jose amanaceo

If you can sustain 1’40’’, you will get to the good part. Until then, it is about how two old drunkards deal with getting old. The soul of the movie, along with its best performances, shows up in the last 30 minutes. A great climax would have been to hone in on “I am not my characters, then who am I”? A teachable moment for a lot of us - whether tied to a self-improvement (“center” in 7 habits of highly effective people), or our own Vedanta (Brahman Satyam Jagam Mithya). Alas, Ranga Rao is busy chastising his kids instead of discovering something deeper about life, at its end. Good art does not depend on characters dying. It has Grey areas of character development - none of that in this flat movie. What may keep you seated is the brilliance of Sirivennela’s song in the background. It is hard to relate to the egoistic Ranga Rao, especially when we see the star instead of the role. Ironically, Ranga Rao would have been more powerful if it was portrayed by a lesser actor than Prakash Raj. All the positive talk about Brahmanandam’s acting is justified for about a minute in the hospital. Other characters are so Black & White - which woman you know is so one-dimensional as “Raju guru”? The actors who played the daughter and daugther-in-law did a good job. If you have ageing parents, the Universe gives you messages to take care of them. How well you listen to the messages depends on your core self. This movie, while bad art, is still a good message.