Vinayakudu- A Quick review

The tastefully done posters and hoardings were screaming for your attention for quite sometime. Both online & on the ground presence was quite considerable. People knew
what to expect from this. And now that it is out- how does one feel about it?
Confused- please don’t be, I’m referring to a feel good telugu movie called
“Vinayakudu” – a love story between a fat guy & a good looking girl.

The plot is very simple enough, Karthik ( Krishnudu in a very natural role), a fat guy, comes to Hyderabad in search of a job & stays with his sister.With the help of his friend, he gets a job with in an ad agency. There he comes across Kalpana (remember Shravs of Happy Days?) & its love at first sight for him (the chaudvin ka chand song is used to good effect in the back ground). Kalpana is quite aggressive and also a bit arrogant whereas Karthik is a simpleton. When her parents go abroad for a short while, Kalpana moves in with a friend, Sandy (Poonam Kaur) who lives in the same building as Karthik and his sister.

Kalpana starts seeing Rajeev a person recommended by her dad, but one fine day things go sour & she decides to break the relationship.In the meanwhile after initially getting irriated with Karthik she slowly starts getting friendly with Karthik.They even start working together on projects.Though Karthik is head over heels in love, he doesn’t know how to say it and the movie ends positively in a slightly unconventional manner. Woven between this plot is also the love story of Altaf & Sandy.

Overall a very cute little love story- the movie is without the statutory comedy seen in telugu movies. Sure some sequences look a bit far fetched & Ankita’s character looks forcefully fit. You are even made to feel at times whether such a character like Karthik can exist in today’s world. But the positives over rule the negatives here. The movie sends some positive signals that alls not over for people who are over weight.

Music by Sam Prasan suits the mood of the movie.Sai Kiran Adivi the director has done a very neat job with this movie. The producer Prem Kumar Patra (also acts as the head of the ad agency) has very smartly tied up with Big Cinemas & thus ensured that the movie makes money and has enough money for the publicity. In film advertising with Subway, Reliance infocom etc is also woven into the narrative.

All in all a movie to make you relax ,feel good and come out of the theatre with a smile on your face. Take a bow Mr.Sai Kiran Adivi & the team- the movie is genuine in its attempt to entertain. Telugu cinema continues to impress with movies like these & Avakai Biriyani in recent times.