Hasini - Movie Review
Director BV Ramana Reddy prepared a nice family subject with a slight suspense filled drama. Sandhya of Premiste fame have been roped in as a heroine for the film and Kamalakar of Abhi fame played the male lead. The film is heroine-centric and the hero"s character is very limited. The points like family drama, sentiment and melodrama are very good to listen, however, the director has failed to mould the same on the celluloid.
Story:
Hasini
(Sandhya)
and
Kamal
(Kamalakar)
met
each
other
in
a
train.
Through
Kamal
she
learns
that
he
is
the
son
of
the
sarpanch
of
Ganapavaram
in
East
Godavari
district.
A
petty
thief
(Ali)
snatches
a
ring
from
Kamal
and
Hasini
notices
it.
Hasini
catches
the
thief
and
collects
the
ring
from
him,
but
she
misses
the
train.
So,
Hasini
goes
to
their
village
and
introduces
herself
as
the
lover
of
Kamal.
Kamal"s
father
(Ahuti
Prasad)
maintains
a
joint
family.
All
his
three
daughters
(Hema,
Surekhavani
and
Ragini)
stay
with
him
along
with
their
husbands
(Dharmavarapu
Subrahmanyam,
Krishna
Bhagawan
and
Siva
Reddy)
and
children.
All of them were so affectionate towards Hasini on learning that he is the lover of Kamal. Mistaking the doctors" words that Hasini is three-month pregnant, Kamal"s father asks his son to rush home. Hasini demands Kamal to get her bag which she kept on her seat in the rail compartment. Unfortunately, Kamal, though pick it up, loses it to the same thief, who had stolen the ring from him. Hasini falls flat to the affection of the entire family and she did not want to go home without the bag as it had a valuable thing in it. But, she was forced to leave the house, as two woman thieves (Ramyasri and Jyothi) who were released from the jail reach Kamal"s house in Ganapavaram, learning that Hasini was staying and wanted to loot the house. Did Hasini explained her position to the family members? What was the circumstances that led her for imprisonment? What happened to the two woman thieves? Did she finds the bag? Answers to all these questions form rest of the story.
PERFORMANCE:
Sandhya
played
a
homely
girl"s
role
in
this
heroine-centric
film.
The
entire
story
revolves
around
her
character
and
Sandhya
has
given
excellent
performance.
However,
she
needs
to
shed
a
lot
of
weight
in
case
if
she
wants
to
continue
as
heroine
in
the
film
industry.
Kamalakar,
who
made
his
debut
through
Abhi
puts
up
some
weight.
Though
he
is
facing
the
camera
for
the
second
film,
he
still
had
to
learn
a
lot
about
acting,
improve
his
dialogue
modulation
and
body
language.
Once
again
Ahuti
Prasad
did
a
decent
job
as
a
head
of
the
family
and
all
the
family
members
in
the
film
tickled
the
funny
bones
of
audiences
with
their
performance,
besides
maintaining
good
sentiment
in
the
film.
Almost
ninety
percent
of
the
film
has
been
shot
in
a
single
house
in
Godavari
districts
and
a
few
songs
were
shot
in
Hong
Kong,
Pucket
islands
and
other
such
places.
TECHNICAL:
Music
by
Koti
is
average
as
none
of
the
songs
were
melodious
and
even
the
background
score
is
also
unimpressive.
Camera
work
by
K
Prasad
is
also
average
as
he
had
not
much
scope
to
capture
the
beauty
of
the
village
atmosphere
and
the
picturization
of
songs
were
just
fine
with
routine
locations.
The
director
failed
to
make
use
of
senior
lyricists
like
Dr
C
Narayana
Reddy,
Ramajogaiah
Sastry.
Dialogues
by
Marudhuri
Raja
are
good
in
parts
and
KV
Krishna
Reddy
should
have
sharpen
his
scissors
as
the
first
half
appeared
to
be
very
lengthy.
The
only
solace
is
that
the
director
maintained
good
suspense
till
the
last
half-an-hour
of
the
film,
as
to
why
Hasini
went
to
jail
and
her
background.
The
remix
of
Arundhati
scene
of
Bommali
failed
to
evoke
any
laughter
and
was
made
in
poor
taste.
The
screenplay,
penned
by
the
director
himself,
was
mediocre
and
it
is
not
known
how
Ali,
who
also
lost
the
train
caught
the
same
train.
It
is
also
absurd
as
to
how
a
petty
thief
got
a
chance
to
act
in
a
film.
Such
silly
mistakes
tests
the
patience
of
the
audiences.
ANALYSIS:
Though
the
storyline
chosen
by
the
director,
the
family
sentiment
and
the
suspense
part
was
good,
the
director"s
immaturity
was
very
clear
in
moulding
the
subject
effectively
on
the
screen
was
evident
and
the
film
failed
to
attract
any
audiences
on
the
date
of
release
itself
as
it
has
neither
melodious
songs,
nor
artistes
with
a
particular
image,
nor
there
is
good
publicity
to
the
film.
The
release
of
the
film
was
abnormally
delayed
and
some
how
the
film
saw
the
light,
with
very
very
little
response
from
the
audiences.
Cast: Sandhya, Kamalakar, Giribabu, Ahuti Prasad, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Krishna Bhagawan, Ali, Venumadhav, Pruthvi, Afia, Saraswatamma, Hema, Surekha Vani, Ragini, Nirmala Reddy, Sudeepa, Ramyasri, Jyothi, Sruthi and others
Credits: Dialogues – Marudhuri Raja, Lyrics – Dr C Narayana Reddy, Ramajogaiah Sastry and BV Ramana Reddy, Music – Koti, Camera – K Prasad, Editing – K.V. Krishna Reddy, Presenter – Buchepalli Venkayamma, Producer – B Kamalakar Reddy, Story, screenplay and direction – BV Ramana Reddy.
Banner: Kamal Pictures