Critic Rating:
Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu marks as 50th film of Allari Naresh and
also celebrates 40 years of Mohan Babu in the Telugu film industry. The
movie also has the Allari Mogudu leading ladies – Ramya Krishna and
Meena. Poorna plays the heroine and Varun Sandesh plays a supporting
role. With such an interesting performers in the main cast, the scope of
entertainment becomes huge. Let’s see whether the makers have utilized
the scope.
Before
the movie commences, a show reel of Mohan Babu is shown emphasizing his
40 year journey in Tollywood. Then a song is followed by having Mohan
Babu (as Bhaktavatsala Naidu) and Meena as an introduction. Ramya
Krishna plays his second wife. Mohan Babu has a son Gautam (Varun
Sandesh). He is supposed to meet a girl Shruti (Poorna), but due to a
confusion doesn’t meet her. Bhaktavastala Naidu doesn’t want them to
meet and makes plan. He seeks help of an item-boy Bala Raju (Allari
Naresh). Shruti eventually falls for Bala Raju. Meanwhile a lot of
confusion and chaos happen between the two families. The rest of the
film is how confusions are created and cleared and some secrets
revealed.
The
movie is being marketed more as an Allari Mogudu sequel which brings a
big responsibility. However, Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu cannot be
compared to the 90s hit, because it couldn’t get the timing and moments
as correctly. Definitely, having Allari Naresh on board is an asset to
complement Mohan Babu’s dialogue delivery and timing. But that chemistry
between Mohan Babu and the leading ladies are not up to the mark. Not
all scenes clicked well. There were situations where the timing was
missed or they were poor jokes. Ali is a plus point in the film though.
He played a major role and entertained well. The film also some amount
of emotional scenes to reveal about certain characters. They are quickly
succeeded by a comic scene or a song.
Director Srinivas Redde’s
work is appreciable to an extent. This film falls into one of the
watchable films of Allari Naresh and also Mohan Babu’s comic style is
another factor to make the paisa vasool-ed. In fact, its good to see
multi-starrers and make entertaining films instead of acting solo in
films that sink at the box office. Ramya Krishna has been given a voice
which we are not used to, so it might be little uncomfortable listening
to her dialogues. Saritha should have done it for her. Meena was OK.
Poorna and Varun Sandesh didn’t have much to deliver and showcase. The
music of the film has been composed by three music directors – Koti,
Achu and Raghu Kunche, but not even one song is worth hearing again.
On
the whole, the movie is a pop-corn entertainer especially if you enjoy
watching Allari Naresh brand of comedy and miss Mohan Babu’s
entertainment factor of 90s. Watch this if you don’t have other options
this week. If you cannot, watching it on Televsion won’t harm too.
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