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"Once a person reaches the heights of success, there is an ample of chance that one might forget what they truly were before they started walking on a path that brought them to that position, so I made this film searching my true self as a director, tracking back my initial self." These were the words spoken by the Magician Trivikram at the audio launch event of this flick. And he never lied. One can see that vintage Trivikram style of dialogues which don't necessarily have 'punches' in them but often carry a deeper meaning were present in tonnes in this film, which were hard to find since 'Khaleja', barring 'SOS' to an extent. Similar to his first film ever as a director, 'Nuvve Nuvve' this flick has that slow story narration but never bores you. The first half was at a good pace with a lot of entertainment, good songs and soothing BGM. The second half lacked the speed and was dragged towards the end. Coming to the story, its complete family drama with ample of comedy. I somewhat felt it was like 'Attarintiki Daredi' in reverse. The art direction by A S Prakash was commendable, thanks to the high production values. Cinematography was really good too. Mickey's compositions for both soundtrack and BGM were a big asset, and probably this movie might give him the correct breakthrough that he deserves. All actors did their part well, special mention to Anupama Parameshwaran and Rao Ramesh. Unlike Trivikram's previous films as a writer, this time the female lead played by Samantha, is more sophisticated in terms of characterization. And the male lead was relatively not. That came to me as a surprise. None the less, its a perfect watch for family audience. Why wait then, go grab a seat in your nearest theaters.

A AA (2016): If its time for Trivikram movie,everyone gets ready for his dialogues more than his making.He is one of the best dialogue writers in Tollywood and even has good skills in directing family oriented movie.Now he is back with A AA with which is another family movie.How is this Anasuya Ramalingam vs Anand Vihari.

Plot: Anand Vihari (Nithin) works as caterer cum chef in Hyderabad. He belongs to middle-class family and has many responsibilities to fulfill like marrying off his sister (Ananya) and clearing off debts.

On the other hand, Anasuya Ramalingam (Samantha) is daughter of rich and strict mother (Nadiya). When her mother goes on a business trip, her father sends to her Kalavapudi village near Vijayawada to spend some time at Anand Vihari's home.

Anand Vihari happens to be her baava but she doesn't know about his family till she is sent there. While she happily discovers the joy of being at her aunt's house, she also comes to know why her aunt's family and her mother are not on talking terms. Rest of the movie drama is all about how Anand Vihari achieves all the hurdles to get married to Anasuya.

Plus Points: 1)Samantha Samantha Samantha Samantha Samantha: She is the major plus point of the movie.OMG her cute expressions,her novelty,her maturity in performance made me proud to be her die-hard fan.I can clearly say that she is going to disturb our sleeps again.Love you Samantha.

2)First half: First half of the movie is entertaining with good comedy and lighthearted moments.We can thoroughly enjoy it without getting bored.

3)BGM: BGM gave good soul for the scenes.It really helped a lot for giving movie a rise in every scene.

4)Dialogues: Movie has good Trivikram mark dialogues and those who are his hardcore fans for dialogues will definitely get nice fest.

Minus Points: 1)Second half: Movie's second half seems lost with bit dragging screenplay.Few scenes seem lengthy.

2)Duration: Movie has lengthy duration of 2hr 32 min.Especially in second half of movie seems more lengthy.

So, A AA is definitely a feast for Samantha fans and I can watch this movie any number of times only for her.

My rating 6.5/10

Synopsis: Why isn't Anu's mom repentant? Why is Nagavalli (Anupama Parameswaran) reduced to a caricature? What happened to the ferocity of Pallam Venkanna (Rao Ramesh) and well, didn't we deserve a better ending?

Movie Review: There's There's a really interesting dialogue by Rao Ramesh in A... Aa: "Road widening lo sagam kottesina building la undi paristiti... Undadaaniki veelu kadhu. Vadaladaniki manasu raadu," he says. Why interesting? Because it perfectly sums up how you feel about the film after watching it! Because Trivikram takes you on this ride which will leave you with mixed emotions making you both like it for its simplicity and freshness and dislike it for not being told well enough.

