Director Madan could have made an engrossing film if he had digged out few valid reasons for the squabble between newly-weds who even go to the extent of 'separation' just due to their bloated egos. Since the constant bickering between the couple even on virtually no issues ends up more as a comedy instead of drumming up sympathy for them. It looks more like a marriage between two adolescents and not between two matured individuals. Protagonist despite being a 30-plus guy blindly follows the instructions of a male-chauvinist and likewise heroine seeks advice from a cynical feminist as if they have no views of a their own (pitiable young generation). The basic flaw in the script is that protagonists ‘assume’ that one would try to dominate the other without even one instance to justify their doubts. Protagonist sounds inhuman when he broaches the topic of divorce without even giving her some time to recoup from a suicide attempt. Unfortunately even the ‘drastic’ step fails to impact the husband. Similarly even heroine crosses all the limits of decency and calls his grandparents `pimps’ who tried to unite them. But out of the blue the story of Lord Siva and Parvathi triggers their wisdom (a realistic resolution indeed). Instead of making the couples resolve their crisis by discussing issues threadbare, director cheaply resorts to ‘daampathya vratham’ to get them physical (primitive thinking) without realizing that relationships between couples are firmed up by better understanding and not just by physical proximity. Sadly director is unable to suppress his male-chauvinistic traits- he makes two other male-chauvinists(krishna bagwan and Brahmanandam) husbands to `reform' not because of their love for their wives but to avoid being thrashed by them.

Director had a interesting and contemporary theme on his platter- both protagonists are call center employees, different shifts- and ideally developed misunderstandings between them due to their stressful lives, fast-changing professional goals to make a realistic film but director relies on mere suspicion (that to cautioned by others) as the conflict point to dish out a contrived film. Regretably he doesn’t even allow newly-weds to chat peacefully for a moment after marriage and they live in separate rooms in the name of individuality (individuality doesn’t mean living in isolation, but living together without giving up on your views). Director seems to have been confused between individuality and ego and also indirectly suggesting that individualistic persons should avoid marriage? With protagonists having no issues to quarrel their extended separation becomes illogical. Even after getting physically intimate in the name of primal rituals they are unable to consummate their marriage(both need to visit a sexologist). A complaint box in the house (an outlet to express each other) is misused. She asks him to avoid scent during bedtime while he urges her not to remove bangles. Don’t they have more significant issues to be sorted out as their marriage is literally on the rocks? Director never tries to resolve their problems rather asks them to wait until they hear the story of Lord Shiva and Parvathi (Lord shared his body with his lovable wife)to discover love for each other. Though the mythological story has nothing to do with this egoistic and juvenile couple they however realise, probably to end the 2 and 1/2 hours ordeal of audience.

Jagapati Babu’s character is poorly-etched out. He panics instantly and is highly temperamental (discourteous talk with a call center employee). He doesn't behave like a matured 30-plus man. Probably like an afterthought, he claims to have fallen in love with heroine instantly ( he mentions about it in climax letter) but without any hesitation sets out to marry another girl (if both the girls were different imagine his plight. He spoils his nuptial night and also his married life with unnecarry doubts fed by his kin. And goes to the extent of divorcing his wife sorry lover without any valid reason and repents overnight.

Heroine Priyamani follows the advice a clichéd feminist. She is impolite to the extent of asking her in-laws that how long they would stay but without batting an eyelid she does all the ‘dirty rituals’ (even rolls over his husband) to satisfy his grandmother (great concern for his grandpa or its a case of misplaced love). Even in the climax, she snubs everyone including her kin but discovers wisdom all of sudden from a myth story which has nothing do with her predicament.

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