"NENINTHE" Movie Review
It's a great idea. The lead is an Assistant Director, his love interest is a group dancer, the location is Krishna Nagar. Brahmanandam plays a director by name Idli Vishwanatham, Subbaraju is a lead whose crazed fans even pay the theatre to keep his flop film running. Characters, moments and narrative keep you glued and clued in to the movie.
Plot Ravi is an Assitant Director for a big director whose film flops. Meanwhile he is narrating his own story to different producers and the lead from whom he finally gets a nod. He stays in the industry's foothold point, Krishna Nagar where his neighbor is a group dancer he likes but doesn't completely commit to because he needs to settle down in life. Yadu Anna is the local goon who fancies Sandhya, Ravi's mother is sick with cancer but does not tell her son because she does not want anything to upset his concentration or plans and various filmy characters and incidents surround the Assistant Director's journey to achieving his dream i.e., making a movie.Story, Screenplay and Direction The story and the narrative have been composed taking a whole lot of events and incidents and anecdotes from the industry. A pinch of fiction, but what is in the background every Assistant Director-from-Krishna Nagar's story. Except the bashing up villains part, superhuman physical strength-but including the neverending optimism that emanates from any filmy area. The strugglers, the big timers, the fans, the families-everything is covered. Ravi is a loyalist who won't tolerate a word against the film industry. But in this drive to cover every notable info from the industry, a lot of the intensity and pure entertainment value of Puri's movies is lost.
A lot of lecture-giving is done. Ravi turns to the fourth wall and tells the audience gyaan about the industry. Fans, script-writers, websites, gossip columns, audiences-everyone gets to hear what the director thinks of them. A cursory analysis of why there are not many good films, hit ratio, what to do to improve that situation is done involving all parties. Some whistle-inducing dialogues and a few hoot-able songs add to the interesting and semi-experimental approach.
Actually some parts are so believable and analysing that it resembles a documentary or a reconstruction at best. That said, every true-blue film person will find it an interesting watch and will have so many snide jokes and insider stories to identify; the rest will agree, disagree and learn a thing or two about the functioning of the industry (if they don't already know).
Performaces Raviteja delivers from the heart. He's been there, done that. He's as natural as an exuberant actor like him can be. Seiya as Sandhya is not as glam as one would wish a lead actress to be, but for a newbie, she's fine. Chitram Sreenu and Venumadhav keep the humor level up while Subbaraju as a film hero with an ardent fan club is well-cast.Song and Dance Chakri's music lights up moments on-screen, with three of the numbers including 'Krishna Nagare' being very catchy.
Last Word Not Puri Jagan's most entertaining, but definitely a heart-felt narrative about his much-loved Telugu films and interesting for the most part.
End Credits :
Starring : Raviteja, Seiya, Brahmanandam, Krishna Bhagawan, Subbaraju, Supreet, Sayaji Shinde, Venumadhav, Chitram Sreenu and Others.
Action: Ram-Laxman.
Art: Chinna.
Cinematography: Sam K. Naidu.
Editing: MR Varma.
Music: Chakri.
Producer: Danayya DVV.
Story, Screenplay, Dialogues & Direction: Puri Jagannath.
Banner: Universal Media.
Release Date: 18th December, 2008.
Labels: brahmanandam, Krishna Bhagawan, Raviteja, Seiya, Subbaraju, tollywood
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