If you've watched Krishna and Vijaya Nirmala's Meena (1979), then A... Aa will be a story you know, albeit with a modern take. The adaptation of Yeddanapudi's novel of the same name, the film had the story of a rich, city-bred girl who is wants to break free unable to bear her overpowering mother. She falls for her bava when she happens to go on a trip to his village but that's when trouble begins because their families have long running differences.

Well, Trivikram really gives this modern take an edge of its own and sets it apart from both the book and the earlier film. In fact, the contemporary take of the adaptation is done extremely well by And rehashing that tale, Trivikram takes us into the lives of Anasuya Ramalingam (A - Samantha) and Aanand Vihari (Aa - Nithiin) and of course, their families. And in terms of adaptation to suit the present times, the director does a fabulous job weaving in new characters and giving the old characters a new spin. In fact, despite being a very old story, he makes it feel extremely new and the first half of the film is a treat to watch.

He is called the matala mantrikudu for a reason and enthuses us with some quirky one liners, the best being mouthed by Rao Ramesh. But there's one that Nithiin says which did get quite a few whistles: "Watch unna prativadu time ostundanukuntadu... Kani chuskuntadante." Cool, eh? And his narrative and writing are aided by Mickey J Meyer's music which is refreshing and the camerawork of Natarajan and Dudley who give the film a visual splendour.

He brings in the likes of Naresh (makes us wonder why anyone doesn't give him more to do!), Rao Ramesh (does his brilliance need an explanation?) and Anupama Parameswaran (she's vivacious despite the patchy character sketch) who stand out from the rest.

But then, there's a downside for this film too. Somehow, the chemistry between Nithiin and Samantha doesn't really work. Both of them individually do a great job, especially Nithiin who has given his best ever performance, but as a pair there's an evident awkwardness which is sad considering the film's prime plot is their love story. But that's probably because Trivikram doesn't really establish how and why they fall for each other. You even wonder if he is actually in love with her or is just plotting revenge from her mother.

Otherwise, it's not like A... Aa is perfect because it has its own little niggles. The countryside is reduced into something unreal with excessive graphics and the flavour of the village doesn't really hit the viewer. Trivikram takes his own pace in narrating the second half, so much so, it becomes tedious and then, all of a sudden, he hurriedly ends the film making you wonder what just happened. And just as the end titles roll, you are getting up from your seat with so many doubts in mind - Why isn't Anu's mom repentant? Why is Nagavalli (Anupama Parameswaran) reduced to a caricature? What happened to the ferocity of Pallam Venkanna (Rao Ramesh) and well, didn't we deserve a better ending?

This is a great movie to watch.

The whole movie follows trivikram's family style narration. Samantha's performance as a female lead was exceptionally well. Her character design is very interesting and makes the movie have more depth. Nitin is dominated by her.

The highlight is Rao Ramesh. His comedy is exceptional and his dialogues at the end cannot be ignored at the end

1st half starts with a suicide and gets us into the story. After that is just a build up of Samantha and her family. Shows samantha's mom as "villian" throughout the story. Nithin and samantha meet and Movie starts out slow but the comedy constantly entertains us.

The second half of the movie is building up what happened between Anand's Family and Anasuya's family The excellent direction adding an extra weight of depth here should be remembered for such a routine plot. Jai trivikram!

Minus points: The plot is too plain and routine (trivikram's narration with humor covers most of it). 2nd half is dragged on for too much time.

Overall movie is very engaging and funny but would've been better if the plot was a little more complex.

A must watch movie! (Definitely can watch more than one time)

Trivikram expressed the movie in the best possible way.His magic of words goes uninterrupted until the climax. It's devoid of most routine commercial aspects such as item song, entry song, fights to elevate hero. One can't stop laughing in the movie but that does not mean that the movie is just a comedy. The music is a perfect fit, one would start loving the songs after seeing the movie. I never thought Samantha had this much in her, hats-off to her and Trivikram sir for brining that out. Nithin did more than justice to his role as expected. All in all it's definitely worth watching. Whether Trivikram's fan or not? ONE would leave the theater fully satisfied..