Nachchavule - Movie Review
Film: Nachchaavule
Cast: Tanish, Madhavi Latha, Kasi Vishwanath, Raksha, Narasimha, Naveen, Kamesh and others
Screenplay: Satyanand
Music: Sekhar Chandra
Lyrics: Bhaskarabhatla
Cinematography: Sudhakar Reddy
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Action: Kanal Kannan
Art: Narayana Reddy
Produced by: Ramoji Rao
Written and directed by : Ravi Babu
Banner: Usha Kiron Movies
Release date: Dec 19, 2008
CBFC Rating: U
What’s it about!
The story is told with the voiceover of protagonist Lava Kumar (Tanish), a young teenager. Freshly finished Intermediate, Lava’s sole aim in life is to have as many girlfriends as he can. Like Newton discovered gravity theory under apple tree and Guthama Buddha enlightened under Bodhi tree, Lava Kumar finally gets conclusion under mango tree that it is better to concentrate on a single girl than looking for many girls. Hence he sets his eyes on Anu (Madhavi Lata) who works part time in a coffee shop to finance her education. When Lava saves Anu’s father, she gets friendly with him and that leads to love. But Lava’s roving eyes make him to flirt with other girls that left Anu dejected. On the other hand, Lava’s mother dies due to illness. Then his life turns into topsy-turvy. The rest of the movie is how Anu and Lava meet again.
Analysis
Prestigious production house Usha Kiron Movies returns to film production after a gap with Ravibabu's Nachchavule. Director Ravi Babu presents another coming of age drama after his Allari but this time he also concentrates on the parents too. He touches right chord with some good moments, interesting dialogues, and heart touching sentiment scenes prior to the climax. Voiceover (written by director himself) is funny and intelligent too. Dialogues are best part of the movie. The basic theme of the movie relationship between parents and their children is handled deftly. Yet, it has boring moments. Especially, the first 15 minutes and lengthy fight scene climax are urgently needed to be trimmed. On the final analysis it makes okay movie.
Hero’s father is rigid parent never shows affection towards his children and his wife. Towards the end, he realizes his mistake when he loses his wife. Heroine’s father is liberal guy but his belief system is crashed when his daughter is dragged into a MMS controversy. These scenes are strengths of the movie. Director Ravi Babu has handled sentiment moments especially the Raksha’s death scene being the highlight, and picturisation of songs so well.
Ravi Babu has reputation of being a quirky director as he makes sometimes good movies like Allari and Anasuya, at times scares the audiences with his eccentric flicks like Party, Ammayilu Abbayilu, etc. This time he has done balancing act some very fine scenes and some dragging sequences. Looks like he also matured now.He has his command over shot making, cinematography and art. He uses technique so effectively and brings rich look within minimal budget. Nachchavule has all these qualities.
Performances
Newcomers Tanish and Madhavi Lata are cute pair. Both are good looking and have shown promise. Tanish is still in teens but he has come up with nice performance. His dialogue delivery has resemblance to Uday Kiran. Newcomer Madhavi Latha has good looks as well as talent too. She can be good heroine. Raksha in the role of middle class mother and director Kasi Vishwanth have shined. Kasi and Raksha’s performances come as surprise packages.
In all Ravi Babu’s films picturisation of songs and good visuals stand out. In Nachchavu Le too he has shown his creativity in canning songs and extracting visual quality in simple locations. Sudhakar Reddy’s cinematography (of Anasuya fame) is major plus. Sekhar Chandra’s songs have elevated the movie’s theme but his re-recording is loud. The pathos song when Rakha’s death has meaningful lyrics by Bhaskara Bhatla. As writer Ravi Babu has succeeded big time. But he needs to trim the film in the second half and the climax could have been better.
Bottom-line
Nachchavule is another coming-of-age story by director Ravibabu but he has handled in very sensible way. His handling of sentiment scenes and comedy dialogues are good. Cool visuals and cute lead pair are another advantage. On the whole it is good in parts. The important thing is that the movie shows Ravi Babu is a fine technician and he knows the real 'technique'. Probably this is the first time that Ramoji Film City's facilities are used effectively in Telugu Cinema.
