CHINTAKAYALARAVI (TELUGU)

STARRING : VICTORY VENKATESH,ANUSHKA,MAMATHAMOHANDAS,LAKSHMI, M.S.NARAYANA

MUSIC : VISHAL AHEKAR

DIRECTOR : YOGESH

RATING : GOOD


STORY :

A lot of hype was created around Venkatesh’s film, after his hit AMAV. The film is high on entertainment, a typical Venky fare but scores low on content.

Chintkayala Ravi is a 30 plus something. He makes his parents believe that he is a software engineer but he is actually working as a bartender in the US. He does not pursue his education with the money sent by his parents but instead he spends it on the treatment of his friend. Ravi’s parents’ Lakshmi and Chandramohan boast to everyone in their village that their son is a big software engineer in the US.

Lakshmi manages to find a match for her son. She is Lavanya (Mamatha Mohandas). Lavanya has a friend in the US – Sunitha (Anushka). She asks her friend to get complete details bout Chintkayala Ravi. Suntiha meets Ravi in not so pleasant encounter. She finds out the truth that Ravi is not a software engineer but actually a bartender.

The rest of the film is how Ravi sets about controlling the damage. The story runs mainly between Ravi, Lavanya and Sunitha with Lakshmi chipping in with mother sentiment.

PERFORMENCE :

Venkatesh once again plays hisrole as that of anage barred bachelor with ease. He also looks stylish and young. His comedy timing is good as usual. However there are some comedy scenes that are a bit vulgar.

Anushka plays out her role of a glamour doll to perfection. Mamatha Mohandas gets a meaty role in this film and she does a neat job.

Lakshmi gives a neat and restrained performance. Sunil’s comedy is routine and Ali’s Nachmi character is brought over from Chirutha and is vulgar to put it mildly. The comedy of Brahmanandam is also average.

The presence of Jr. NTR in a song ‘Shava shava…’ is received with wide applause. The music is okay. The film runs quite smoothly in the first half but drags on and on in the second half. The film has some good production values but the film is a predictable stuff in terms of story and screenplay.

The film is a mix of several Hindi films and there is not much originality in the story or the presentation. The average cinegoer can easily predict the ending as to who Ravi will marry in the end - Sunitha or Lavanya.

The film is an good entertainer.