Brindavanam Opinion: 'Director Failed Only There'

The film ‘Brindaavanam’ has been getting a sound response from various corners and though I feel like the response is exaggerated, perhaps if you go through my views and thoughts about the film, you can get an idea. Firstly, I think the film reminded me of one of Balakrishna's hit movies ‘Nari Nari Naduma Murari’. Here again, Junior NTR has done a film with two heroines. The budding director Vamsi Paidipally could not prove his mettle with his debut venture ‘Munna’ earlier but this time, he seems to have got a second chance under Dil Raju's banner and directed NTR which is a golden opportunity. Through this film, I have understood that Vamsi can also score at the Box Office with his subject and story telling. However, he has been able to achieve it due to a major contribution from Koratala Siva with his dialogues and Chota K Naidu with his camerawork. Together, he was successful in coming up with a good entertainer.

As far as the story goes, the film revolves around the lives of Bhumi (Kajal) and Indu (Samantha) who are the best of friend but they are not aware that they are actually cousins. Bhumi's father wants to get her married to his nephew (Ajay) but she wants to study further. Indu decides to rescue Bhumi and in comes Indu’s boyfriend Krish (NTR). He is sent with Bhumi to get introduced to Bhumi's father Bhanu Prasad (Prakash Raj) as Bhumi’s boyfriend. Krish goes to their village and realizes that Bhumi is quite insecure there and it is not her but the rest of her family members as well who need to realize the value of love. In this process, he does whatever is required to get the family understand the concept of love. He is also successful in reuniting Bhanu with his step brother Siva (Srihari), who were once bitter enemies. But as the families unite and the two villages rejoice the occasion, Krish discovers that Indu is none other than the daughter of Srihari's wife’s (Sitara) sister. Now, trouble will come as saying no to Bhumi at this point will annoy Bhanu. If Krish says yes then Indu will pay the price for helping. How our beloved Krish solves this problem as well is the rest of the story.

The highlight of the film was the different performance of NTR. He attempted variety in his performance through action scenes which were done with finesse and maintaining excellent timing in comedy scenes. The leading ladies Kajal and Samantha fulfilled the glamour quotient and Kajal had an element of performance in her role than Samantha, so she was the dominant player. Prakash Raj and Srihari were competent with equal weight in the film. While Prakash was serious and contained, Srihari's role had a touch of comedy. The key comedy by Venumadhav and Brahmanandam is entertaining and the remaining cast did complete justice to their roles.

The other highlight in the film is the action sequences. The twins Ram-Lakshman came up with proper action scenes and excellent choreography. The music by Thaman added the extra colour to the film. Director Vamsi Paidipally has worked on the script well this time and gave an impressive screenplay. He narrated the story in a consistent manner and was successful in making the viewers stick to their seats throughout its running.

On the flip side, the there is no strong and convincing explanation to the reason behind the separation of the two families. Director failed only there.

Also, the highly valuable Tanikella Bharani was not used to his caliber though his character was filled with a negative touch, so his contribution became negligible. Similarly, even Ajay did not get a proper etching with his character. Though Chota captured the village beauty with his camera in a good way, the lighting was not upto the mark in few scenes. In terms of entertainment, the film is a complete family treat. The icing on the cake is when the great N T Rama Rao appears as Lord Krishna in the climax which made the front benchers go into frenzy, they were whistling and applauding his presence.

With this, producer Dil Raju is back on track. The eye catching part is the beginning of the film wherein the song Brinadaavanamadi... looks interesting and intriguing. It reminds us of Aha Naa Pellanta where the old song was made use of during the starting titles. Overall, a film that is technically rich, content wise poor, formula wise better.