Sunday, March 19, 2023

Phalana Abbai Phalana Ammayi - Movie

 Srini Avasarala has a fine and subtle sensibility. He has a fantastic sense of humour, works hard and knows his craft. So I rushed to see his latest film which looked very interesting - one with conversations.



It's the story of a boy and a girl who meet at an engineering college in India, become good friends, go to the UK to study, fall in love despite their intention to remain good friends, find issues that all confused relationships have and finally clear up their misconceptions and get back together. Fairly straightforward but somehow it just does not stick together. Its rather confusing because it keeps flitting back and forth and we lose track of whether it is now or then. Malavika Nair stands out. Harini Rao shines in her cameo. The UK landscape was interesting.

More on this later but I have great faith in Srini and know that he will keep making films he believes in. When you push certain ideas, its always a risk. But then one needs to take risks and not the safe path. So Srini, well done and come back soon without changing what you are about. 

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