Manmadha Baanam Movie Review

Movie : Manmadha Banam
Rating: 2.5/5
Cast : Kamal Haasan, Trisha, Madhavan, Sangeetha, Ramesh Aravind, Urvashi, Das, Manju Pillai, Srimaan, Usha Uthup, Oviya, Caroline, Suriya (spl appearance) and others
Directed by : K S Ravi Kumar
Produced by : B Subrahmanyam, Y Ru
Banner : Lakshmi Ganapathy Films, Red Giant Movies
Music : Devi Sri Prasad
Release Date : 2010-12-23
Story: A stale tale, the story begins with Ambuja (Trisha) known as Nisha to her fans. She is a famous actress and is engaged to the rich boy Madangopal (Madhavan). However, Madan begins to have his own doubts about Ambu's chastity given her profession. This leads to a break up and Ambu goes to Europe along with her friend Deepa (Sangeetha) for a holiday. Madan decides to catch Ambu red-handed so he hires Major Bhushanam (Kamal) to become a spy and gather evidence. Bhushanam follows Ambu to Europe and realizes she is clean. However, few other twists take place which lead to Ambu falling in love with Bhushanam. How that happens and what goes after that forms the rest of the story. Artist Performances: Kamal Haasan delivered a delectable performance and though there was nothing challenging in the role for him, he gave it some life. Trisha looks competent and her screen chemistry with Kamal was neat. She looks cute and matured. Sangeetha has become voluptuous but her face has got that natural sex appeal, she did her bit correctly. Madhavan was moderate and added value to the film with his act. Ramesh Aravind was alright, Urvashi was okay. Das and Manju Pillai were alright. Oviya was brief, Usha Uthup was convincing. Plus Points:     * Locations     * Cinematography     * Technical And Production Values     * FIrst Half Minus Points:     * Stale Comedy     * Pathetic Climax     * Pace Of The Film     * Screenplay     * Weak Emotional Graph Analysis: The film is a dubbed version of the Tamil movie 'Manmadhan Ambu' and though it didn't have much of an issue in that sense, the film was messed up by the director. The take off was promising and it looked to be a sensible love entertainer with a matured thought process, but the director included comedy scenes in such a pathetic way that more than smiles, it brought frowns out of frustration. The real problem lies in the second half which got totally wiped out due to illogical stuff. Overall, this is a film with below average feel and success is very difficult in Telugu box office. Verdict: Disappointing!!