Critically acclaimed director
Gunnam Gangaraju who was the creative mind behind popular sitcom Amrutham made
a feature film “Amrutham-Chandamamalo†based on the characters of sitcom.
This was promoted as the first space comedy ever on Telugu Screen. Let's see
how impressive it is…
Amrutha Rao (Avasarala) and Anjaneyulu (Harish) plans to expand their business
to moon after they become highly successful as hoteliers in India. They get
tricked by a rocket company agent and lose all their money and dragged on to
the roads. Did they get back all their lost money? What happened to their dream
of establishing business on Moon?
Avasarala Srinivas: He didn't bring any significant changes to the stock
character of Amrutha Rao. His casual acting and free flowing dialog delivery
are nice. Avasarala should stick to supporting roles to make the best use of
his talent.
Harish: Harish is alright as Anjaneyulu. He couldn't outclass Gundu
Hanumantha Rao who has excelled in this character in Amrutham.
Others: Dhanya Balakrishnan goes overboard in comedy scenes. She suited
well to the character though. Sivannarayana is good as the greedy house owner.
Rao Ramesh is neat. Vasu is okay. The young pair has come up with pretty
average performance.
Gunnam Gangaraju's previous films as
director didn't do well at the box office. But he got a very good name for
dealing with different concepts. Little Soldiers and Amma Cheppindi are class
apart. Amrutham is the brainchild of Gangaraju and he has made it very
successful on TV. Transforming it on to silver screen is a huge task and
Gangaraju failed big time with ACL. Fun episodes looked forced and seemed like
he was trying too hard to make them work. One who admires Gangaraju wouldn't
appreciate this film at all.
Gangaraju had an experienced team on
board, but sadly none of them could deliver. Cinematography was bland and made
the product design look cheap all the way. Music didn't impress at all. The parody
songs couldn't pack the punch. Dialogues written by Gangaraju were good in
parts.
Amrutham fans and Gunnam Gangaraju
admirers might have expected this film to be a laughing riot. But the film
failed on every level and ends up as a huge disappointment. Chandamamalo
Amrutham had some good moments here and there, but they are just not enough to
make audiences sit through the film.
First half is alright with subtle humor barring the episodes of 'silent
wedding' and the other scenes that involve factionists. The film goes downhill
post interval and it wouldn't pick up after that. It just goes down and down
leaving audiences in plain disgust. Scenes shot in 'space' were awful at the
best. One would wonder what happened to the creative brain of Gangaraju to
write such a bland comedy.
Other thing that lets down big time is the production design of the film. It
looks like a film that was made for TV. It is advisable to watch Amrutham old
episodes on Youtube for free rather paying money for this pathetic comedy. This
wouldn't take too long to make an appearance on TV and who knows it may click
there too. After all Amrutham is a brand on TV no?
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