A movie made by a team once known for setting the box office on fire with action packed teen romances, now consistently giving flops. A lead actor who hit the silver screen like a tsunami years back, engulfing the fairer sex in the aura of his glamour. Girls went head over heels about him including the daughter of Megastar Chiranjeevi. Engaged to her, he became the most talked about and sought after person in the Industry.
Then followed a series of controversial events and with it consecutive flops that have thrown him into the abyss of failure. There is no other hero in tollywood, in recent times, who has seen such a pinnacle of success and an abyss of failure like him. Readers from Andhra Pradesh might have understood by now, the movie I am talking about. The movie that has been the talk of the Industry and the public, for all the odd reasons. That is ?Avunanna Kadanna? for you.
Here goes the Flop team. The lead pair Uday Kiran and Sadaf, Director Teja, Producer Atluri Purna Chandra Rao, Music Director R P Patnaik. The director Teja once known for his deft screenplay and his skill of turning zeros into heroes was unable to recreate the magic from his last three films Nijam, Jai and Dhairyam. R P Patnaik unsuccessfully tried his hand in various other activities including starring in a movie. Senior producer Purna Chandra Rao?s last two films Venkee and Mr. and Mrs. Sailaja Krishna Murthy were just below average fares. Inspite of starring in very good ventures, Sadaf could not achieve much success. However, her position is a bit fine compared to others. She bagged a role opposite south super star Vikram in Aparichitudu directed by Shankar.
Story: The story of this movie is as old as the Himalayas. Boy and girl fall in love. An Elder doesn?t accept their love. Finally, they will marry inspite of a lot of difficulties and live happily ever after. It is the screenplay and taking that sets the movie apart. The whole movie is shot in the picturesque Konaseema region of East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. We don?t see any goods or gizmos that shows signs of civilization. These precautions have a two-pronged advantage. One, the movie has got a vintage look. Two, the movie was made on a shoestring budget in addition to maintaining good production values.
Music: The songs of this movie are simply superb. Listening to ?suvvi suvvi?song will make you remember ?minnetisureedu vachenamma? in the movie seetakoka chilaka. The first song is excellent. Background score is racy and okay.
Characters: Uday Kiran has got lot of sympathy especially among the ladies after his long hiatus. Infact, when he appeared on a couple of talk shows last Sunday, all the phone lines are choked up. He improved his histrionics like anything. He is ravishing as his usual self in this movie too. Comedy interludes by Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam are excellent. The entire first half is hilarious. All other actors suited the characters well.
After the establishment of all the characters, the movie gathers momentum. The entire second half has only one thread. How the lead pair meets each other and gets married. However, there is no dull moment in the entire movie. The director has succeeded in sustaining the interest of the viewers. Like the director?s previous movies the heroine in this movie too has a punch line ?Ayyo Rama?. The protagonist is a drummer. He wins the heart of the villain with his skill and asks him to give back his 25-acre field, treacherously taken over from his father. The villain accepts to give him five acres of land. The hero accepts it and starts to live in the village.
After a couple of scenes the lead pair falls in love with each other. The drumming keeps repeating through out the movie. The audience went into raptures each time the villain says ?Adangulantha lonikellandi? (Ladies go inside), when the villagers come to meet him. However, there are some issues, which come as a blooper. How can the hero run around the village searching for the heroine, after he was beaten black and blue by the villains and he was bleeding all over his body?
Watch this movie for Uday kiran, direction, taking and music. ?Avunanna Kadanna? is a hit for sure. However the range of hit depends on the performance of other big movies slated for release this summer season.