"Bommarillu" (Language - Telugu) (2006) - Movie Review

The movie making varies widely from country to country. And in India, it even varies from one state to another. This is the diversity in the language and in fact lot of sects and different form of inter societies within a big society. Love marriage is still considered a rift between parents and their sons/daughters, but people do get used to the fact now a day. So after marriage the couple lives with the family and hence the family needs to like the girl as much as the boy does. Having said that, “Bommarillu” deals with that and is no different from any other movie which has addressed the same previously. Still, there is something more to this than the usual.

Sidhu (Siddharth) is a frustrated kid due to his possessive/protective father, Arvind (Prakash Raj). He believes what ever he does is what his son likes. What he does not understand is that Sidhu brings in good smile in his face even if he does not like what Arvind gets him. He sheds off his frustration with his friends and booze. Choosing his life partner is done by Arvind too and Sidhu is being pushed to the edge. He does not talk out here too. As expected he falls in love with innocent and talkative Hasini (Genelia). If you think, I have exposed the plot; I have not, because every one almost knows the first half. It is become more of how to bring it with fun and flavour the very same scenario in different movies. Hence there are nice fun moments and unnecessary songs to complete it. Different approach is attempted in the second half of the movie.

There are lots of unanswered emotions through out the movie. The problem with movies like this is that they want to cover the entire genre of audience. More than genre, they want to address the whole different age group. They do it nicely. Definitely and very wisely put in different wonderful places. It does not work when they put tons of emotions in whole some junks at different places. When there is happiness, there is tons of it, every one gets enough of it, but the very same time, when there is sad ness, it is given in tons. A film achieves its striking point by the ensemble of these varied emotions in different scattered manner, subtle if needed and some times recommended too. It does not happen that way out here.

Every one knows that Arvind is dominative, the man of the house and the “control” guy. Every one may see their own father out there, but may see for all wrong reasons. Similarly some may identify their son with the character of Sidhu and for all the wrong reasons. They do try to come clean in the end. They do it very well and they drop it at the next moment too. As I said earlier, kilos of same emotions within a compressed time emanates those tight moments in thin air.

I did enjoy the movie during lot of moments. Genelia as the cute and innocent Hasini is a definite winner. They made sure that her character is all flowery and colourful. There was a doubt whether she will be able to transform the same flagrance into a tense moment and she did very well. The second half of the movie entirely depends on her and she shoulders it in the most likeable manner possible.

I guess when they shot, it got realized that two hours and thirty minutes already got used up and hence need to tell whatever the original idea they wanted to. Everything expressed are truthful and honest. There is nothing bitter and scary than a silent warfare from anyone’s mother towards her son. There is nothing more horrific than any one’s father speaking unspeakable things and still not understanding his son. There is nothing more painful than any one’s love being rejected for acting the way they really are not. The film emote all kind of messages within 15 minutes. This elevates and dumps it within that time period.

While the above takes away the amazing moments shown in it, the songs and score takes away the remaining. Or rather the placement of songs in the most unnecessary situations when the movie is tight and gripping. Devi Sri Prasad needs to come out of the monotonous sentimental back ground score and rap songs. A movie’s back ground score defines any sequence to next level and here, it does takes it to next level, couple of steps down below.

The factor to be taken is that director Bhaskar faces a community and society wherein movie making is not only a big political business but also the people respecting film still only as an entertainment and not as an art. Still, there are movies which are box office hits and critically acclaimed. It is a good start for Bhaskar and it depends on where he is going to take off from here. Whether it’s going to be one another lollipop story or a bold attempt of what he thinks. The question is will he leave the money aiding hands and stand up on his own leg of creativity.