Andhra Pradesh

Unimpressive debut

No fizz: Sindhura Gadde and Rohit Khurana in Sangamam

Film: Sangamam

Cast: Sindura Gadde, Rohit Khurana

Direction: Rasool Ellore

Sangamam is essentially a film which imparts a message that love transcends boundaries. It removes certain misconceptions that all NRIs are not westernised and that they have relocated in search of better opportunities. It is a clichéd theme - some have become big hits like Jandyala’s ‘Padamati Sandhyaragam’ and some have flopped like K. Raghavendra Rao’s ‘Pardesi’.

This film marks the debut of former beauty queen Sindura Gadde as a heroine. Sindura is shown as a village girl, a loving daughter to her father Raghunath Rao.

She is diagnosed as suffering from a strange ailment which can be cured only in America. The doting father doesn’t like America because it reminds him of his younger brother Murali Mohan who deserted his family and moved there to marry a girl of his choice.

Ever since, the family has no connections with him. Sindura learns the same from her father and is reluctant to leave for treatment. But when she does, she falls in love with Rohit and her thinking undergoes a sea change. Sindura is shown most of the time as a brooding character vacillating between her responsibility and love. This is perhaps a wrong film for her as the story lacks depth and entertainment value. As a heroine, she has a long way to go. The rest of the cast, most of them newcomers including the hero, have put in decent performances.

Brahmanandam, who plays an actor who visits the US but is cheated of his passport, fails to lift the spirits. However there are a couple of mellifluous numbers by music director Keeravani.

Photography is average and Rasool fails to capitalise on the beautiful locations abroad.

Y. Sunita Chowdhary

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