4 March 2010

My Movie – Ye Maya Chesave

MaroCharitra, Geetanjali and _________ . Any guesses people ? Before 26th February,2010, it wud have been extremely difficult to find a film that fits into the above league for the fear of sounding idiotic. We must have watched n+1 romantic movies, including english, hindi n telugu languages. Yes, romantic movies are cliched. Boy meets a girl, fights goons(mostly her father’s or stalker’s ) and in the end common sense suddenly dawns upon elders watching their boy n girl bathing in tears, blood and self pity. Push in some jokers who tickle, an item song and a few melodies, u can end up with a romantic movie. So what makes Ye Maaya Chesave different?

Well, YMC has all the things u can end up expecting in a typical romantic movie but still u can sense it to be different. Watching YMC is a like a journey through the simplicities and complexities of a human character. Watching the lives of a boy and girl getting entangled in simple yet improbable situations, you find the yawning gap between cinematic experience and realism getting reduced further with every frame, until they both blend seamlessly and you find yourself in a spell of a group of magicians lead by Gautam Menon, A.R. Rehman n co. The visuals are probably one of the best ever dished out by indian film industry, leave alone telugu industry. The main cast had one of the best working chemistries, i have seen in past couple of years, english, hindi n telug alike. You can virtually write poetry about every scene involving Samantha, the voluptous damsel. In the long history of telugu cinema, a hero is more or less judged upon by his histrionics, stylish vis-a-vis cliched mannerisms and the powerful dialogues he can recite. In short we have been witnessing actors who can ‘act’. Watching nagachaithanya, it neva crosses your mind that you are watching an actor. Itz hard to find over-the-top reactions and underperforming body language in his performance. Even when he dances during songs, his boyish enthusiasm, imperfect yet heartfelt dance steps and mannerisms, makes you think that he juz the boy next door living his own dream. If there is one movie that deserves to be there in the league with the movies listed above, if not better than them, itz Ye Maaya Chesave. For a moment, forget about blood thirsty magadheeras, lover aryas, ‘bujji’gadus, simhadris and aadi reddies. It’s time for the telugu film industry to move out of itz teenage(teenage is fun, yes, at the same time itz naive n immatured too) and this film will certainly help to do so. Itz a ‘when harry met sally’ of telugu film industry. Enjoy the ride …You will be swept off your feet by the time the movie ends .

Hmm…Let me clarify that i don’t usually blog about the movies, i watch. It might be coz i don’t feel they are worthy to be ‘blogged’ about. Yeah..i cud write about classics, but whatz the use of me writing em, when u know of em and read about em many times already. While watching YMC, one hour or so into the movie, i was convinced that i will be blogging abt it. Call it artistic sense, exaggeration or naivety, I would most certainly give it a 4.5/5. I am reducing 0.5 coz of 2 reasons: 1) The movie runs for 2hrs 45 mins ‘only’. 2) I might have to probably wait for an year to watch another movie of gautam menon.

bharath reddy nukala
nukala.bharathreddy at gmail dot com

More My Movie experiences:
YMC by Survi
YMC by Rajeev
YMC by Pavan
YMC by Rohit
Inkosaari by Avanthi
Inkosaari by Sneha
YMC by Praveen
YMC by Rajani
YMC by Sujith
Inkosaari by Ganesh
Leader by Sreekanth D
Maya Bazar by Gopal
Mahatma by Kishore
Baanam by Stanley
Josh by Nathan
Magadheera by Ashok
Magadheera by Wannabe Director
Magadheera by Shanti
Magadheera by Anitha
Magadheera by SS
Oy by Prathna
99 by Bala Thirumalasetty
Veedokkade by Srinivas
Delhi 6 by Vamsi
KIKK by Sweta
Luck by Chance by Srini
KIKK by Lalitha Spoorthi
Arundhati by Naveen
Arundhati by Srini
Arundhati by Bharat
Sasirekha Parinayam by Santhi Venkat
Sasirekha Parinayam by Vamshi Muthapu
Sasirekha Parinayam by Niharika Reddy
Nachavule by Vamsi Krishna
Neninthe by movie lover
Avakai Biryani by Vamsi Krishna
Kotha Bangaru Lokam by Vamsi Krishna
Kotha Bangaru Lokam by S
Ashta Chemma by Deepthi
Ashta Chemma by Lalitha Spoorthi
Sarkar Raj by Pradeep
Jalsa by Lalitha Spoorthi
Gamyam by Sridhar
Gamyam by Sreekanth D
Gamyam by Sanjay
Halla Bol by Purnesh
Taare Zameen Par by Ashok Varma
Taare Zameen Par by Raja Simha
Happy Days by Krishna Sastry
Chirutha by Phani Kumar
Chak De India by Ravi
Yamadonga by Lalitha
Chak De India by Shyam
AMAV by Darsakudu
5 in March by Sashidhar
Okkadunnadu by Anand
Black Friday by Ratnakar
Desamuduru by Krishna Prasad
Guru by It's opinion
Dhoom 2 by Lalitha Spoorthi
Dhoom 2 by ASK
Don - Syam
Boss - Anand
Boss - Hrithik
Stalin - Bala
Bommarillu - Nandini
Bommarillu - Darsakudu
Bommarillu - Vasu
Bommarillu - Harsha Prakash
Bommarillu - Lalitha Spoorthi
LRMB - Shravan
Bommarillu - Anirudh
LRMB - Srinivas
LRMB - Darsakudu
LRMB - S Sridhar
Bommarillu - Shridevi
Bommarillu - Vasudev
Bommarillu - Roopa
Sriram - Godavari
Sarath - Bangaram
Bala - Pokiri
Srinadh - Allari Pidugu
Sudheer Allari Pidugu
Anu - Athadu
Shyam Krishna - Iqbal
Purnesh - Grahanam
Sudhindra - Super
Vijay - Aparichitudu
Madhav - Aparichitudu
Hazaraon Kwaishein Aisi
Swades
Shyam - Black
Sai - Anand
Rohit - Anand & Veer Zaara
Jaya Prakash - 7GBC
Raj - Anand
Purnesh - Anand
Purnesh - The Village
Sriram - Gudumba Shankar
Purnesh - Gharshana
Purnesh - Lakshya
Purnesh - Yuva
Leenesh - Yuva
Kis - Lakshmi Narasimha
Indian Pride - Tagore
Raj - Boys
Phani - Gangotri
Phani - Khadgam
Vikram - CKR
BKR - Indra (Singapore)
Ram - Indra (Dubai)
Ranjeet - Idiot
Rahul - Indra
King Koduri - Indra
Srilakshmi Katragadda - Mitr: My Friend