shabby dialogues. Ganesh after securing a job falls in love with Keerthi (Heroin) and follows a sequence of attempts to impress her. Heroin rejects him and says that she is getting married in a month’s time. I strongly believe many of us (me included) would have heard such a thing from a girl at least once. But hero behaves in a way we never behaved and narration is completely in hero’s perspective making heroin look like a villain. Hero loses his father as a result of his affair. Ganesh gets depressed after his father’s demise.

Hero’s generous best friend held his helping hand to Ganesh and offers him stay in his house till his marriage. It is not a coincidence that Keerthi is the bride/sister-in-law. As usual Ganesh impresses everyone in the family of Keerthi. Story ends with a sentiment scene followed by a comedy climax.

Review:
What a magnificent waste!! He failed miserably in narration. Depiction of father son relation is one thing. Also he under utilized comedians like Sunil but Venky made up for it in the Nuvvu Naku Nachav Style. The editing was not good. This is one of the movie’s you feel bored right through the beginning.

Positives
Colors Swathi is the biggest plus. (I always hated her for the imminent disgust I have for girls who speak like kids for show off but this time around I loved her) She played same role as Mandira in DDLJ but she added lot of humor. If not for her I would have walked out during second half. SreeRam(Roja pulu) did well. He lost some weight and became a bit fair and has good boy look. I can’t imagine why heroin would fall in love with old venky when she has already been engaged to young and handsome SriRam.

Negatives
If you need some one old with authority and morals get Viswanath has been thumb rule in recent cinema. But here Viswanath’s stand was inconsistent. He was projected as similar role as in santhosam movie but sans rationale. His expression towards end of movie was unclear. Sunil was underutilized. Large family with so many members added confusion rather than clarity to the plot. Songs (barring one) are not that great.
I never thought an item song is necessary in a movie like AMAV. Also director wanted to cash in money by using aggressive sentiment where he failed miserably.