Jyo Achyutananda

A tall lanky guy with his stretched long legs as his first shot on a 70mm screen - It was Avasarala's intro in TFI (Ashta Chamma). From that moment, those legs never had to take a step back and steadily the ingenious director Avarasala emerged. His directorial debut Oohalu Gusa Gusalade appealed to everyone and showcased his brilliance in wielding the megaphone. A successful artiste director, a rare breed to find in Tollywood.

JA - Avasarala's 2nd venture is a simple and sensible middle class bromance with ample witty situational comedy and deep emotional content. Nara Rohit and Naga Shourya as brothers are a treat to watch. Both play their roles to perfection. This is Rohit's best till date. Looks wise, he's still the Mr Namitha of Tollywood but he eases into his role so much that you end up noticing only Achyut Rama Rao on screen. Naga Shourya does an amazing job as the younger one. He has a great screen presence and delivers a majestic performance in both comic and emotional episodes. Regina looks bubbly in parts and does her bit. The other artistes mould well into the storyline. Music by Kalyan Ramana (he might have scored music for 10+ movies and changed his name for half of them) is good, 'Oka lalana' by Shankar Mahadevan had already topped the charts and will be in the loop for music lovers for the next few years.

Screenplay by Avasarala stands out. Not many know that has a diploma in screenplay from University of CA. He beautifully narrates without confusing the audience as the screenplay he chooses for the first few min is intricate. Also, Avasarala himself pens the dialogues, so you can expect gut busting one liners and he delivers. The only complaint I had was that the 2nd half was a tad slow. Avasarala needs to be appreciated for his effort to come up with different storylines in this clinched beaten to death world of Tollywood scripts and also kudos to Vaarahi for funding both his projects.

The intoxicating smell of earth when it's about to rain, the brush of early afternoon breeze along the sea coast, the zing of plain fried groundnuts, the sound of gushing waterfalls, the sight of fall colors in autumn and movies directed by Srinivas Avasarala share the same aura. A bit extravagant? Yep, maybe it is but a few more movies down the line and you'll agree for sure.

As the lights turn on and you slowly step out of the auditorium, you get the satisfaction of watching a good telugu movie. At last Bapu-Ramana, K Balachander have found their disciple.

Funny, comedy, emotional, sarcastic. Nice nice for nice evening's

Jyo Achyuthananda (2016): Actor turned director,Srinivas Avasaraala made a beautiful debut with OOhalu Gusagusalade in 2014 which is a surprise hit.I loved that movie especially Avasarala's direction and humor.So I have lot of expectations on Jyo Achyuthananda.Trailer looked promising and songs are melodious.So how is the movie??

Plot: Achyuth (Nara Rohith) and Anand (Naga Shourya) are married to the girls of their parents' choice. Achyuth is well settled in life, while Anand as medical representative is struggling in his career. At the marriage anniversary of Achyuth, the name of Jyothsna pops up.The brothers blame each other for the mess created by Jyothsna. When their wives start suspecting, each one tells a story that the other brother fell in love with Regina, who stayed as a tenant in the upper floor of their house few years ago.During her stay, Regina was friendly with both brothers and each try to win her love but she actually is in love with another person. An incident creates rift between the three and Regina leaves for USA. What happens when she returns back to their lives? How would their wives react? Do the brothers patch up again?

Plus Points:

1)Performances: Jyo Achyuthananda has brilliant performances form both the lead actors.Nara Rohit and Naga Shourya gave their career best performances as Achyuth and Anand.Their chemistry as brothers is so lovely and have lot of funny moments.They really lived in their roles as brothers.Regina has limited role but gave good performance.

2)Dialogues: Srinivas Avasarala again did his magic of humor with his witty dialogues.They are the major plus point of this movie.Most of the simple situations looked lovely because of those dialogues.

3)Direction: Avasarala is brilliant with his direction.He may have done flaws in writing at few parts but he succeeded in giving a new feel to movie.The scene shot in Dialogue in the Dark is brilliant and its such a masterpiece work.

4)Music: Kalyan's music is pleasant and especially BGM really suits the mood of the movie.It helped a lot n scene elevation.

Minus Points:

1)Lack of emotion in few scenes: Avasarala tried to bring out a emotional conflict between two brothers but failed in bringing necessary emotion in few important scenes.

2)Slow Pace: Though this movie has short duration,it still seems bit lagging at few parts.

So,Jyo Achyuthananda has good witty dialogues,brilliant performances and refreshing moments but Avasarala could have done bit more work with screenplay.

My rating 6.75/10