Nagarjuna declared that he will not pick a script from now onwards which is not sensible in terms of content. Living up to his decision, he made Soggade Chinni Nayana and trailers looked somewhat promising all the time. Have a look at how the film fared.

The CONTENT:

Ramu (Nagarjuna), a Doctor and Seetha (Lavanya Tripathi) are one beautiful couple, where Ramu is son of Satya (Ramya Krishna) and Bangarraju (Nagarjuna). The couple comes to their native village Sivapuram to convey to Satya that they are about to divorce. Hurt by their decision, Satya scolds her husband Bangarraju, after which he comes down from hell as a soul who could be seen only by his wife. He now decides to set things in his son's life. However, a bigger problem eludes them as Sampath and Nasser hatches a conspiracy linked to a temple, whose treasure has link with both the families. What happened to Ramu-Seetha's personal life, how Bangarraju helps out his wife and rest of family, is the treat we have to watch on screen

Analysis :

The EFFORT:

On-Screen:

Nagarjuna looks terrific as Bangarraju and he maintained a cool-innocent look for Ramu character. He portrays both the roles of brave village playboy and well-educated USA NRI at ease. He looks too handsome as Bangarraju and brings out every emotion quite well.

Ramya Krishna is the show stealer for her good looks. No doubt, she still has that in her and excels in dances too. Her presence is what commands some scenes and her innocent look makes anyone love her. Lavanya Tripathi is beautiful and her waist-show is what tickles youth all the time. Others like Chalapathi Rao, Brahmaji, Vennela Kishore, Saptagiri, Posani and others are routine. Anasuya's debut doesn't made any impact. Sampath as a villain looks good.

Off-Screen:

Director Kalyan Krishna has done a good job being a fresher. Though the story isn't a new thing, this young director selected a typical village backdrop and mass characterisation, which itself sounds like a winner. Especially to watch such locales of Godavari is itself refreshing.

Anup Rubens scored couple of nice songs, while background music is not as good as Manam movie. Still he holds the nerve whenever Bangarraju character appears on screen. Production values of Annapurna Studios are good.

TeluguOne Perspective :

The PLUSES:

Nagarjuna as Bangarraju

Village backdrop

Sweet comedy without slaps & satires

The MINUSES:

Predictable ending

Slow narration in second half


BREAKDOWN:

These are the days where comedy means either making spoofs are slapping a senior actor numerous times on his head and cheeks. However the real good comedy never has this slapping and satire culture. Nagarjuna's Soggade Chinni Nayana is such a sweet film after a long time, where we laugh heartily for healthy jokes, some romantic moments and beautiful emotions. Though cliched at times, the film has ingredients to hold audiences to seats for 2 hours.

The start is interesting as 'son' Nag and his wife Lavanya Tripathi decide to apply for a divorce. As Ramu being a doctor involved so much into work and his hospital, probably most present day house wives connect to it. As the 'father' Nag, Bangarraju, soul arrives to earth, there is huge excitement and that takes graph to new level. With father failing to correct his son's life and the comedy of errors that take place, first half ends on interesting note.

Second half is the part where a majority of story is revealed, but that doesn't sound super exciting. Though there are only little twists, probably deep-layering missed and that dissatisfies the audiences to an extent. Scenes with other hotties, Ramu's romance with wife and a fight with goons, all sound little forced but they won't irritate or bore. As the film reaches climax, everyone will be waiting for some hair rising kick ass moments, but it ends like a TV soap opera.

On negative side, Soggade Chinni Nayana doesn't offer any wow moments or novel treatment with the story. But on brighter note, the film is full of good moments and fun, with lighter vein comedy that happens in a healthy way. Not much of village culture is also shown, but surely that tinge of greenery could be felt. The film will be patronised by majority of family audiences for its pure and clean look. Among all the Sankranthi releases, Nagarjuna's film offers that real festival treat of entertainment.

Final words: Soggade is Sankranthi's Soggadu