REVIEW : SAHEBA SUBRAMANYAM
Yet again Rao Ramesh is fine but he s only there in the first half and in few parts of second, taking a long leaves inbetween. Raghavendra, hero’s friend is the best performed among the league actors in the film. He gets the major lines and those scenes works in parts. Cameo’s by Senior Naresh and Naagineedu are okay. Actors Kondavalasa, Giri and Polu Srikanth had given a promising performance in a short role.
Saheba Subrahmanyam is a remake of Malayalam hit Thattatthin Marayathu. The storyline of the film is okay about Subbu aka. Subrahmanyam a Hindu, who is in love with Ayesha a Muslim girl and how the society plays a big role in their destiny in the backdrop of Bheemili. Though the plot being a banal repetition of the inter-religious romance and associated issues. What worked in Malayalam were the fresh narration, lead pair chemistry and nativity. That what misses here and the script by young director herself fails. Many dialogues that were supposed to be romantic seemed to be mellow and dramatic. No denial that there was a good deal of scope for the director to generate the feel in this romantic entertainer. But the writing is severely at fault for the lack of emotions as the story progresses. Also the characters are not baked well enough. Dileep character is the sketchiest. While, he is shown as an innocent and risk taker, which didn’t fit too well. Same with Priyal Gor, you don’t understand her or her motives.
The best parts about the movie are Cinematography and Music by Shaan Rahman. The film would have been an utterly boring stuff had there not been the cinematography (by Sai Prakash Ummadisingu) and the songs. The frame, pace, and the lighting through out the movie is awesome. And there nothing much to be said about the songs as they already topped the charts in both the industries, but still the bgm also needs a special mentioning. Dialogues in the film by Bobby – Kittu are straight transitions and they fail to bring the much needed feel in the film. Editing (by Praveen Pudi) of the film is okay. The production values of Indo English Productions are good. Malayalam version of Saheba Subrahmanyam was beautifully shot film which was cleverly managed to hold inside much aggressive communal thoughts which were more or less goes against the minority community in the name of True Love. However, as pointed earlier, the remake lacks the soul of the original. To sum the things up, let’s just say it more like watching a one sided match, which doesn’t hold interest for anyone.Dileep Kumar,Priyal Gor,Sasi Kiran Narayana,Kolla Nageshwara Rao,Shaan Rahman.Bottomline: Lacks the soul of the Original.