Sunday, January 27, 2013

Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu - Movie Review

After a really long time, tollywood is back to family genre in its movies, with Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (SVSC). The hype that the movie created months before even the filming was started was nothing when compared to the hysteria at the theatres on the day of its release. Starring two of the most biggest stars of Tollywood- Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu and having an ensemble cast, the movie lives up to the hype, well, almost.

Shot well in the beautiful locales of Andhra, the movie is a breezy entertainer after a really long time. Some detractors have pointed out the lack of good comedy, action sequences and trademark-tollywood-style glamour, but, the movie has a clean, family element as its USP! As for the comedy, Mahesh Babu has a superb comedy timing and makes up for the likes of Brahmanandam et al.

The plot is wafer and can be guessed easily after the first 30 minutes. Prakash Raj plays a charming, ever-smiling, 'simple' man, settled in a village in the Andhra region (cant recollect the name of this town, though). Jayaprada plays his wife, and mother to our leads- Venky and Mahesh. Lesser known actress, Anjali, plays Sita, Prakash Raj's deceased sisters daughter who is brought up by this all-helping couple and is paired opposite Peddodu (Venky). Seems like a Rajshri productions flick right? :P


Samantha plays Sita's (Anjali) cousin, paired opposite Chinnodu (Mahesh Babu), whose father hates these 'simple' people for their modest way of living. The rest of the film connects the sentiment between the brothers, their sanksaar n blah blah blah! :D Fortunately, there is no melodrama and that is a refreshing changes, especially in a telugu family entertainer, where they turn out to be more-or-less Saas-Bahu sagas.

Prformances are good, Mahesh Babu and Venkatesh steal the show. Praksh Raj and Jayaprada add weight to their roles, and are convincing. Anjali is good as the chirpy, simple Sita while Samantha has little to do except for pose in pretty clothes. Rohini Hattangadi is one character i completely loved, and her camaraderie with Mahesh Babu was the adorable. 

On the whole, quite a good watch, barring the length and a few teeny-weeny boring sequences. Watch it only if you can bear family sentiments and avoid it if you are looking for a pakka mass potboiler. 
MY RATING- 3/5

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