‘Kalyanam Kamaneeyam’ Telugu movie review: Santosh Soban, Priya Bhavani Shankar’s film is a vanilla story that needed some zing
Santosh Soban and Priya Bhavani Shankar in ‘Kalyanam Kamaneeyam’
The third Telugu movie to hit the screens for Sankranti, debut writer-director’s relationship drama Kalyanam Kamaneeyam starring Santosh Soban and Priya Bhavani Shankar, may be described as vanilla ice cream. Plain and primary. Within the pre-release interviews, the workforce had acknowledged that the story is paying homage to actual life conditions the place there isn’t a lot drama with twists and turns. The narrative echoes that sentiment. But when a movie doesn’t make you empathise with or root for the characters, is it sufficient?
Kalyanam Kamaneeyam begins with the protagonists Shiva (Santosh Soban) and Shruti (Priya Bhavani Shankar) getting married. She is a software program engineer and he, supposedly a shiny pupil in school and with good ability units, is in quest of a job. Shruti gladly takes on the monetary tasks. Shiva is aware of his scenario and takes all of the barbs that his father (Kedar Shankar), who he describes as a house guard with out a uniform, goals at him.
Santosh performs Shiva with restraint and showcases the character’s happiness and gratitude at having discovered an understanding life accomplice who accepts him for what he’s. The person-child kind of character is written with oft-explored traits — he lazes round at dwelling whereas she is away at work, a lot in order that the home assist additionally doesn’t respect him. And Priya Bhavani Shankar is enough as Shruti.
Kalyanam Kamaneeyam
Solid: Santosh Soban, Priya Bhavani Shankar
Course: Anil Kumar Aalla
Music: Shravan Bharadwaj
Karthik Ghattamaneni’s cinematography and Ravinder’s manufacturing design create an aesthetic world for the newly wed couple. Anil Kumar Aalla cares sufficient to justify how the couple, with only one incomes member, can afford to reside in an elegantly adorned higher center class dwelling that appears prefer it belongs to the pages of an structure and inside journal.
The battle level comes within the type of a creepy colleague at Shruti’s office and progressively, one after one other, issues go improper for the couple. The little issues that Shiva neglects at dwelling corresponding to a faucet not being repaired or crops not being watered, which Shruti overlooks to start with, develop into irritants when marital strife units in. That is an remark that comes from life-like conditions however nonetheless, however there may be simply not sufficient drama. The story nosedives post-intermission, with the plot factors getting too contrived.
We don’t get an thought of what drew Shiva and Shruti collectively within the first place, for his or her drifting aside to have an effect. There are glimpses of Shiva himself within the mirror, full of guilt for having failed Shruti. However we glance on, unmoved.
A evident level lacking within the office dynamics is how Shruti by no means as soon as thinks of elevating a grievance towards a harasser (Satyam Rajesh as supervisor Bhushan). Within the post-#MeToo situation, it’s necessary for company workplaces to have redressal mechanisms for sexual harassment. It’s time that tales written about modern workplaces, at the very least by new and rising administrators, factored it in.
The subplot involving Sapthagiri is moderately lame and misplaced.
Kalyanam Kamaneeyam is earnest in attempting to relate a narrative of a younger couple that has to tide over uncertainties to strengthen their bond. However the story is uninteresting and the characters are underwritten. A period of 106 minutes feels for much longer.
