Movie Name : ManamanthaRating : 3.5 / 5
Starring : Mohan Lal, Gauthami, Viswanth, Baby Raina Rao, Anisha Ambrose, Vennela Kishore, Tarakaratna, Krishna Chaitanya, Nasser, Urvashi, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, Naresh, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao and Others
Banner : Vaarahi Chalana Chitram
Story : Yeleti Chandra Sekhar
Music : Mahesh Shankar
Cinematography : Rahul Shrivastav
Editing : Chandrasekhar G.V
Producer : Sudarshan Reddy R
Screen play & Direction : Yeleti Chandra Sekhar
Date of Release : 5th August, 2016
We all know that Yeleti Chandra Sekhar is well known for his unique story and out of the box movies. He created a mark of his own with moview -"Aithe", "Anukokunda Oka Roju", and "saahasam".
Chandra Sekhar has re introduced Malayalam Super star Mohanlal once again to Tollywood in this movie. So he created a huge buzz by introducing Mohanlal to play a lead role in the movie "Manamantha". Also starring Gauthami as female lead, the film has hit the screens today. Let us see how the movie is..
Story :
"Manamantha" is a movie based on the lives of four different individuals..
Sairam ( MOhanlal ) is an Assistant Manager at a super market and finds that his salary is not enough to run his house hold. So he wants to become Manager so that his salary will be increased and he may meet the expenses in his house for the growing children and family. But he sees a hurdle in the form of another Assistant Manager as a competition to him in the promotion. Sairam's silly and greedy act to move further in his career puts him into danger.
There is a small school child Mahitha ( RAina ) who is studying in 7th standard. She develops bond with a poor child. Her eagerness to help the poor child to study in her school also lands her into troubles.
An intelligent college student Abhi ( Viswant ) is a computer student from a middle class family., He gets distracted from studies when he falls in love with a rich and beautiful girl ( Anisha Ambrose ).
Gayathri ( Gauthami ) is a middle class woman who walks kilometers to save money on groceries. She is stuck in mundane life and gets a chance to better her life with a chance to meet her guru ( Gollapudi ).
The rest of the story of this movie "Manamantha" is about how these four individuals stories end? and what incidents connect them? So the whole movie is about the journey of thee four characters.
Performance of the artists:
Mohanlal is the pillar of the movie. He is perfect as a middle class man who struggles to make the ends meet. Even though his dialogue delivery in telugu is not perfect, he proved again why he is called as one of the best actors of India. We can see the real actor in him in the final emotional scenes.
And coming to Gauthami, she is perfect as a middle class wife who sacrifices for family members. Her dubbing was authentic.
Viswant and child artist Raina Rao played their roles well. Viswanth is OK as an youngster who is stuck by love. Raina Rao impresses everybody with her excellent performance as a kind hearted girl. The small kid belonging to a poor household is so endearing with his performance. Vennela Kishore as a school teacher has performed well. Urvashi entertains you. It is nice to see comedy actors Vennela Kishore and Dhanaraj playing serious roles. Gollapudi Maruthi Rao plays an important role in this film.
Technical Aspects of the movie:
LIke in all movies of Yeleti Chandrasekhar's movies, "Manamantha" has high technical values. Being a Sai Korrapati movie, the production values are excellent. The background music by Mahesh is very impressive. Editing is good and the different story lines have been woven nicely through an interesting screen play. The dialogues are superb.
The movie has shown the other side of Hyderabad city - middle class lanes, not-so-posh areas realistically. The cinematography is excellent.
Next coming to Director Chandrasekhar Y, he once again proved that he has ample amount of talent which is clearly visible in "Manamantha". The way he took a simple story and made it thrilling is simply amazing.. He has excellent in bringing out the best performance of the actors.
Highlights of the movie:
Emotional scenes
Mohanlal and Gauthami’s performance
Last emotional episode
Climax
Different narration
One of the biggest plus points of the movie "Manamantha" is the plot that the film revolves around. The Director takes extra care to make sure it never bores the audience.
Since the characters do not meet till the end of the film, the audience may be a little disappointed. Anisha Ambrose character needed more clarity.
Overall Analysis of the movie:
"Manamantha" is a simple human drama with simple emotions and sensibilities. The film follows the journey of four people at different phases of their life. Four different and unique stories, different paths are interlinked in the end with a neat twist. Even though the twist is not difficult to guess, it has enhanced the emotional build up in the end of the movie. Director has proved that he can make movies with emotional content very easily.
Stories about different persons and all of them getting linked at the end with one incident is seen in films like "Chandamama Kathalu" but the Director treads a different path here. The four people and four different stories are inter linked with a different new twist, which is what the movie's core emotion is about. LIke in "Drushyam", the final episode of the film leaves a lump in our throat.
Raina Rao played a role of a good hearted kid who lands in trouble helping a poor kid. Raina and the poor kid played their roles so naturally. Director has shown his maturity and mark in these sequences.
Gauthami's thread is very interesting. It has stretched beyond a point and the talk about Sarees etc are unwarranted. But one scene involving Gauthami is very funny when she goes to Koti to save Rs. 400 and ends up spending more than that. The typical middle class situation is portrayed funnily.
The film is a little bit slow paced movie. But the movie is one of the best made emotional drama in recent times in Tollywood. Director has proved that he is a person with a different approach. All in all, watch the movie for emotional content and excellent performance of the actors... It is an excellent movie....
See the Trailer of the Movie "Manamantha" and enjoy.... See the video trailer below.
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