A..Aa Movie Review
Story:
Mahalakshmi (Nadiya) is a Hyderabad based successful industrialist, who dominates and dictates about every thing to her husband Ramalingam (Naresh) and daughter Anasuya (Samantha). Fed up with her domination, Anasuya attempts suicide but gets saved luckily. Her father sends her to Kalavapudi where her maternal uncle lives.
Samantha rediscovers life in the village and in the company of her bava Anand Vihari (Nithin). And then in the same village, there are Pallam Venkanna (Rao Ramesh) and his son (Ajay) and daughter Nagavalli (Anupama Parameswaran). What happens next in the story and their lives forms the rest.
Performances:
As evident from the movie promotions, Samantha is the show stealer in the film. Trivikram imposed lot of faith in her and etched her role with lot of conviction and Samantha did perfect just for the role. At the end when we try to imagine any other heroine in her place, we would not find any one even closer to her. Costumes, makeup and physique also complimented well.
Nithin is fine as an innocent young lad and this is his best chance to strike a chord with family audience. Anupama Parameswaran gets a bad debut. Her makeup looked odd and she is very uncomfortable. Rao Ramesh excelled in the soft villany role as in the case of all Trivikram films. Naresh, Nadiya, Srinivasa Reddy, Ajay, Ananya (as Nitin’s sister Bhanu) have done justice to their roles.
Technical Performances:
Coming to the story first, A..Aa is almost a rehash of Bommarillu with mother-daughter relationship replacing father-son relation in Bommarillu. Trivikram masked it with ‘family values’ and ‘village backdrop’. The screenplay is very much straight with out any confusion. What is disappointing is that Trivikram is still struggling to discover the old Trivikram in comedy and punch dialogues. On a flipside, the second half is stuffed with too many routine scenes which makes you feel the lag. However he made it up with a very good climax.
Songs are good plus for the film. All of them are shot well and come at right time. Mickey J.Meyer does a good job with the music as well as the background score. Cinematographer Natarajan Subramaniam did very well to capture the colourful village landscapes and it helped the film big time. Editing is decent and Production Values are good.
Plus Points:
1. Samantha
2. Village backdrop in first half
3. Songs
4. Good Climax
Minus Points:
1. Comedy
2. Missing Trivikram mark dialogues
3. Lag in the second half
Final Say:
Despite its flaws, A..Aa is a decent family entertainer with good things spread all over. At the end of the film, you will feel like coming out with a positive feel. The movie is a perfect recipe for A center and Overseas audience. Try it this weekend!
