Ye Maaya Chesaave

Movie Rating: 3.5/5 Gautham Menon’s new film ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ starring Naga Chaitanya is not only a love story par excellence but also puts every other film with a love story to shame! Truth be told, most of the love stories made these days are so cheesy and predictable that it’s hard to find the true essence of love in such films. This is exactly what Gautham Menon tries to narrate in his film. His latest film ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ tries to find out what love is and how does love evolve from a spark in the heart to life itself. The film is Naga Chaitanya’s second, after he made his debut in ‘Josh’ which was released in 2009. Samantha made her debut in Telugu in this film. ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ narrates a love story between a couple who come from different backgrounds and how they try to find solace in each other’s company. What is it about : Naga Chaitantya stars as Karthik, a 22 year old Mechanical Engineering graduate who wants to be a film maker. With the help of his friend, Krishnudu, who is an actor, he gets introduced to a prominent director (Puri Jagannadh) and begins his career as an assistant director under him. One day, his heart skips a beat when he sees a girl on the road and within no time he realizes that both of them live in the same building. He comes to know that she’s a Malayalee Christian named Jessie (Samantha) and that she’s 24 years old. He blindly falls in love with her and one fine day proposes to her. Does Jessie accept Karth