Morning Show Muchatlu - Happy Days
College is just not the place for fun but the point that creates the ladder for the rest of life. There is so much one could learn in those few years and the first few days make or mar the psyche of a student. While ragging in any form is a cognizable and non-bailable criminal offence, Shekar Kammula’s Happy Days portrays ragging as a ‘bonding’ that provides a platform for interaction between seniors and juniors and further supports the tradition by creating an anti-ragging squad.
It’s all about how a few boys and girls epitomize college life, how they go crazy falling in love, go for parties, private excursions and how the biggest achievement is to own a girlfriend rather than achieving a university rank. Oops they could manage that too, the heroine is a topper.
Every person has a boy friend, girl friend and eventually even a studious girl too is shown as falling in love. Except for the parents being oh so broad-minded, there are other realistic scenes too like the boy and girl paint the town red on a bike, get drenched and eat the ubiquitous corn (thank god it’s not an ice cream this time), a guy getting infatuated with the lecturer, the thrill of watching a porn movie, winning and failing in love, what else and put your and my experiences in college together and voila, Happy Days is complete.
The movie is a good one to watch with your class mates but don’t dare to watch it with parents in India! The movie clearly explains what most of the college guys are doing these days. Good points are it doesn’t really raise any grown-up questions; instead, it explores situations and problems more likely to be seen in college, by students - having fun, meeting new people and especially finding oneself.
The debutants bring a freshness but it ends up being another clichéd teen soap opera. Not as uplifting as Anand or Godavari, you can resist the temptation to see it immediately.
Kal^^C | Sep 29, 2007 | Reply
Cinema is good. But which college in AP cud every person in the gang find a girl friend. Plz do tell me. Was inthe mood tat i wasted my 4 yrs of B.Tech with out having one :). Prathi okkadiki oka girl friend aah
Hmmm, girl frnd dorakatam okkate kashtam kaadu, vaallani maintain cheyatam kooda inko kashtam…
I was just being silly. Movie overall ga baagundi….
anonymous | Sep 29, 2007 | Reply
movie was awesome……i saw it yesterday
what shekhar kammula told bfore d release was all true ,ppl wud definetely like it esp the coll students and d ones who passed out……
scenes btw appu and his boy friend r worth watching ,i dunno why no one talkin abt d comedy here
u will laugh every 5 mins and then in d movie…………….though it lags a bit here and there ,it neva bugs u off and definetely gets u glued to d seat
i am basically a movie luver, and i wanna give an advice to an influential person intollywood to plz stop influencing gud directors like shekar kammula who does meaningful films……….
let him release his films peacefully,if d movie is gud then defintely it wud get its collections
even if they r hundreds of films releasing at d same time
i am proud that d US exhibitors released d film here
shekar kammula is not even a gud director but a person of ethics too
Srikanth | Oct 4, 2007 | Reply
Cinema Bagundi anthe !!!!!! Poora paisa vasool Film
sandeep | Oct 9, 2007 | Reply
I think this is the best movie that was ever made in the college back drop in the history of telugu cinema.it’s an amazing movie and i dont’t have anymore words to define about this movie.The screenplay,editing,cinematography and music were standout.certainly this movie is worth watching 10 times
sharan | Oct 9, 2007 | Reply
hi i am sharan, film was 5/5 no mistake anywhere full of enjoyment really addicted to the film watched thrice.Sir shekarkamula really protect tollywood by bad name excepting a lot for the next film also sir
really dying to meet you sir than the stars or heroines
sharan | Oct 9, 2007 | Reply
anand and godavari was outstanding and happy days really rocks more than them
shekar sir as you are simple the film also goes like you you really write the story from the heart the film really touches the heart of every one
ravi | Jan 11, 2008 | Reply
Sunita,
This is the first time I have seen someone whose review about Happy Days is close to what I felt. I realy feel it is an overhyped movie. There are abysmal lows in the film like the entire porn films episode, cricket tournament. How can this film with so many glaring flaws be such a hit? I do not know the answer. For that matter all the three movies of sekhar are termed as successes despite many basic flaws. May be many audience are a lot more forgiving. One fact remains: Music in all the movies, especially Happy Days rocks.
cheers,
Ravi
Note: My favorite work has been from Chandrsekhar Yeleti.