<i>Manasu Palike Mouna Raagam</i> - Review
Thursday,
November
02,
2006
Sneha
excelled
in
histrionics
The directors and producers always tread a path that was shown by someone without deviation. They are following a formula which was proved successful by someone. That is why they are doing films with faction, action, college/student love backdrops. Trying to do an off-beat subject is really a daring step because they are not sure about the fate of the film. But Dega Deva kumaar Reddy took a bold decision and produced a film with a complete heroine-oriented film, of course with love as its backdrop called Manasu Palike Mauna Raagam. But he did it and proved that one could bring out a very clean and neat film sans romance, glamour and action scenes.
Gowri (Sneha) is an unfortunate girl, who loses her entire family including parents, a sister and a brother in tsunami. Rao (Saratbabu) is a millionaire and his son Vikram (Vikramaditya) stays in London. Rao visits the village to pay tributes to the village goddess as part of their tradition along with his wife Chandana (Chandana), before his daughter Uma's marriage. Learning the plight of Gowri, Rao takes her to their house in city, though she was said to be an unlucky girl. Uma finds her husband Viswa misbehaving with Gowri. But Gowri takes the blame. But Uma's husband tells his in-laws that he really did not mean to misbehave with Gowri but only want to teach a lesson to Uma as she is not behaving with him properly and that too on the advice of a psychiatrist (Ambika). Gowri finds that Uma had an ill feeling towards Viswa. But on the advice of Gowri, both Uma and Viswa meet the psychiatrist again. Their visit makes them live a happy married life. On learning about the rough weather in his sister's life, Vikram comes to India and thank Gowri for solving the problem. The acts of Vikram make Gowri attract towards him and she loses her heart but did not reveal it. Meanwhile, Rao settles Gowri's marriage with someone but Vikram comes to know that the boy is a fraud and stops the marriage. Gowri feels happy at the cancellation of the marriage. One day Vikram goes to Gowri and tries to advance physically. But Gowri explains to him what is true love. Learning how good Gowri is, Chandana unites Gowri with Vikram and the film ends on a happy note.
Plus:
Debutant
director
Nagabhushanam
brought
out
a
very
good
film.
Especially
the
choice
of
Sneha
is
the
major
plus
point
for
this
film.
Almost
she
could
be
seen
in
every
frame
in
the
film
but
for
a
couple
of
scenes.
Her
body
language,
histrionics,
show
of
expressions
were
the
plus
points
to
this
film.
Cinematographer
Bharani
A
Dharan
did
a
fantastic
job
by
capturing
all
the
emotions
and
expressions
of
the
heroine.
In
fact,
he
was
able
to
project
the
ideas
of
the
director
exactly
on
the
screen.
Music
by
KM
Radhakrishnan
is
another
plus
point
in
the
film.
Veturi
and
Vanamali
gave
melodious
lyrics
for
the
tunes.
Choreography
of
songs
is
also
very
good.
After
a
long
time,
one
can
find
a
hero
and
heroine
singing
duet
without
touching
each
other.
The
selection
of
wardrobe
is
excellent
as
the
heroine
was
shown
in
traditional
half
saree
and
saree
all
through
the
film.
The
producer
and
director
did
not
even
venture
to
use
modern
outfits
at
least
in
songs.
Sneha
looked
beautiful
in
traditional
outfits.
Climax
was
brought
out
in
an
extraordinary
manner
and
the
last
half
an
hour
of
the
film
is
a
must
watch.
The
choreography
of
'Ningi
Nelalaky
kaadaa
kalyanam...' song
in
classical
dance
style
amuses
the
audiences.
Minus:
The
director
chose
the
characters
of
a
watchman
and
a
driver
for
comedy
who
curse
their
mistress
in
a
witty
way.
It
really
failed
to
evoke
any
laughter
much.
The
comedy
track
with
Suman
Shetty
was
also
not
etched
well.
The
director
ignored
to
give
a
good
end
to
another
love
track
of
hero's
friend,
though
there
is
a
dialogue
by
the
heroine
that
his
love
is
not
true
and
justified.
But
for
a
couple
misses
here
and
there,
the
minus
points
are
not
very
glare
in
the
film.
Remarks:
The
film
cannot
be
recommended
to
those
who
want
total
entertainment
with
romantic
and
action
scenes.
But
if
you
want
to
watch
a
decent
love
story,
this
film
reminds
you
the
old
classic
performance
of
heroines
of
yesteryears
like
Savitri,
Krishnakumari,
Devika
and
others.
One
should
go
to
this
movie
to
watch
the
excellent
performance
of
the
heroine,
with
sheer
histrionics
and
expressions
sans
glamour
and
exposure.
Cast: Vikramaditya, Sneha, Saratbabu, Chandana, Ahuti Prasad, LB Sriram, Suman Shetty, Ambika and others.
Credits:
Cinematography
-
Bharani
K
Dharan
Music
-
KM
Radhakrishan
Editing
-
Sreekara
Prasad
Lyrics
-
Veturi,
Vennelakanti
Producer
-
Dega
Deva
kumaar
Reddy
Story,
Screenplay,
Dialogues
and
Direction
-
Nagabhushanam.
Banner
:
Sri
Dega
Arts
Released
on
:
November
02,
2006.
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