CHANDAMAMA REVIEW

MOVIE : CHANDAMAMA
STARRING : NAVADEEP,SIVA BALAJI,KAJAL,SINDU MENON,NAGABABU
MUSIC : K M.RADHA KRISHNA
DIRECTOR : KRISHNA VAMSI
RELEASE DATE : September 6th, 2007
RATING : GOOD

Krishnavamsi comes up with another winner. The film is a beautiful story about two young boys and girls. The film, as the title suggests, is as beautiful as the full moon. Watching the movie is almost like spending a couple of hours out in the open on a full moon night. There are no fights, no vulgar or double meaning dialogues, no villains, and yet, the film keeps you completely engrossed till the end.
There are no fights, no vulgar or double meaning dialogues, no villains, and yet, the film keeps you completely engrossed till the end.

STORY :
The story is about a young girl Mahalakshmi (Kajal) and her doting father Nagababu. Nagababu is a good at heart rich landlord. She finisher her studies in the city and comes home. She has a cousin sister Rani (Sindhu Menon) who is a naughty girl. Her father fixes up a good alliance for her with Dorababu (Siva Balaji), who is the son of Ahuthi Prasad, a rich landlord. And the wedding preparations are on. The film doesn’t end her, but it actually takes off from here.

Mahalakshmi has a flashback. She was in love with Kishore (Navdeep) but comes home feeling that he has cheated her. Mahalaskhmi reveals this to her would-be, Dorababu. She is more worried about her father. She doesn’t want her father to know about this.

The rest of the story runs with twists and turns, with a liberal dose of comedy, action and sentiment. What happens to Mahalakshmi, Dorababu, Kishore and Rani forms the rest of the story.
Performance:
Nagababu comes up with a restrained performance as a loving father.
Kajal is equally good as the young daughter who loves her father very much and she is good in the emotional scenes too.
Siva Balaji’s role is tailor made for him and he has done a very good job.
Navdeep plays the typical city kid with his mannerisms and cool attitude towards life.
Sindhu Menon as the chirpy and boisterous cousin of Mahalakshmi is very convincing.

Ahuthi Prasad plays a role of a rich landlord who while away al his time playing cards and drinking. But he gets a role that has a lot of scope to perform and he excels. He shows shades of Ravugopala Rao. His role has acutely been moulded along Ravugopala Rao’s style and mannerism. Uttej gets a decent role in the movie and he plays his part to perfection. The rest of the star cast lends good support.
Music by KM Radhakrishan is very good. Al the songs are good and the picturization is also lovely.
The film has no comedy actors but the film is full of comedy. Siva Balaji, Navdeep and Ahuthi Prasad between them give a laughter riot. Particularly Navdeep’s predicament evokes a lot of laughter.
The item song with Abhinayasri has also been filmed very tastefully without any trace of vulgarity. The antakshari game in the second half, where everyone sings a song on Chandamama is a treat to watch. The comedy scene between Ahuthi Prasad and Navdeep, where they both get drunk also evokes a lot of laughter.
Krishnavamsy shows both the rural background and the urban landscape in a very convincing manner. The village backdrop with the lush green fields and innocent villagers takes one back to the good old days.
The only time Krishnavamsy went overboard was in the song – Bugga Meeda Mudhu Pettu, Chempa Paina Muddd Pettu. Both the heroes took it as a license and go about kissing the heroines at all places, which is the only slightly embarrassing scene in the entire movie.
All in all, the film is a pleasurable experience and can be enjoyed with the entire family. The film is so refreshingly good that one may be tempted to watch it a second time too.