Anni Manchi Sakunamule Movie Review: A feel-good film that could've been better – TOI Etimes
Story: Within the hill station of Victoria Puram there are two households which have been warring for 3 generations now. An unexpected incident adjustments their lives.
Evaluation: Provided that that is Nandini Reddy’s subsequent movie after Oh! Child, expectations had been excessive, particularly with a reputation like Anni Manchi Sakunamule. What you get is a feel-good movie that would’ve been one thing far more.
One wet night time two youngsters from warring households are born in the identical hospital. Rishi (Santosh Sobhan) and Aarya’s (Malvika Nair) households have been at odds for years now. Their nice grandfathers had been as soon as nice pals and ran a espresso property collectively in Victoria Puram. The espresso was so well-known that even Queen Victoria was all reward for it. A disagreement lands them each in court docket and now Rishi’s father Prasad (Rajendra Prasad) and Aarya’s uncle Dibakar (Rao Ramesh) nonetheless combat it out legally. An unexpected incident adjustments all their lives eternally.
Nandini Reddy takes the path-less-taken in the case of a few of the tropes. She even writes the nuances in such a means that it quietly breaks stereotypes. Regardless of the generational trauma and toxicity that Prasad and Dibakar carry, Rishi and Aarya are by no means discouraged from being pals. This duo has second after they’re at odds with one another, nevertheless it normally has nothing to do with their households. In actual fact, Rishi, and Aarya’s father Sudhakar (Naresh) are even cricket buddies whereas Prasad has respect for Aarya’s street-smart nature.
Rising up in households that appear devoid of misogyny (for probably the most half) appear to assist Rishi and Aarya flourish. Nobody mocks Rishi for studying the way to crochet from his grandmother (Sowcar Janaki) – his father’s solely gripe with him is that he doesn’t take life critically. The grandmother is unbiased and a complete firebrand, even when she reveals some indicators of dementia at occasions. Aarya runs her family’s funds with an iron fist, she’s additionally the first breadwinner.
The difficulty is that none of this is sufficient to make compelling cinema. At the same time as we’re taken alongside on the coming-of-age tales of Rishi and Aarya, the movie by no means delves deep sufficient. We’re proven how Rishi is free spirited and believes in dwelling within the second whereas Aarya is extra targeted, bold, and even accountable. The couple’s relationship ebbs and flows over minor variations, however we’re by no means proven what it’s that at all times makes them come again to one another. Their relationship nearly appears to reflect their households’ dynamic. Nobody even is aware of anymore what they’re combating about, it’s simply egos that prevail.
Nevertheless, the compelling moments that make you sit up and take discover are few and much in between as a result of the remainder of it’s nothing you haven’t seen earlier than. There’s a scene the place Dibakar does one thing unforgivable, the way in which it performs out is that the narrative doesn’t decide him for it. However years later, karma has a means of constructing him see his folly. A hilarious scene performs out between the grandmother, Rishi, and Aarya that warms your warmth. Watching Gauthami (who performs Rishi’s mom Meenakshi) dance to Chiku Buku Raile is each 90s child’s dream-come-true.
However regardless of how attractive the frames look, because of Sunny Kurapati and Richard’s Prasad’s camerawork and the sheer fantastic thing about Coonoor the place the movie was shot at, you don’t totally make investments until the fag finish of the movie. You nearly get misplaced in the way in which Nandini lets the golden glow swathe her characters that you simply appear to neglect a heart-breaking fact is looming proper across the nook. Given how efficient the previous couple of minutes of the movie are, you surprise if the animosity between the households may’ve additionally been dealt with higher.
Santosh and Malvika, other than Rao Ramesh, Gauthami, Rajendra Prasad, and Naresh are the lifetime of the movie. Even in scenes which may not give you the results you want, they guarantee your consideration doesn’t wane. Characters performed by Vasuki, Ashwin Kumar, and others come and go however Vennela Kishore and Urvashi are as reliable as ever. Micky J Meyer’s music aids the movie effectively and Junaid Siddiqui’s enhancing wanted to be higher in sure scenes.
Anni Manchi Sakunamule had the potential to be a poignant story of two households which are pressured to hold a heavy burden for no mistake of their very own. What may’ve been a very good, robust filter espresso finally ends up being a cappuccino. However to every their very own!
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