Love Story

None of the people involveds best work. I hardly noticed deviyani until the end - a slight insult to the actress she really is. Sai pallabi has had better movies. And sekhar kammula has made much better, less flashier movies.

Overall good movie. Its about love and equality. The characteristics of the hero is potrayed confusingly. Once he will be brave the other time he runs away. Coming to the end, the ending was abrupt. The whole movie standard droped because of the ending. The ending was so unsatisfying to watch. Unless there is Part 2.

The director has run out of ideas for the climax.

First half was OK. Second half only sarangi song.

Love Story is set in Hyderabad whose most famous love story is that of Quli Qutub Shah who swam across a river during flood times to save the love of his life, Bhagmati. This love story is between people who are from two different religions and social positions, and the only thing binding them is love. Hyderabad's foundation is built on love. Therefore the love story buds and grows in Hyderabad. And we are lured by it.

Real story surfaces when the couple realizes that they are unequal and even if they want to live together, it won't end well for their families. And here chaitanya's character has more to lose. Because since childhood he resented his unequal status and faced many hardships to create whatever he has now.

One beautiful aspect of this movie is how it deals with "TOUCH". For sai pallavi's character physical touch reminds her of the atrocity she faced as a child. For Chaitanya's character, being from a lower caste his touch is always considered impure. And beauty of writing comes out in a scene when he touches her, she feels discomfort even though she knows his touch is not intentional and he feels sorry as well as angry when she reprimands him, but he cannot show.

They both carry a lot of emotional baggage in this movie. Which is why when heroine KISSES hero, it had a huge impact. And he cries when she kisses conveys the acceptance he feels of both her love and society as a whole. HIM BEING UNTOUCHABLE ALL HIS LIFE IS WIPED OFF WITH THAT TEARDROP.

This is most mature writing I have seen from any Telugu director in recent times. Many questions were raised that we overlook in our day-to-day lives like What is Masculinity? How can child abuse affect their education? How can drinking father drains his child's security into gutter? Is his father's drinking habit root cause of all her problems? OR Is it the voyeuristic nature of a human mind? How can discrimination make you insecure? And when will you be free of that insecurity? Maybe never!!

My only concern is due to this heavy lifting, somehow the atrocity faced by sai pallavi's character took a backseat till the penultimate portion of the movie. And the movie redeems its mistake with the powerful performance of Devayani (sai pallavi's mother) in a single scene in the climax.

Revanth(Naga Chaithanya) is a low caste man who has a passion for dancing opens a small zumba dance centre in the city. Mounika(Sai Pallavi) is a high caste girl who comes to the city for a job and to escape from her authoritative uncle narasimham(rajeev kanakala). Mouni has a passion for dancing and when she joins revanth's dance centre as instructor, their business prospers. Later both of them fall in love. Rest of the film is whether their love triumphs or not through the caste difference.

Recent tamil films have shown caste differences in a raw, intense and brutal manner. But shekhar kammula showcases it in a lighter vein. I never liked naga chaithanya on screen. But in this he was convincing and bearable as you feel only the character. Sai pallavi is always great. Rajeev kanakala delivers a slapworthy performance as narasimham.

Drawbacks i felt was the production values. There are few sequences where revanth and mouni drink tea near the teashop of a bridge which is clearly shown as green screen. Another drawback is the climax is rushed because of the excessive runtime. The chartbuster saranga dariya was placed in a bad manner.

On the whole, love story shows a sensitive topic in a lighthearted manner.