Kiran wins No Confidence but falls in Minority

March 16, 2013

Congress won in the no-confidence motion vote,held at around 1-30 am on Saturday.

While 58 voted in favour of the TRS-sponsored no-confidence motion,142 voted against it and supported the government. 64 members were neutral. 25 members were not present in the Assembly.

Though the ruling party won the vote because of TDP and MIM abstaining, the voting clearly proved that the government fell into a minority as it fell short of simple majority in the 294-member house. Though the motion piloted by TRS leader Eetela Rajendra was lost, it got 58 votes as both the Congress and TDP dissident MLAs voted for the motion.

Soon after the result was announced, the Speaker Nadendla Manohar adjourned the house to meet again at 9 am on Saturday and left the house. Soon Congress MLAs gathered around the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy who won a no-confidence motion twice in his career and congratulated him.

Nine dissident MLAs of Congress including Jogi Ramesh, Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao, Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, Alla Nani and Maddala Rajesh voted against the government. Six TDP dissident MLAs — Kodali Nani, Praveen Kumar Reddy, Amaranath Reddy, Bala Nagireddy, K Vanita and Sai Raju also voted against the government.

Talking to the media at the media point after the house was adjourned, TRS leaders Eetela Ravinder and Harish Rao said though the government won technically, morally it was defeated as it has got only 142 votes in its favour.

Harish Rao said this clearly showed that the government lacked simple majority in a house of 294 members. He said the TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu had saved the government because of a dark pact with the Congress. He said even the MIM members who were shouting against the government outside, had saved the government by abstaining from voting. He said if the TDP and MIM had voted against the government, Kiran government would have collapsed.

Stating that the TRS succeeded in proving that the Congress became a minority government, Harish Rao sarcastically said Kiran should now remove the photo of Sonia Gandhi and keep the photo of Chandra Babu Naidu in his office.

Back Bench Student Movie Review – 2/5

March 16, 2013

Rating : 2/5
Film: Back Bench Student
Starring: Mahat Raghavendra,Piaa Bajpai,Archana Kavi
Director: Madhura Sridhar Reddy
Producer: Dr MVK Reddy
Banner: Shirdi Sai Combines
Music: Sunil Kashyap

Story

Karthik (Mahat Raghavendra), a backbench student in engineering college wilds away his time with no seriousness on education being left with 16 backlogs in the course. He is in a relationship with Priyanka (Archana Kavi), who dreams of doing MS in USA. Karthik doesn’t like her to go to USA but as her father forces her, she flies to USA which brings rift between them. Chaitra (Pia Bajpai) comes into his life during this time and helps him out in securing a job as he leaves the house as his parents (Sharath Babu and Pragathi) come to know about his backlogs. When he gets happy with Chaitra and their relationship takes off, Priyanka comes back to India and who will Karthik end up with forms the crux.

Performances
Mahat Raghavendra is not apt for the role. His emotional expressions are unconvincing and his voice didn’t suit for the role and he needs to work on his dialogue diction. His dances are good though.

Pia Bajpai has good screen presence and she does her role as Chaitra neatly while Archana Kavi is good-looking but fails in promotion.

Ali has brought in few laughs along with Sriharsha Basava while Brahamanadam is wasted. Sarath Babu, Banerjee and Pragathi are decent in their respective roles.

Technical Analysis

Prasad G.K’s Cinematography fails to attract and Sunil Kashyap’s musical scores are mediocre. While the storyline is wafer thin, the screenplay and direction are disappointing. Dialogues by Lakshmi Bhupal aren’t interesting, editing is jerky. Production values of MVK Reddy are mediocre.

Analysis
Backbench Student takes off with a promising start but falls flat later. The storyline is wafer thin and the proceedings are highly predictable. Screenplay goes for a toss while the lead cast apart from Pia Bajpai fails in their expressions at emotional scenes. Characterizations are badly etched, and the chemistry doesn’t work between the lead pairs and so is the comedy track. The first half is unexciting while Pia Bajpai and Ali manage to an extent in the second half. The narration is dragging and quite slow, and climax could have been much better.

Final Verdict

Back Bench Student—A badly executed film…