Rating: 3/5
Film: Nachchaavule
Cast: Tanish, Madhavi Latha, Kasi Vishwanath, Raksha, Narasimha, Naveen, Kamesh and others
Screenplay: Satyanand
Music: Sekhar Chandra
Lyrics: Bhaskarabhatla
Cinematography: Sudhakar Reddy
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Action: Kanal Kannan
Art: Narayana Reddy
Produced by: Ramoji Rao
Written and directed by : Ravi Babu
Banner: Usha Kiron Movies
Release date: Dec 19, 2008
CBFC Rating: U
What’s it about!
The story is told with the voiceover of protagonist Lava Kumar (Tanish), a young teenager. Freshly finished Intermediate, Lava’s sole aim in life is to have as many girlfriends as he can. Like Newton discovered gravity theory under apple tree and Guthama Buddha enlightened under Bodhi tree, Lava Kumar finally gets conclusion under mango tree that it is better to concentrate on a single girl than looking for many girls. Hence he sets his eyes on Anu (Madhavi Lata) who works part time in a coffee shop to finance her education. When Lava saves Anu’s father, she gets friendly with him and that leads to love. But Lava’s roving eyes make him to flirt with other girls that left Anu dejected. On the other hand, Lava’s mother dies due to illness. Then his life turns into topsy-turvy. The rest of the movie is how Anu and Lava meet again.
Analysis
Prestigious production house Usha Kiron Movies returns to film production after a gap with Ravibabu's Nachchavule. Director Ravi Babu presents another coming of age drama after his Allari but this time he also concentrates on the parents too. He touches right chord with some good moments, interesting dialogues, and heart touching sentiment scenes prior to the climax. Voiceover (written by director himself) is funny and intelligent too. Dialogues are best part of the movie. The basic theme of the movie relationship between parents and their children is handled deftly. Yet, it has boring moments. Especially, the first 15 minutes and lengthy fight scene climax are urgently needed to be trimmed. On the final analysis it makes okay movie.
Hero’s father is rigid parent never shows affection towards his children and his wife. Towards the end, he realizes his mistake when he loses his wife. Heroine’s father is liberal guy but his belief system is crashed when his daughter is dragged into a MMS controversy. These scenes are strengths of the movie. Director Ravi Babu has handled sentiment moments especially the Raksha’s death scene being the highlight, and picturisation of songs so well.
Ravi Babu has reputation of being a quirky director as he makes sometimes good movies like Allari and Anasuya, at times scares the audiences with his eccentric flicks like Party, Ammayilu Abbayilu, etc. This time he has done balancing act some very fine scenes and some dragging sequences. Looks like he also matured now.He has his command over shot making, cinematography and art. He uses technique so effectively and brings rich look within minimal budget. Nachchavule has all these qualities.
Performances
Newcomers Tanish and Madhavi Lata are cute pair. Both are good looking and have shown promise. Tanish is still in teens but he has come up with nice performance. His dialogue delivery has resemblance to Uday Kiran. Newcomer Madhavi Latha has good looks as well as talent too. She can be good heroine. Raksha in the role of middle class mother and director Kasi Vishwanth have shined. Kasi and Raksha’s performances come as surprise packages.
In all Ravi Babu’s films picturisation of songs and good visuals stand out. In Nachchavu Le too he has shown his creativity in canning songs and extracting visual quality in simple locations. Sudhakar Reddy’s cinematography (of Anasuya fame) is major plus. Sekhar Chandra’s songs have elevated the movie’s theme but his re-recording is loud. The pathos song when Rakha’s death has meaningful lyrics by Bhaskara Bhatla. As writer Ravi Babu has succeeded big time. But he needs to trim the film in the second half and the climax could have been better.
Bottom-line
Nachchavule is another coming-of-age story by director Ravibabu but he has handled in very sensible way. His handling of sentiment scenes and comedy dialogues are good. Cool visuals and cute lead pair are another advantage. On the whole it is good in parts. The important thing is that the movie shows Ravi Babu is a fine technician and he knows the real 'technique'. Probably this is the first time that Ramoji Film City's facilities are used effectively in Telugu Cinema.
Rating: 3/5
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