Cinema Choopistha Mava Review

From 'Mem Vayasuku Vaccham' and 'Priyatama Neevachata Kushalama' to 'Nuvvila.. Nenila', Trinadha Rao Nakkina has been one inconsistent performer.  'Cinema Choopistha Mava' betrays his attempt at embedding a film with as much of Tollywoodian cliches as possible.

In a film where the good-for-nothing son irritates his illiterate father by bringing him all kind of bad news over booze, in a film where the class difference is brought out in a comic fashion, in a film where the 'mama' himself borders on the eccentric with his obsession over quality, it is natural to expect sparkling scenes one too often.  However, the director seems to be content with picking ideas from random films.  From snatching an opportunity from the eve-teasers to impress the girl to earning money by thousands with quirky iddeas, from building a message-oriented but ironically vulgarity-peppered Draupadi's modesty outrage episode to 'slapping' a Sreenu Vaitla scene over booze, from belittling the heroine's friend to overdoing parodies, we have seen them all.

Kathi (Raj Tarun) is an Inter Fail hero modeled after some Tenth Fail hero of whichever era you might think of.  As destiny would have it, Rao Ramesh ends up inviting trouble when he introduces his 996/1000 daughter with the pride of a CEO introducing his product.  The daughter, Parineetha (Avika Gor), is a studious girl who is too uncommunicative and when she finally breaks into joy, the scene is an occasion for revealing her regimented life.  The eccentricities and emotions are either reduced to TV comedy show-like creativity or completely ignored to make way for gag fests.

The 'Uyyala Jampala' pair are seen in light-veined scenes yet again, but the difference is that this one is crass rather than class.  At times, the proceedings are so light-touch that the lead pair themselves make do with lazy emotions.  The narration loses itself in formulaic stuff so much so that it is abrupt when the heroine obliquely reveals her interest for the guy.

Talking of formula, there is a good dose of comedy faces, right from Shakalaka Shankar, Sathya, Chalaki Chanti, Shaking Seshu, Sathyam Rajesh, Krishna Bhagawan to Madhu Thotapalli.  The done-to-death idea of tinkering with the much-parodied Draupadi episode reminds one of the popular Jabardash show, right from the unannounced entry of Sathya as Hanuman to the double entendre.

Any semblance of novelty is seen in the scenes involving the son and his comedic father (played by writer Madhu Thotapalli).  Right from his body language and the chemistry he shares with his son, the scenes are hilarious.  Making the element complete, is the scene where the father has to be at the receiving end of a proud government officer who says, ".. gonthu ku powder kottukoni vacchesav.."

Rao Ramesh comes across as the actor to be watched out for and but for the attempt to evoke laughter even from this character, the unsuspecting audience is thanklessly in for another round of 'Andhra Pori' dose.  The conversations between Rao Ramesh and Raj Tarun should have been intelligent.  The audience don't find it dramatic when two principal characters pen an agreement anymore.  The idea smacks of the old-school style.

Raj Tarun gets to play a full-fledged hero, unlike in his first film.  In one or two songs, he actually comes across as not yet prepared to be seen in songs that befit a star hero or so.  He shows emotions alright but expecting him to deliver a laugh riot is something that beats imagination.  When he becomes Kamini, you know the director is expecting him to deliver something he is not capable of.

Avika Gor looks to be playing someone elder than her age.  She strikes the right chemistry with his second time lead.

For a film of this scale, the RR is of good quality, so also the cinematography.  Bonalu Jatara's tune is writ all over and that could have been avoided.

Verdict: A fun-filled film that is sprayed with parodies and Jabardasth-like flavour.