Went for a Telugu movie after a long time…….Godavari.
We should have seleted a better theatre with a better screen. That too when we had spend Rs.100 [That's still a hefty amount for movie tickets in Hyderbad] and already got some very poor service from the great PVR Theatre! But the movie experience made me forget that I had to write some real bad comments in their feedback form.
The movie: Yes, light, breezy,romantic. And there is the picturesque backdrop of Godavari whipping up an idyllic nostalgia for the “uncorrupted” countryside, peppered with images of Hyderabad cityscape, thankfully, not in a judgemental opposition.
Many of the story threads with which the movie started were forgotten by the middle of the movie…like the hero forgets that his mission is to become a politician, the poor boy who gets into the yatch to avenge forgets his aim as well. Factional political violence is introduced in the plot but had to be somehow wound up etc etc. The brightest point of the movie is the lively motley, including talking animals with a real good sense of humour, aboard who enliven the plot. But most of them are forgotten once love starts blooming and that’s where the movie begins to drag…. and drag. But I would want to go back home with images of the talking dogs, witty dialogues, some attempts - though poor - to address caste in everyday life, a non-traditional heroine etc. etc. Thanks, Director Shekar Kammula
