Review: Veedu Theda - a familiar cocktail
Hyderabad: One of the problems with love stories is that there seems to be a severe dearth of ideas. Not only are the problems which lovers re'm'ain the same but also there's absolutely no difference in the way these problems are solved.
Nikhil stars as Kathi Seenu, a happy-go-lucky guy who does what he wants. One day he goes to Bhimavaram for a wedding and falls in love with Meghana (Pooja).
When he comes to know that Meghana doesn't believe in the concept of love, he's dejected and when he's about to bid goodbye to her she's abducted by some goons. What's the reason behind this and how does Seenu solve the issue forms the rest of the story.
Nikhil is at ease with his role and for a change he doesn't try to be Ravi Teja although the film's plot more or less resembles Ravi Teja's Krishna. Newcomer Pooja is passable in her role which is badly written.
However, it's the comedians and side actors like Sayaji Shinde, Suman, Ali, MS Narayana, Raghu Babu, Fish Venkat who save the day. In fact, MS Narayana's cameo in the latter half brightens up the proceedings. It's a pity that Br'ahmanandam's cameo doe's'n't really add value to the story.
The biggest problem with the film is its script. There's nothing distinct about the film and B Chinni Krishna, the director of the film, doesn't even attempt to have a mark of his own.
Instead, he chooses to walk down a safe path and ends up making a cliched film. If not for the cameos of MS Narayana and Raghu Babu, the film would have been a massive bore.
However, the screenplay is fine tuned pretty well. For someone who knew what he was doing, it wouldn't have hurt to try something which hasn't been done before.
Veedu Theda is a cliched film but if you don't mind killing couple of hours of your time, maybe it's a safe bet.
News Posted: 20 November, 2011
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