Godhavari
-Review
The story is nothing complicated. There aren’t many drastic twists and turns but Shekar Kammula’s skill as a director lies in the fact that he still manages to hold the audience’s interest.
Almost the entire story unravels on a boat.
Shriram, played by Sumanth, and his family are traveling to Bhadrachalam to attend his relative girl’s wedding. Shriram himself was in love with the girl, Raji, played by Neethu Chandra, but her father had arranged her to get married to an IPS officer.
The family gets into a riverboat and that’s where Shriram meets Seetha. She has a passion in her to prove her capability as an entrepreneur. Slowly, they begin to talk and get to know each other and soon Shriram gets a strong feeling that she was the one he had always been looking for in his entire life. Love blossoms…
The story is not in a hurry to move forward but nobody even notices that. And, that’s the magic of a good screenplay and wonderful, subtly witty dialogues.
If the screenplay and dialogues had kept the audience engrossed, it is Vijay C Kumar’s excellent cinematography that breathes life into the film. His camera has beautifully captured the picturesque locations of Papikondalu and the Godhavari River.
Sumanth, as a wannabe politician with a broken heart, has come up with a very natural performance. This is probably one of the films that he wouldn’t forget for a long time. Kamlini Mukherjee has justified the faith that the director has in her abilities to emote gracefully.
Neethu Chandra turns out to be the surprise package of the film. Though she doesn’t have anything much to do with the story, her performance is something that gets noticed. Her eyes emote so beautifully.
- 03.06.2006
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