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Old wine in new bottle
LEGACY LIVES ON: NTR Jr and Gazala
Allari Ramudu (TELUGU)
Cast: NTR Jr., Nagma, Aarti Agarwal, Gazala, Nagma
Music: R.P. Patnaik
Dir: B.Gopal
THE LATE NTR senior continues to be an inspiration for filmmakers who venture to do films with the junior. Dialogue writers Paruchuri Brothers, who had scripted many films for late NTR, seem to revel at their present involvement with NTR Jr. Director Gopal also does his bit in creating song situation for the hero and the heroine, Aarti, to recall the magic of NTR-Sridevi.
Rayalaseema continues to be the source of inspiration for action movies. Sivaramakrishna (NTR) and Mythili (Aarti Agarwal) are relatives but get separated in their childhood after they playfully get married.
Though it is written off by Mythili's parents as a prank, Ramu's grandfather (K. Viswanath) takes it seriously and keeps the thread with him, hoping that the children will grow up and marry one day.
Mythili's mother, Chamundeswari, is an industrialist, and wants her daughter to get married to the son of a State minister (Vizag Prasad) so that she can get help and contracts to develop her own enterprise.
Ramu enters Chamundeswari's house as a domestic help and then works his way up to win the confidence of Chamundeswari, who is none other than his late father's sister.
He also wins the heart of Mythili. There is another relative of Ramu, Rukmini (Gazala), who's in love with him.
The drama around the two girls is worth watching. NTR has put up a matured performance.
His dialogue delivery is perfect with good punctuation and diction.
The boy has converted that little bit of hoarseness in his voice into advantage, to roar at his enemies.
Gazala and Aarti get routine roles with Aarti's being a shade better.
It is too early for Nagma to play the role of a mother-in-law, the kind of roles that Vanisri and Sharada played in the later part of their career.
Naresh, playing her hen-pecked husband, does not look comfortable at all. Paruchuri Brothers display, once again, their skills in presenting old wine in new bottle and make it look refreshing.
Music makes no impact at all in the film.
GUDIPOODI SRIHARI
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