Gamyam

Gamyam (2008) : Brief Review -

A dramatic road movie for a change, but no change in drama. Krish Jagarlamudi's Gamyam has been in my downloads folder for a long time now, but I finally opened the folder today. I downloaded it with high expectations, but by the time I decided to watch it, the expectations went lower. I don't know why, but somehow I just knew it wouldn't be anything extraordinary. And I was right. That doesn't mean it's a bad film. It might be a new romantic adventure for Telugu audiences who have been sick of watching mindless action entertainers. For me, it was a decent to good affair, with some high moments. So, it's a regular romantic drama turned into a road film-a genre that hasn't been explored well yet, but people are crazy about it anyway. A rich boy has a bet with a friend that he will make a poor girl fall in love with him within a month. Now, that's new (how did you like the joke?). During the process, he really falls in love with her. That's another unique thing about it (cracked another joke without your permission). Since he is a rich, spoiled guy, he fails to understand the importance of life and the ways of living. On the other hand, the girl may be poor, but she lives her life the way it should be lived. She wants him to change, but he won't, and after an accident, she quits this shaky relationship. Realising his mistake, the boy is off on a road trip to find the girl and is accompanied by a small-time thief. Together, these two learn lessons about life and people. That's all. There is a slightly emotional quotient in the ending based on friendship, but that isn't anything great. Strictly good. The performances were okay, but the direction was not okay at all. The film has those typical daily soap-type scenes and dialogue that were outdated even for its time. Mostly, many so-called great Telugu films suffer from the same issue, so let's not get into that. Overall, a watchable affair, but nothing extraordinary, as hailed by some low-IQ movie buffs.

RATING - 6/10*

By - #samthebestest.

Such a gem. I loved watching this movie and it was different from other Telugu movies that were out at the time. It was funny, emotional and the friendship between the two male characters was beautiful to watch. I have to give a huge applause to Allari Naresh. He did great justice to an free and flamboyant character like Galli Senu. Also I commend Naresh's commitment to being a professional no matter what the situation was. Sharwanand and Kamalinee were also really good. I loved the development of Sharwanand's character. All in all give it a chance. You will love it. I watched this movie so many times and never got tired of watching it.

Written with good intent made to entertain solely, this is a compromise of sorts.

To be frank, I have seen this film for the first time and was very disappointed to sit all through the 2 hours journey of it.

It's a journey of a rich brat realizing the truth and life as a whole. It tries too hard to pass on a message and to entertain at the same time. Bad acting by it's main protagonist Sharwanand (who has till date made offbeat films) lets the film completely down. The locales selected are good but showing them is too immature, if you have to capture an emotion of a character you can show his face in a close up rather than showing the whole of the background scene. Also, the music is a major hindrance and I would request the directors to keep music out of such films they act as spoilers more than songs. All, in all it's a badly made film but still written with a noble intent.

I would credit the writer director Radhakrishna (Krish) for his writing abilities more than his directing abilities. For cinema's sake, one must understand should he himself direct the film or write and let some other person direct it. There are too many unwanted aberrations and scenes that made the film a bland thing rather than an engaging watch.

The story is of a self discovery of a rich brat who used to see world through his bungalow or car windows, he takes upon a journey on bike to seek his love. And in this journey meets our hero (Gali Seenu), seriously Allari Naresh has done this role superbly well and for me is the hero of the film. Also Kamalinee Mukherjee just complements to her role Janaki aptly and thanks to dubbing by Sunitha.

It moves from one place to another from Hyderabad to Kurnool (yaganti) to Narasipatnam. It shows the milieu of Andhra Pradesh but the characters are too clichéd and ineffective. Many a time, dialogues seem so fabricated and unnatural. (reason may be I was watching this alone at home and had I watched in theatre, reaction can be something else, sorry for the analytics).

From feudal henchmen in Kurnool to Naxalites in forests of eastern ghats, it moves and shows the world that we seldom see. But was so much necessary for a self discovery? is what I seriously asked.

Few dialogues as below just give a glimpse of what the movie is "I have seen the world, Paris, London not seen such poverty there" is where it begins and at the end our protagonist says "I have seen everything, from giving a baby's birth to Seenu's death in my own hands" so that may well give you a measure of what this movie is about. I would still say it's a very well written screenplay and dialogues strike the chord too. But all this is taken a back seat by bad direction. Bad direction examples

1) Seenu getting his wound healed by Janaki and Abhi does not even see her face. Too filmy boss 2) They get into Naxalites OK fine but was killing of Seenu so very necessary 3) Was Brahmanandam a character or a caricature 4) Is getting in a recording dance an attempt to include an item number or showing a culture of our state or to take the story forward, never got this logic.

It's much overrated or may be we never saw quality cinema yet of self discovery that made this movie so very good for most of the viewers. Go see Good Will Hunting or better Motorcycle Diaries (from where this film was inspired)

For me, it's average 2/5. Sorry Krish, hope you make better movies than this. Also, "of the whole money spent, this film could have been much better with half the budget, don't add songs and remove the Brahmanandam episode and your budget will be cut."

Director Radha Krishna has made a nice experiment on the screen to explain the value of life, the depth of love, the difference between attraction and real love. He chose love as the backdrop of the story. The film is almost similar to Mee Sreyobhilashi but in a different way. In that film, the hero takes some people, who want to die and make them learn the value of life. However, in this film, the hero goes in search of his lover and in the process learns the value of life and love, besides learning the lifestyle of common people. Krish, who made his debut as director, did a commendable job, by scripting excellent screenplay as the entire movement of the film is based on it. In a nutshell, the film is based on a theme - Premanu Preminche Prema, Premakai Preminchina Premanu Premistundi. (A love which loves the love of others, really loves the one who really loves all others than the one single individual.

two guys,one a thief and the other filthy rich, meet each other in a journey started by the later in search of his love. On the way they find their destinies of their lives. Beautiful movie which gives a different view of life.the movie starts with an accident done by the rich guy. the characterisation of the female lead is really superb.You will definitely feel like changing some of your thoughts after watching this movie. It touches lives of different sections of people in our society like rich,poor,thieves,hijras,village guys,naxalites etc. the guy who played the thief is amazingly entertaining. two songs are outstanding with outstanding lyrics. Must watch for all.