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Lacking in aesthetics
GIMME RED: Namita and Raviteja discover love.
Oka Raju Oka Rani (TELUGU)
Cast: Raviteja, Namitha, Tanikella Bharani, Chandramohan, Sudha
Music: Chakri
Dir: Yogi
THOUGH THE title has a touch of folklore, the movie is a contemporary love story. Raviteja and Namitha play these lovers Ravi and Preeti. The story is set in Mumbai where Ravi's father (played by Chandramohan) runs a textile showroom while Preeti stays with her grandmother (played by Ramaprabha) to pursue her studies.
SWEET NOTHINGS: The first half of the film is in a lighter vein.
Our hero sees Preeti's photograph in a studio, run by his close friend and walks straight into her house along with his photographer friend. While she silently admires his guts, the girl's commissioner of police father (played by Tanikella Bharani) is the usual villain-of-the-show. This takes us back to Raviteja's earlier flick Idiot, where the relationship is the same. When the father visits Mumbai, he becomes suspicious about his daughter's affair and fixes her marriage with the son of Melkote (Melkote). Preeti does not reveal that she is in love, as her father hates the very mention of it because of a prior bitter experience with his eldest daughter, who is driven to death by the man she loved. One gets to know about it in a brief flashback.
Ravi wants to win his lover back, by hook or crook, and uses Sachin (Brahmanandam) a marriage-broker to achieve this. Sachin proposes Ravi's name to the police officer when the Melkotes back out due to Ravi's ploy. He also prepares a separate horoscope for Ravi to make sure it matches with that of Preeti's as her father is particular about that aspect.
When everything is settled, the lovers get involved in an accident and are admitted to a hospital. The rest is an action drama which just gets dragged needlessly.
Raviteja has a couple of handicaps — his hastiness in diction, sans improvement over these three or four successful films, and a typical style of domination over the fairer sex, keeping himself in a commanding position. Hence, the film lacks in aesthetics essential for a love story. But, he is still the main draw of the film. Namitha is quite good-looking and just plays a `victim of circumstances' mostly. Tanikella Bharani, known especially for comic and wicked roles, gets a serious one this time and he keeps up that stance till the end. But for Brahmanandam, though cast in an illogical role, the rest of the comedians fade away. The music keeps a tight grip on the story.
GUDIPOODI SRIHARI
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