Balu (Varun Sandesh) is a happy-go-lucky kind of young man. His father Krishnamurthy and mother (Prakashraj and Jayasudha) pamper him so much. Especially Krishnamurthy gives Balu complete freedom to do anything. However, he cautions his son that Balu could do a mistake but it should be told to him. Such a friendly nature he has. After completion of his school education, like every father, he joins Balu in a residential college to pursue Intermediate. Like many teenagers, Balu too stares at girls and Swapna (Swati Basu Prasad) attracts him. Both their ideas coincide and simply they get attracted to each other. However, they could not differentiate whether theirs is an attraction or love. They themselves put a test and come to a decision that they are in love. Their attachment goes to such an extent that Balu jumps the boundary to meet Swapna who was on outing along with other hostellers. They move around the city casually and watch the film together. When they were in a romantic mood, a photographer clicks them and publish it in the newspaper. This spoils their friendship with Swapna’s father Viswanatham (Ahuti Prasad) taking her away home and the principal Brahmam (Brahmanandam) warning Balu to return to college only with his father. Not knowing the whereabouts, both of them fall in depression. Balu’s efforts to trace her address prove futile. However, Swapna remembers about the letter written by Balu’s mother and finds his address. She dashes a letter and somehow they reunite during the examination time. After exams, Balu meets Viswanatham and openly explain his love towards his daughter. Immediately after Balu leaves the place, Viswanatham fixes her marriage. Unable to accept his decision, Swapna decides to elope with Balu and announces her decision to him over phone. However, Balu could not go to the railway station due to the sudden death of his father in an accident. At that time, Balu takes a decision to become an engineer which was Krishnamurthy’s last wish and keeps his love and everything aside. After five years, When Balu was about to take his degree, again he accidentally meets Viswanatham and learns that she was not with either of them. What happened to Swetha? Did Balu’s love with Swapna turned success or not? Answers to all these questions form part of the climax.

Varun performed better than ‘Happy Days’ and he improved a lot in his body language and histrionics. However, he needs to improve his dialogue modulation. Being an NRI and stayed in the US for long, it would be a little tough for him, but he could improve it gradually. As far as performance, he gave the best as a teenager. His looks, his movements, everything suited the best for the character. The director moulded the character with different shades such as son, his behaviour towards mother, father, as a lover, his depression when he stayed away from his love and as a student. Swetha Prasad, though had little glamour, she needs to improve her body language and particularly in the facial expressions. If she could not improve these features, there is a possibility for her to settle in sister’s roles but not as a heroine. However, we just can’t write off her, because this is her first film after all. Other notable performance is by Ahuti Prasad. After ‘Chandamama’ Ahuti Prasad once again got a very good opportunity and he continued to maintain a separate style of his own on the lines of Rao Gopala Rao of yesteryears. Prakashraj did a nice job and there is no need for a certification to his performance and as usual he walked away with honours. Especially his performance before the climax, approximately in the last half an hour would touch the hearts of audiences. The dialogue, ‘What I can do, I can just give my love’ would bring tears in the eyes of audiences unintentionally. Jayasudha gave her best. She is perfect in showing the emotions. Especially, the scene where she complains to Prakashraj that her son was ignoring her was brought out extraordinarily. Last but not the least to mention is the physics lecturer character played by Rao Ramesh. The way he explains the love theory coupled with philosophy and physics evoked loud applause from the audiences. All the artistes did complete justice to their roles.

Music by Mickey J Meyer is the highlight of the film. All the tunes are melodious and the choreography of all the songs were a visual feast for the audiences. Dil Raju’s statement in justifying his decision to take Chota K Naidu was proved correct. When the director is a debutant, a senior cameraman like Chota turned the film a visual treat by capturing the Konaseema beauty in camera, besides portraying the moods of the artistes exactly on the celluloid to match the director’s thoughts. Marthand K Venkatesh showed all his experience in joining the scenes well. Though some scenes appear little confused, the climax justifies them. When Prakashraj is dead, Rao Ramesh meets Jayasudha. This confuses the audience. But, it has a link in the climax, where Jayasudha explains how she was able to keep Swati in safe hands. Though a debutant, Srikant Addala did an excellent job. He totally based on the story without going for unnecessary twists and turns. He succeeded in portraying the feelings of teenagers on the screen. Especially he made a delicate love story a memorable piece on the celluloid with utmost precision in a meticulous way. Dialogues with occasional satires are also good.

Dil Raju, who is known for choosing right subjects once again proved that his judgment is correct. Another notable feature is that he could just see the spark in a person and promotes the talent. Like Bhaskar in Bommarillu, Addala Srikant is another product from the banner. The director’s talent could be seen in the narration of the story and it reminded the audiences, ‘Maro Charitra’ of Balachander. Incidentally, the director used the same names in this film too. However, this time, Srikant gave a good twist by ending the film without tragedy. He proved that every time love will is not a failure but one needs commitment to emerge winners. As a whole, the film is a must watch for both the parents and the teenagers.

Cast & Crew:

Cast: Varun Sandesh, Swetha Basu Prasad, Brahmanandam, Ahuti Prasad, Rao Ramesh Rao, Vinay Prasad, Praveen, Chinnikrishna, Gauthamraju, Phani, Rajita, Sushma and others

Cinematography: Chota K Naidu

Music: Mickey J Meyer

Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh

Lyrics: Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Anant Sriram, Srikanth Addala

Art: Prakash

Presents: Anitha

Producer: Dil Raju

Story, Dialogues, Screenplay & Direction: Srikanth Addala.

Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations

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