Morning Show Muchatlu - Manchu Kurise Velalo

Producer RV Ramanamoorty has a history of making musical hits like Abhinandana and Nirajanam and this latest Manchu Kurise Velalo makes you wonder if he is remotely aware about what he had set out to do, as this film is totally wierd. Ambition is hardly a sin in its own right and low-budget telugu film is supposed to suck to a certain degree. A permissible level of kitsch and campiness is to be expected, after all. But this film which is symbolic of purity is not found in any frame and infact one can’t get to see the mist which the film is all about.

Sneha (Purnita) joins an art college to learn painting but most of the time she is shown singing, playing the piano and romancing her classmate Surya (Yuvraj). There is another character Payal whose job is to feel jealous and lust for Surya. It’s Surya’s birthday and Sneha wants to gift him white flowers from the forest but she is seen carrying a basket of multi-coloured plastic flowers. Four woodcutters push her off a cliff and in the next scene she is in the hospital breathing her last. The hero begs her to open her eyes and she is back to life and college. End of the story.

There is an obese Sita who plays Purnita’s mother, Sarat Babu who is her piano master and a college principal who all appear teary eyed, and have a ridiculous past. Ghulam Ali, the gazal maestro adds to the misery by singing for Sarat Babu while the actor struggles to lip sync. What absolutely kills the film dead is the acting, you get to see lust not love in the lead pair’s eyes. Instead of showing depth and profound meaning of love, you are treated to some gruesomely punishing comedy in the form of an arts teacher.The hero and the heroine break into song and dance with the drop of a hat and all one can some it up as an assault on your senses. Avoid the film like plague…