Movie Review - Brahmanandam Dance company

Brahmanandam Dance Company might not be an original, but one would surely be tempted to watch it hoping it would be atleast funny but director Srikant disappoints, failing to even reproduce Priyardarshan’s simple comedy Bhagam Bagh. Anandam (Brahmanandam) is the boss of a drama company and two pranksters Ravi Krishna and Sivaji work in his Company and most of the time make life difficult for him. Impressed by the troupe’s work an NRI contractor AVS takes them to Bangkok to perform but even before that, the heroine (Sameeksha)disappears. It is imperative to find a heroine now for the Dance Company and they begin hunting for a replacement.

 They bump into Arpita (Kamalini Mukherjee) who for some reason wants to wind up her life and these suicidal qualities become a source of worry for the troupe. Meanwhile Ravi Krishna falls in love with her but even before anything interesting could take place, her husband  Raghu (Mahendra) arrives, reveals his wife’s problem and takes her away. The story takes a different turn from then onwards. All those who thought Brahmananadam would tickle them were cheated as there was hardly any funny lines or his character properly sketched. One could sit through the second half of the film only because of a dash of mystery thrown in, also director Srikant forgets to include a drama in the drama company and the artistes are  merely singing duets and shaking legs. Sivaji and Ravi Krishna dish out low brow humour, there is no chemistry between the actors and are constantly shown as lusting for women in their troupe. The rest of the performers fade.

Brahmanandam is better off doing the small but bright roles in other films rather than shouldering an entire film where his character has no scope to impress. The script lets him down completely. It is not that the original was spectacular, it did well at the box office because of the impressive cast and the way they held the film together. Music here fails too but the re-mixes might bring a faint smile, the climax is too lengthy. ..

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