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hype1 colloq, noun 1 intensive, exaggerated or artificially induced excitement about, or enthusiasm for, something or someone. 2 exaggerated and usually misleading publicity or advertising; a sales gimmick. 3 a publicity stunt, or the person or thing promoted by such a stunt. 4 a deception. verb (hyped, hyping) to promote or advertise something intensively


The fourth definiton seems to work for this movie, where nothing despite the presence of the actors of the calibre of Suhasini and Ashish Vidhyarthi. This is the second film in the recent past where the antagonist walks away with the piece of cake( the other one being Ek Niranjan


There are two kinds of good directors. One which make the actors suit the part. Mani Rathnam, Gautam Menon, K.Viswanath to put in a few belong to that part and the other being those who select apt actors for the part. The examples of this kind being Bharatiraja, Balachander.


I once remember R.Madhavan saying this about Mr.Manirathnam
"Mani sir is such a person that even if he makes you romance an electric pole, it appears genuine" Now this is the awe in which an actor will hold the director in, if he gets him to perform



Well coming back to the movie, Allu Arjun for one looked a complete mismatch for the role as he is known for roles that are energetic in nature. In the movie itself, he comes across as an antithesis to the person people think him to be

As for me, it was such a good concept of showing how a marriage goes on. Gunasekhar could have yet gone on to make a good movie if he did not bring in the antagonist angle. Then, Antagonists role was the saving grace for the movie as Arya excelled in the role like no one else

There was a huge brouhaha about the identity of the heroine and it was said that the identity was not being as it was a part of the movie. Well Bhanu Mehra makes her entrance just before interval and has further 4-5 scenes to enact
Scenes to watch

The introduction scene of the villain where he says "Marchipo"

The entire scene where the antagonist says "Khushmanda"

The scene on the bridge where Arya talks about hunting

Well the 50 family or the 100 family hype too didn't work out and money is wasted both on the ticket and the movie

Note: Allu Arjun needs to improve his dialogue delivery a lot to register an impact in these kind of movies
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