Banner: Simhapuri Talkies
Music: James Vasanthan
Cinematography: Cinematography : S R Kathiir
Producer: M Ranganath
Direction: Sasi Kumar
Cast: Jay, Swathi, Kanja Karuppu, Sasi Kumar, Samuthrakani etc
Music : James Vasanthan etc
Music: James Vasanthan
Cinematography: Cinematography : S R Kathiir
Producer: M Ranganath
Direction: Sasi Kumar
Cast: Jay, Swathi, Kanja Karuppu, Sasi Kumar, Samuthrakani etc
Music : James Vasanthan etc
An interesting tale, the film begins on the backdrop of the 80s where hippie hairstyles and bell bottoms ruled the roost in the town of Ananthapuram. Here is a group of five friends led by Shankaram (Sasi), Kassi (Kanja Karuppu) and Jai who are nice in nature but end up getting into fights. They become regular visitors of the police station but then help always come to them in the form of Kaasi (Samuthrakani) who bails them out of the situation. Kassi happens to be the neighbour of these friends and his elder brother is a former councilor. The story goes on till Shankaram comes across Thulasi (Swathy) and falls in love with her only to realize that she is the daughter of the councilor. On the other hand, the councilor ends up in a problem when his chief post is taken away due to a heinous plot hatched by one of the members in the rival camp. This incident causes a lot of mental disturbance to Kaasi and this leads to the trio planning to eliminate that member in order to reciprocate for all the help that he has been rendering to them. They kill the rival member only in the hope that Kaasi will come again to their rescue but this time as soon as they land up in jail, Kaasi betrays them and fails to hear to their pleas. However, luck favors the trio and they get in touch with someone else only to come out of the jail. Enraged by Kaasi's betrayal, they decide to take revenge on him and what follows is a tale of twists and turns filled with suspense.
Performances
Jai resembles the Tamil hero Vijay very much. He did his role actively and jovially, carrying the elements of love and vengeance the same vigor and fervor. Sasikumar, the debutant director of the film too, appears as one of the male leads and has less to emote but does his part appreciably. Third male lead Kanja Garuppu offers a little comedic relief in the first half and has more to do in the second half of the film. 'Colors' Swathi is cute and simple, but has a very small role on the whole, since the movie runs around the male characters mostly. The rest of the cast is as new to Telugu audience as the male leads, and everyone seems to have done justice to one's part.
Technical Departments:
The story depicts the 1980s in a town setting. Choosing Ananthapuram as the title in Telugu is apt too, given the theme of the film that runs around political plots and ploys; it also has a cute love story within. However, the story treatment has a strong Tamil flavor and may not appeal to all sections of Telugu audience. (This film is the dubbed version of Subramaniapuram in Tamil.) The screenplay is choppy at times but is appreciable for a debutant screenplay-writer and director. The treatment makes the film quite authentic. With very careful work in the art department, costumes, and cinematography, together with tedious post-production work, the production team has taken every measure to make the film representative of the 1980s' town setting. The different feel of the film, the music used, the lighting, the costumes, etc. take the audience to a different time.The hippie styles and beards, the attires, the town look, etc. are all mostly perfect. (Remember the getups of the male leads in Aakali Raajyam of 1980?) What's a bit too much is the violence in the film, though it's not the worst of the kind seen on the Telugu screen. The music department did an appreciable work too, and the song konTe chooputO... is very appealing even on the screen. A couple of other songs are okay too. However, the lyrics for the title song are not apt in Telugu - it's supposed to be praising Ananthapuram, but in that process, there's a comparison to several other places that have a name ending in "puram", including some villages and even "Hindupuram" which is in the district of Ananthapuram itself!
Jai resembles the Tamil hero Vijay very much. He did his role actively and jovially, carrying the elements of love and vengeance the same vigor and fervor. Sasikumar, the debutant director of the film too, appears as one of the male leads and has less to emote but does his part appreciably. Third male lead Kanja Garuppu offers a little comedic relief in the first half and has more to do in the second half of the film. 'Colors' Swathi is cute and simple, but has a very small role on the whole, since the movie runs around the male characters mostly. The rest of the cast is as new to Telugu audience as the male leads, and everyone seems to have done justice to one's part.
Technical Departments:
The story depicts the 1980s in a town setting. Choosing Ananthapuram as the title in Telugu is apt too, given the theme of the film that runs around political plots and ploys; it also has a cute love story within. However, the story treatment has a strong Tamil flavor and may not appeal to all sections of Telugu audience. (This film is the dubbed version of Subramaniapuram in Tamil.) The screenplay is choppy at times but is appreciable for a debutant screenplay-writer and director. The treatment makes the film quite authentic. With very careful work in the art department, costumes, and cinematography, together with tedious post-production work, the production team has taken every measure to make the film representative of the 1980s' town setting. The different feel of the film, the music used, the lighting, the costumes, etc. take the audience to a different time.The hippie styles and beards, the attires, the town look, etc. are all mostly perfect. (Remember the getups of the male leads in Aakali Raajyam of 1980?) What's a bit too much is the violence in the film, though it's not the worst of the kind seen on the Telugu screen. The music department did an appreciable work too, and the song konTe chooputO... is very appealing even on the screen. A couple of other songs are okay too. However, the lyrics for the title song are not apt in Telugu - it's supposed to be praising Ananthapuram, but in that process, there's a comparison to several other places that have a name ending in "puram", including some villages and even "Hindupuram" which is in the district of Ananthapuram itself!