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ReviewAs a festival release, Satish Vegesna’s film offers neither intellectual entertainment nor emotional excitement.Krishna SripadaThere is a reason why we have two different words – action and overaction, with entirely different meanings. Satish Vegesna, who made the much acclaimed Shatamanam Bhavathi, comes back with a sugary syrup of a movie. Entha Manchivadavuraa, like its title, is so over-the-top that you would prefer watching Brahmotsavam again. Balu is an orphan and now he is altruistic (almost a disorder-level altruism), donning several roles to give people relationships they seek – as a brother, a grandson, a son and so on. He takes this idea one step forward to start a company called All is Well Emotion Suppliers – that gives people emotions they miss in real life. Balu is never seen charging money from any of the people who come to him, so no one knows how he manages all that travel and the posh office.

ReviewAt the centre of writer-director Maruthi’s story is Sathyaraj, the family patriarch who has been given a 5-week deadline by the doctor, ailing as he is with lung cancer.Krishna SripadaSocial satires run the risk of being didactic, giving us advice that will make us cringe and leave us with nothing but annoyance. However, with Prati Roju Pandaage, Maruthi, the writer and director, focuses more on the comedic elements of a satire, his strength, rather than the preaching. What we get is a not-so-bad family entertainer that is clean, reasonably funny and for the most part crisp; not deep enough though, but I’ve stopped expecting that, so it didn’t pinch me. If you can see past the melodrama in the movie, it is not so bad. At the centre of the story is Sathyaraj, the family patriarch who has been given a 5-week deadline by the doctor,...