Ram's "Ganesh...Just Ganesh" Review by Greatandhra.com

Film: Ganesh-Just Ganesh
Rating: 3/5
Cast: Ram, Kajal, Sameer, Kasi Viswanath, Ashish Vidyarthi, Poonam Kour, Rohini Attangadi etc
Dialogues: Abburi Ravi
Camera: Hari
Music: Mickey J Mayer
Lyrics: Sirivennela, Rama Jogayya Sastry
Art: Peketi Ranga
Action: Peter Heins
Editing: Sreekar Prasad
Producer: Sarvanthi Ravi Kishore
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Saravanan
Released On: 25th Sep 2009

This is the movie that’s released without any hype. It hasn’t been in big discussion till its release. Hence the expectations weren’t high on this. Let us see how far it entertained audiences.


Story:
Ganesh (Ram) is a young man who knows nothing but helping others. His friend loves a girl but he fears to let that known to his father (Kasi Viswanath) . The idea of the father is to get his son married to his niece Divya (Kajal).

Hence Ganesh plans to make Divya fall in his love so that line will be clear for his friend to marry his love interest. He implements the plan by becoming a tenant to Divya in Express Towers Apartments, Kondapur. The apartment is famous for mischievous children and their playful acts. But how Ganesh becomes close to them and how he sees success in his plan? That has to be watched on screen.

Meanwhile Mahadev (Ashish Vidyarthi), a hooligan disturbs the society with his goondaagiri. A comedy don Yadagiri (Brahmanandam) also presents parallel to him. How Ganesh settles these accounts forms the action and mass comedy part.


Performances:
Ram: He is at his best by all means. First to say is about his dances. He has improved a lot and his dances are with full of grace. His timing in dialogue delivery and energy levels in performance are also good. He proves to be best bet for family entertainers.

Kajal: She has caught the attention with beautiful screen presence once again and scored well with performance as well.

Child Artistes: The biggest asset for this film is child artistes. Everyone has delivered the best output and entertained audiences. Director could have banked on these tiny talents and extend scenes on them for better narration of the whole story. The boy who acted in role of Nani is quite interesting. His exam hall scene and getting 72% marks entertained audiences. The stout boy in the group who tests the protagonist whether he is really a Super Man is humorous. Another boy wearing spectacles also made his presence felt. Other child artistes also acted up to the mark.

Ashish Vidyarthi is adequate in his negative role but there is no big punch for that. Poonam Kour acted as side kick for hero and heroine although she looked more graceful than heroine in some frames. Sameer is ok in his character as brother to Kajal. Rohini Attangadi appeared in a guest role.

The technical departments are ok. Music is well placed by Mickey J Mayer although not on par with his previous flicks. The song ‘Tanemando…’ is almost similar to ‘Nijamga Nenenaa’ from KBL. Other songs are just above average. Cinematography deserves good mention and the costumes department also worked well. Director did well but failed to focus on screenplay. The story is highly predictable till the climax without any twists and turns. And he failed to spruce up the second half adequately. It became elastic.


Highlights:

* Child Artistes
* Ram’s Dances
* Costumes
* Music

Disappointments:

* No interesting story line
* Weak second half
* Lengthy narration in second half
* Lack of sufficient humor in second half
* Flat and predictable narration

Missed Opportunities:

* The scenes of dog that stops chasing once seeing a hug should have extended with more scenes for better laughs
* The children walking into Divya’s house to negotiate marriage terms with her brother (Sameer) should have made a parody out of similar scene in old movie ‘Seetakoka Chiluka’ for humor.


Analysis:
The first half is better but second half is elastic. The movie promises huge entertainment till the interval and brings hopes that second half will be on par. But the expectations have come down due to length. It is true that length marred the strength of the movie. And the children episode with more entertainment could have added right value.

It is crucial for any film to possess with strong second half when compared to first half. But here it has become inversed. The audiences those stand up from their seats after the completion of the movie feel that first half is better. That drops the graph on a whole.

To sum up, it’s a film that can be watched by all family members at least for children episode. But at the same time one needs to carry lot of stamina to bear with lengthy second half that runs with no excitement.

May S Varalakshmi's Soul Rest In Peace

S Varalakshmi garu passed away yesterday. She is special for us as we are very related to old actors and actresses. Lets pray may her soul rest in peace.

For Her profile on Early Tollywood CLICK HERE.

Krishna Vamsi's MAHATMA Audio Release Function - Coverage

Music of Mahatma movie was launched today at a function organized in Novotel hotel on the night of 21 September. Tushar Gandhi (great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi), Mohan Babu, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Ravi Teja, Nagababu, Allu Arjun, Tarun, SS Rajamouli, Charmme, Allu Arvind, Achi Reddy, Muthyala Subbaiah and Tammareddy Bharadwaja attended the function along with the cast and crew members.


