After
Samantha"s
mesmerising
performance
in
Ye
Maya
Chesave
and
Brindavanam,
Srinivas
Damera
decided
to
dub
a
successful
Tamil
film
Baana
Kaathadi
into
Telugu
with
the
title
Kurralloi
Kurrallu,
to
cash
in
on
the
craze
among
youth
on
Samantha.
Moreover,
the
film
is
the
debut
film
of
Atharva,
son
of
yesteryear"s
actor
and
hero
Murali,
who
is
well
known
among
the
Telugu
audiences.
Though
the
entire
film
has
the
Tamil
scent
that
runs
with
a
gripping
screenplay.
Ramesh
(Atharva)
is
a
plus-two
student
and
he
is
crazy
about
flying
kites
and
is
always
in
the
company
of
friends
including
a
much
senior
Kumar
(Karnas).
Once
when
he
goes
running
after
a
'Rajinikanth" kite
that
flew
off,
he
comes
across
Priya
(Samantha),
a
fashion
technology
student,
whose
parents
are
living
in
the
US.
Interestingly,
her
pen
drive
gets
misplaced
and
goes
with
Ramesh.
Severely
reprimanded
by
her
college
for
losing
the
pen
drive,
which
has
her
project
details,
Priya
manages
to
trace
Ramesh.
After
a
few
ruffled
encounters,
it
ends
up
in
their
friendship
as
Ramesh
returns
the
pen
drive,
which
was
found
in
his
pocket
when
his
mother
was
about
to
wash
his
clothes.
Realising
that
he
is
in
love
with
her,
Ramesh
goes
to
propose
Priya.
But
unfortunately,
she
gives
a
hate
look
as
Priya
finds
a
condom
in
Ramesh"s
hands
and
Priya
decides
to
leave
him.
More
trouble
awaits
Ramesh
as
he
witnesses
the
killing
of
an
ex-MLA
committed
by
local
goon
Ravi
(Prasanna)
who
is
basically
a
good-natured
youth,
who
warns
Ramesh
to
leave
the
place
and
go
elsewhere.
As
a
businessman
who
wanted
him
to
send
to
Gujarat
to
take
part
in
kite
flying
contest,
Ramesh
leaves
for
Gujarat.
Priya"s
friend
reveals
Ramesh"s
love
towards
her
and
he
wanted
to
present
a
key
chain
with
the
names
of
Priya
and
Ramesh
engraved
on
rice.
Realising
her
folly,
Priya
goes
in
search
of
Ramesh
and
finds
that
he
left
for
Gujarat
and
reaches
there.
But
Ramesh
refuses
to
accept
her
apologies.
With
lots
of
persuasion
by
his
friends
and
also
his
mother,
whom
Priya
could
convince,
Ramesh
accepts
her
love
and
the
film
ends
on
a
happy
note.
Performance:
Though,
it
is
his
debut
film,
Atharva
has
done
a
decent
job.
He
has
shown
good
ease
in
dances
and
emoted
well
in
many
scenes.
He
has
many
similarities
of
another
Tamil
hero
Simbu
@
Silambarasan.
He
looks
very
comfortable
before
the
camera
and
does
the
job
that
is
expected
from
him
well.
As
fashion
technology
student,
Samantha
is
there
to
deliver
a
good
performance.
She
looks
pretty
and
does
have
more
scenes
to
perform.
As
the
goon
with
a
kind
heart,
Prasanna
is
a
scene
stealer,
while
Karunaas
has
filled
the
comedy
slot
as
Kumar,
hero"s
buddy,
in
the
movie.
Most
of
the
scenes
involving
him
evoke
fun
and
laughter.
TP
Gajendran
as
Kumar"s
father
and
Monica
as
Atharva"s
mother
are
adequate.
Technical:
Richard
M
Nathan"s
camera
has
captured
the
lower
income
flats
with
dingy
corners
in
a
realistic
manner.
Most
of
the
scenes
have
been
shot
in
a
slum
locality
and
the
cinematographer
is
able
to
capture
the
moods
of
the
slum-dwellers
as
was
visualized
by
the
director
in
his
script.
Yuvan
Shankar
Raja"s
songs
are
just
okay,
but
the
background
music
is
good
in
parts.
Director
Badri
Venkatesh
has
tried
to
narrate
a
love
story
between
a
slum-dweller
and
an
upper
middle-class
girl.
Though
the
narration
is
okay
to
certain
extent,
the
director
has
lost
grip
post
interval.
The
film
moves
at
brisk
pace
till
the
interval
but
soon
the
tempo
becomes
slow
with
hero
going
to
Gujarat
for
kites
festival
and
few
songs
including
an
item
number,
which
come
as
speed
breakers.
What
starts
off
as
a
breezy
entertainer
ends
as
an
emotional
pot
boiler.
Remarks:
The
movie
is
not
so
great
to
watch,
but
just
okay.
Watch
the
film
for
Samantha"s
nice
performance
as
she
has
a
lot
of
scope
for
performance
in
this
film.
At
the
same
time,
the
peculiar
narration
of
the
slum-dwellers
mentality
impress
you.
Of
course,
you
can
wait
for
a
DVD
to
watch
instead
of
going
to
theatre
and
watch
the
film.
Cast:
Atharva,
Samantha,
Prasanna,
Karunaas,
Monica,
Manobala
and
others.
Credits:
Cinematography
–
Richard
Maria
Nathan,
Editing
–
Suresh
Urs,
Music
–
Yuvan
Shankar
Raja.
Dialogues
and
Lyrics
–
Vennelakanti,
Producer
–
Srinivas
Damera,
Story,
screenplay
and
direction
–
Badri
Venkatesh
Banner:
5
Colours
Multimedia
Released
on:
April
8,
2011