Movie Review: Kalyana Vaibhogame
on Mar 4, 2016
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Director Nandini Reddy is trying her level best to make a strong come back after the flop show of "Jabardasth", while hero Naga Shourya is also waiting for a right break to happen. Let's see how "Kalyana Vaibhogame" actually is.
The CONTENT:
Shourya (Naga Shourya) is a game designer who wants to fly to USA as his new game-design project gets approval. But his ailing grand mother's last wish happens to be, seeing him get married. His parents (Aishwarya and Raj Madhiraj) starts looking for matches. Divya (Malavika Nair) on the other hand is a medico, whose parents (Rashi and Anand) also looking for suitable matches. But Divya wants to leave for USA and study MD there on scholarship. Both Shourya and Divya meet each other as parents arrange a match-making ceremony for them. Initially they reject, but later they come up with the idea of marrying and getting divorced in 1 year with mutual consent. What happens thereafter is rest of story?
The EFFORT:
On-Screen:
Naga Shourya tried to be little original this time, but there are traces of him imitating other stars to get some body language. He's good at times, but sometimes leaves you with a blank face. Malavika Nair is a total revelation. If you don't compare her role in that of 'Yevade Subramanyam' with this, definitely you'll like her. Though she's not gorgeous, somehow she steals the show.
Aishwarya and Raj Madhiraj as hero's parents brings laughs. They try to be simple and sweet, and their dialogues create the emotion, while director failed to sustain it for long. Former hero Anand has not much to do with his role, except uttering a loud dialogue in one scene. Raashi also sounds boring with her dejected looks, but in two emotional scenes, she got some dialogue and scope to show her talent.
All other actors like anchor Hemanth and others are just present to fill the screen and utter dialogues given by the director.
Off-Screen:
Director Nandini Reddy hasn't come out of "Ala Modalaindi" hangover as she stuffed similar elements here too. While her direction sounds little lazy and weak at times, somehow she failed to maintain a pace of emotions too. Actually she didn't touched any sentiment to a depth. Whether it is parents forcing their likes on children, or parents giving too much freedom to kids, Nandini didn't went inside.
Kalyan Koduri's music is master asset for the film as it helps even simple scenes get some elevations. Other departments have done well, including camera and art. Dialogues of Lakshmi Bhoopal are okay at parts, emotional content lacks depth and comedy pieces sound like YouTube comedy short films which he is writing often these days.
The PLUSES:
Naga Shourya & Malavika's presence
Couple of songs
The MINUSES:
Lag in both 1st and 2nd hours
Predictable story & dialogues too
Routine 'Ala Modalaindi' climax
BREAKDOWN:
As Nandini Reddy promised that she's coming up with a kick-ass take on marriages of present day and the past, everyone is looking forward to watch that brilliant piece of advise and guidance on marriage. But the film sounds like a rehash of movies like Happy, Ala Modalaindi and Nenu Sailaja in parts.
Film starts 'interestingly' as usual with a hook point, and then hero Shourya starts us giving a lecture why anyone shouldn't get married. At the same time Malavika Nair's character has genuine touch as she wants to study more in USA rather always succumbing to pressure from her dad. Though you expect some love and huge affection from doting mother Raashi, our heroine never gets one. Hero's parents are for comedy scenes in between. After rejecting each other in a match-making ceremony, they get married, only to give us an interval bang that they will file divorce. Interval bang sounds much like a TV serial ad-break. Okay, that's creativity.
Second half picks up on known note, as hero and heroine should now fall in love with each other. Here every scene goes predicting where hero acts like 'genuine husband' when heroine's parents come home and heroine doing the same at hero's house. Cinema is to be stretched for 30 minutes more, right? So, bring another girl to whom hero falls and thereby making heroine jealous. Nandini Reddy did exactly the same. That new girl should make hero realise about his love for heroine, right? Nandini Reddy exactly did the same. What about pre-climax now? Don't panic, we've roped in Rashi and Anand, Nandini Reddy gives few scenes to them. What about Climax now? Yes, we've Ala Modalaindi chaos comedy. Nandini Reddy did exactly the same.
What about the result? Nandini Reddy did exactly the same like Ala Modalaindi? No way. Only multiplex audiences might enjoy this film, but not all youths. With whole second half reminding Ala Modalaindi, family audiences may feel unhappy. The film's trade depends on how good other releases like Shourya and Guntur Talkies will be.
Final words: Nothing much 'vaibhogame' inside
Rating: 2.5/5
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