Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Review 1 :Happy(telugu)




HAPPY: ***

Tagline :2 and half hours entertainment
Can U go with family: Yup , no vulgarity ,no blood shed
Review
Happy comes as fresh breather to tollywood ..which off late has been bombarded by 'formula'type movies ..i.e 2 fights ,3senti scenes ,1 melody song,1 mass song and a romantic backdrop ..saying that it does have its share of 'the same old thing scenes'too ..
Director karunakaran (works like Tholi prema, Vaasu,Balu etc)this time comes up with a urban story ..aimed mostly towards the youth(though general audience can also watch).

Compared to the recent Youth movies ..the story of "Happy ' is slightly different ...Karunakaran has played with the his main characters pretty well..Bunny(Allu arjun) is happy go lucky orphan ..who works as a pizza delivery guy in daytime (goes for mba classes in the evening..GAWD only knows where that happens)..Madhmathi (Genelia) is a daughter of Local Politician who is hell bent on casteism ..coz that fuels his political ambitions.she pursues MBBS studies much to the disliking of her father who intends use her as a bait for his political career ..Bunny and madhumathi meet under strange situations and due to unforseen circumstances get married ..the rest of the story is how this couple which never had any love for eachother ..find soulmates in each other ...

Performance ..this happens to be Allu arjuns's best performance yet ..he carries the story on his shoulders with great enthu and maturity ..be it the Comedy scenes (where his natural personality helps),Fights or the last senti scene ..he has shown good capabiltiy ..Special mention must be made about his dancing capabiltites ..performing much to the liking of 'mass' as well as 'class' .Genelia's performance may find her new admirers among the 'class' audience .this probably is the first role where she had some scope of performing and she has fared pretty well.
Manoj bajpai proves why he is one of the better character artists in the country..his role of DCP Aravind has been well characterized ..and Manoj just seems to be the rite choice ..the rest of the cast ha s performed to the expection tho the guy who palys ACP ratnam shows great energy on screen

Technically ..the movie is a camera work reviwers delight ..Cinematography by rajshekhar is first rate ..this film shud mark the return of karunakaran ..he has shown good creativity ..be it the hyderabadi song (which has been picturized all over HYD)be it the scene where madhu asks Bunny for lift and Bunny's reaction to it or the fights between Bunny and madhu ..they entertain the audience across all Classes ..Editing by Antony is slick and trendy ..the sets for songs are also creative ..Choreagraphy is also good .

The USP of happy is its music by yuvan shankar raja ..the hyderabadi song and egire mabulona song are to heard all over ..

Over all.."happy'' fits the bill of going to a movie in the weekend with your family ..coz u dont haave to think too much neither shed any tears ..pakka entertainment

can I watch the movie twice : you can ...if u are totally jobless (atleast for thesongs and alluarjun's acting )

1 comment:

Snowman said...

The review, ideally should have been titled...'Happy'-one sad movie...