Malli Malli Idi Raani Roju Review
Movie: Malli Malli Idi Raani Roju
Banner: CC Media and Entertainments Ltd
Cast: Sharwanand, Nithya Menon, Pavithra Lokesh, Surya, Nazar, Tejaswi and Others
Dialogues: Sai Madhav Burra
Music: Gopi Sunder
Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswar Rao
Cinematography: Gnanasekar V S
Producer: K A Vallabha
Story, Screenplay and Direction: K Kranthi Madhav
Release Date: Feb 6th, 2015
AP Trendz Rating: 3/5
Story:Ram or Rajaram (Sharwanand) is an aspiring athlete who dreams of winning the national medal one day. His mother (Pavithra) is a music teacher and supports his son. Into his life comes a burqa-clad girl Khanum or Nazreena (Nithya Menon), who is also his college-mate. Even as he trains for his championship, Ram tries his best to see the face behind the veil. Will he find out who she is? Will their love succeed despite their different religions? Will he win his championship? That forms the rest of the story.
Artistes’ Performances:
Sharwanand is as good as ever. He plays his part well and does complete justice to his role. He suits the character and almost lives his part. Unlike in Run Raja Run where he got a pretty cheerful character, in Malli Malli Idi Raani Roju, he once again gets back to doing serious roles.
But his body language and his lean physique suit that of an athlete and he is pretty convincing in the latter half of the film where he gets to play a more mature role.
Nithya Menon is her usual best. She is nice in the first half as the college girl who is in love. In the second half, her character ages and she carries it off pretty well. Though you cannot help but wonder if it is too early for her to play such heavy-duty characters.
Tejaswi Madivada as Mehak is the only other character who has considerable screen presence and the Ice Cream girl is an ideal choice as the Malaysian brought-up daughter of Nazreena.
Others like Nassar, Sana, Pavithra and others pull off their parts effortlessly.
Technical Excellence:
The music for the film has been provided by Gopi Sunder who in the past composed music for Bangalore Days. Since it is a love story, he tried to give a couple of soft melodies both of which are good. There is also the fairly popular number Marhaba which is picturised on Nithya Menon.
Cinematography is decent. But the main drawback is the slow screenplay. After a point, you really wonder when and how the film is going to end. As for director Kranthi Madhav who had earlier made Onamalu, he tries to make a heart-wrenching love story to put across the message that true love can withstand all barriers.
Plus:
- Sharwanand
- Nithya Menon
- Direction
- Very slow narration
Bottomline: 'Pure' Love Story
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