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'Madhumasam' Review: Cool, Class and Cozy Family Entertainer
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Film |
: Madhumasam
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Rating |
: 3.5/5 |
Banner |
: Suresh Productions |
Casting |
: Sumanth, Sneha,
Parvati Melton, Giribabu, Chalapathi Rao, Naresh, Sudha,
Siva Parvati, Ahuti Prasad, AVS, Dharamavarapu, Kondavalasa,
Venu Madhav and Ramanaidu in guest role
etc |
Music |
: Mani Sharma
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Story |
: Balabhadrapatruni Ramani |
Dialogues |
: Satyanand
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Art |
: Narayana Reddy
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Editing |
: Martand K Venkatesh
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Camera |
: Sudhakar Yekkanti
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Producer |
: Dr D Rama Naidu
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Direction |
: Chanra Siddartha
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Theatrical Release |
: 9th Feb 2007
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Audiences go for any movie
by holding some expectations. In majority cases, expectations
hardly meet the output of the film. But ‘Madhumasam’
is the one that’s perfectly in tune with expectations.
That makes the audiences cool and comfortable till the end.
Sanjay (Sumanth) is
the guy who thinks, speaks, behaves and lives with practical
mindset. Love and emotion are not his cups of tea!
Maya (Parvati Melton) is Sanjay’s
friend who lives with Tom Boy nature and freedom of
‘everything’. She drinks, smokes and gets
into sexual relationships with the men she likes. But
she isn’t harmful for anyone.
Hamsa (Sneha) is the girl who gives
value for emotions, sentiments and love. Her father
(Giribabu) lives on the earning of her. She is mother-less
girl.
Sanjay’s sister-in-law, Manga,
who hails from village background, tries to get love
from him with an idea to get married to him.
Misunderstandings, misconceptions, emotional
distress, faithful beliefs, desires and betrayals play
vital role in the lives of Hamsa and Sanjay. Even Maya
faces a few situations those influence her life. Manga
understands depth of love and understanding. Incidentally,
Sanjay, who has been practical, turns emotional; Hamsa
who has been emotional turns practical and flirting
Maya transforms into a responsible lady.
Finally, who wins who? Who changes
who? What changes everyone? All those are to be watched
on screen. That goes with interesting sequences and
it appears to be reading a novel on silver screen.
Sumanth’s
performance is laudable in the film. He played all the necessary
histrionics showing contrast from first half and second
half of the film. Maturity is seen in better way in his
performance.
Sneha’s look, smile and performance
pervade throughout the film and make a pleasant mark on
audiences. Ample scope to perform is given to her and she
utilized that aptly.
Parvati Melton played typical tomboyish
and flirting role perfectly. Her body language, expressions
and movements aptly suited for her characterization.
Venu Madhav’s comedy with Dharmavarapu
is ok. Cell phone comedy sounds old and obsolete. Jayaprakash
Reddy and MS Narayana’s track is also good. But MS
Narayana’s dubbing voice is not recorded properly.
That disturbs the audiences.
Satyanand scores good marks as dialogue
writer. He spilled enough humor through out, without diverting
from the main theme of the film. Audiences can happily laugh
for the situational comedy in the film.
Music:
Mani Sharma’s music is good and impressive. Especially
the song ‘…Merupulu Atu-Gunde Kudupulu Itu..’
sounds to be old wine in new bottle. The picturing of the
song with black and white elements is also impressive. Ramanaidu
appears for a while in this song. Other songs are also impressive
on screen. But there are no great melodies to recall and
hum.
Direction:
Chandra Siddarth’s direction is worth mentioning.
He didn’t miss the entertaining elements and at the
same time justified the story of the film. Narration didn’t
go out of track and at the same time didn’t bore the
audiences.
This is the film that runs
on characterizations of people. Characters will be established
as soon the film begins and rest goes with performances.
First half of the film runs with comedy
and subtle humor while second half goes little serious.
Soft humor suffused thorough out the film and even masses
laugh for that situational comedy.
Entire film is the comprehensive description
for ‘love’ and ‘philosophy of life’.
The film is worth watching for the humorous dialogues written
by Satyanand. Story writer Ramani also deserves good mention
for knitting a meaningful theme with novel characters.
Only the patronage of family audiences decides
the future of this film.
Bottom Line: Perfect
Family Entertainer with Soft Humor
(SiraSri can be reached
at sirasri@gmail.com)
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