<p>One is the mischief maker-in-chief of the village, while the other is an actress who visits the village to shoot for a film. As different as chalk and cheese they share the same facial features, like twins...<br /><br />This is no Chaalbaaz or even Sita Aur Gita though their ‘inspiration’ is hard to miss. Yet, comparisons with the Malashri-starrer Rani Maharani are inevitable, with the director trying to remind the audience of his old hit with the remix version of the koli masala song. <br /><br />A cute Pooja in a nice red number doesn’t help matters, with her cute expressions. More attention should have been paid to little details in the screenplay - the sparse audience was willing the actors to bring the story to its logical end. But the loose ends are too many - an unpardonable crime when it is the director’s 50th film. <br /><br />Pooja’s comic timing, guileless smile and her finally understanding the nuances of the local language - nothing can be faulted. But the actress in her is not given full scope and her characterisation is one of the weak points of the film. <br /><br />Ramamurthy’s archaic approach strangles the life created by a couple of Vinay Chandra’s songs. <br /><br />The music director is one to watch out for. The same cannot be said of Mallikarjun’s camerawork which compliments Ramamurthy’s old habits. <br /><br />Only the bunch of kids and Pooja’s dhishoom-dhishoom in a lovely pink saree in the climax manage to linger. A wasted opportunity.<br /></p>
<p>One is the mischief maker-in-chief of the village, while the other is an actress who visits the village to shoot for a film. As different as chalk and cheese they share the same facial features, like twins...<br /><br />This is no Chaalbaaz or even Sita Aur Gita though their ‘inspiration’ is hard to miss. Yet, comparisons with the Malashri-starrer Rani Maharani are inevitable, with the director trying to remind the audience of his old hit with the remix version of the koli masala song. <br /><br />A cute Pooja in a nice red number doesn’t help matters, with her cute expressions. More attention should have been paid to little details in the screenplay - the sparse audience was willing the actors to bring the story to its logical end. But the loose ends are too many - an unpardonable crime when it is the director’s 50th film. <br /><br />Pooja’s comic timing, guileless smile and her finally understanding the nuances of the local language - nothing can be faulted. But the actress in her is not given full scope and her characterisation is one of the weak points of the film. <br /><br />Ramamurthy’s archaic approach strangles the life created by a couple of Vinay Chandra’s songs. <br /><br />The music director is one to watch out for. The same cannot be said of Mallikarjun’s camerawork which compliments Ramamurthy’s old habits. <br /><br />Only the bunch of kids and Pooja’s dhishoom-dhishoom in a lovely pink saree in the climax manage to linger. A wasted opportunity.<br /></p>