Vijay Anthony scored music in this 100th movie of Srikanth. CR Manohar produces it in the direction of Krishna Vamsi. Supreme music bought the audio rights.

Mohan Babu launched the new logo of Supreme music on this eve.

Tushar Gandhi launched audio and gave the first unit to Mohan Babu.


I am obsessed with Gandhi since childhood - Sirivennela
Speaking on the occasion Sirivennela said, "I asked Krishna Vamsi why he tends to make these kind of movies. I think he doesn't belong to the herd to churn out commercial movies. He has shown the new dimension of Mahatma Gandhi in this movie. A normal human being has it in to become a Mahatma. Krishna Vamsi narrated this point in a convincing manner. Mahatma Gandhi written a book called 'My Experience with the Truth'. Krishna Vamsi's Mahatma encompasses the gist of that book. Vijay Anthony was a sound engineer and sound mixing specialist before becoming the music director. And I am glad that he composed songs in such a way that music never dominated the lyrics. I am shocked at the intensity of dialogues written by Paruchuri brothers. Balu song a vital song that is penned by me. I am obsessed with Gandhi since my childhood. I am feeling fortunate to pen a song on him. The entire Gandhi's gist is encompassed in that 3 minute song. Srikanth gave a superb performance."


Srikanth is ajatha satruvu - Mohan Babu
Mohan Babu said, "Srikanth is a good actor and we acted together in a movie tiled Tappuchesi Pappu Koodu. Srikanth is also a good human being and he has no enemies. He never speaks ill about others. I am always fascinated by Krishna Vamsi's work and I wish that he would give a role to me in his movies. I wish that Srikanth's 100th film will run for 100 days."


Venkatesh said, "I worked with Srikanth for three movies - Kondapalli Raja, Abbai Garu and Sankranthi. Srikanth is the only hero in this industry who is friend to everybody. From the trailers, i made out that Mahatma is an intense movie and I am sure that it will become a big hit."


Tammareddy Bharadwaja said that Krishna Vamsi is the director whose films reflect Telugutanam after Bapu's.

I would runaway from directing films like Mahatma - SS Rajamouli
SS Rajamouli said, "I met Krishna Vamsi when he came to meet Gangaraju Gunnam at his house. I was working as an assistant director at that time. Krishna Vamsi delivered Gulabi and he was working on the script of Ninne Pelladatha. At that time he asked me to pen dialogues for Ninne Pelladatha movie. I was really surprised at his guts of offering a struggling assistant director to pen dialogues for such a big star's movie. If somebody asks me to direct a subject of Mahatma movie, I would runaway. But Krishna Vamsi is such a director who loves to make meaningful movies."


Allu Arjun said, "I had become more patriotic after watching Krishna Vamsi's Khadgam. My favorite movie of Srikanth is Operation Duryodhana. Srikanth is the only hero in Telugu film industry whom I call as Annayya."

A film like Mahatma should be encouraged - Tushar Gandhi
Tushar Gandhi said, "Initially I was skeptical about Mahatma movie because lots of people tried to contact me for various films made on Mahatma in the past. Lots of unnecessary liberties were taken. When these people contacted me, I asked them to send me the synopsis. I was surprised after reading it. Bapu always believed that even if there is some percentage of goodness in a human being it can be cultivated to drive out all other evil forces. Bapu always believed in the power of change. A film like Mahatma should be encouraged because it it communicates the principles of Mahatma in a language that a common man could understand."


Music director Vijay Anthony who is basically a Tamilian surprised everybody by speaking in complete Telugu. He said that he understood the potential of Mahatma when he was doing re-recording. He expressed his confidence over the commercial success of the movie.


Entire credit of Mahatma should go to Krishna Vamsi - Srikanth
Srikanth said, "I am very happy today. It was Ramoji Rao who encouraged me into films with Peoples Encounter. Tammareddy Bharadwaja made me hero with 1/2 movie. Rama Naidu gave a hit to me as hero with Taj Mahal movie. SV Krishna Reddy and EVV consistently cast me as hero in their movies. I would like to thank all the people who supported me throughout the journey. I am proud of doing Krishna Vamsi's Mahatma. The entire credit of Mahatma should go to Krishna Vamsi. It is a huge budgeted film and my friend Manohar came forward to produce it against all odds. I also want to thank my brother Anil for helping me."


Krishna Vamsi concluded it by saying that Srikanth is his friend for the past 17 years and Mahatma is going to be a memorable gift to him.