REVIEW : MUKUNDA
If the plot sounds clinched and bears similarity to the dozen Tollywood commercial entertainers, you will be even more surprised or should we say shocked with the twist given to the tale in the Interval. And it does! After the interval, the twist shown elevates the narrative to a great extent. Just as you feel Srikanth Addala has finally steadied the sinking ship, it plumps and again goes awry. The hurried climax doesn’t help. Though the screenplay and the overall treatment are easy on eye, it’s the immatureness with which the lead characters are dealt with that makes the outcome look disjointed. The graph of the narrative is low as the film begins and is the same till the intermission. Just like Pooja Hegde’s character. You desperately want the film to get better till the end. The dialogues are spectacularly inipid. “Vadi chhuppulu artham avvali ante vache janma lo ammalia puttali”, “Bus-lu manashulane kadhu vala ashalu korikalanu kuda mosthayyi”.
As far as the film’s music is concerned, Mickey J Meyer’s compositions are soothing, but the songs are not appropriately placed – Goppikamma and Chaala Bagundi being particularly hummable. The cinematography is neat. The locales add too much of freshness and supports the film in giving that ultra cool look. Film is totally dragged in the second half, editor could have easily trimmed of 15 minutes odd. Production Value of Leo Productions is good.After watching this fresh data-faced romantic entertainer Mukunda, we are almost convinced that Tollywood commercial film will be made only on one same old formula. Every director who attempts at rom-com will have to use that basic formula to make a happening love story. This film is no exception. The director’s nuances about love stories are very clear. From what he has made in this film, one can easily figure out what exactly he was trying to make. But its different point that he have missed to catch the bus by couple of feet.
Mukunda has its moments in its initial scenes, but gets very boring post-intermission. The drama between the leads never builds up, nor does the story agrees to step ahead, resulting in a below average film, thanks to few songs! Watch it, if you really have to.
Varun Tej,Pooja Hegde,Srikanth Addala,Tagore Madhu,Nallamallapu Srinivas, Mickey J Meyer.Coming Soon.....