BOMMARILLU REVIEW

STORY:
Bommarillu is the best example of perfect casting.. Siddardha, who is very natural, charming has everything in life. He realizes that happiness is missing in his life. Bhaskar, who was the debutant director for Bommarillu has portrayed heroine's(genelia) character very well. The character is portrayed in such a way that she was very friendly with everyone. she was bouyant, lively and entertaining. Bhaskar showed her as an innocent, naughty and a child like woman. She again showed that she can perform non weepy roles with ease and her performance was akin to what Meera did in Pandem Kodi. She steals the show with her mind-blowing performance. She is like an angel with lot of purity. The most crucial part of his performance comes in the confrontation scene with aravind(Prakash Raj). Aravind is at his best in this role that demands extraordinary performance. He is a man who wants to give the best in the world to all his family members. In the process, he makes the family members forcibly accept whatever he says. He fixes siddhu's engagement with Subbalaxmi(neha), the daughter one of his friends (Tanikella Bharani), against the wishes of Siddhu. After the engagement is over, aravind came to know that siddu is in love with hasini..He refuses siddu's love. But, siddu tries to convince him. He asks his father to give him one chance to prove that hasini is his correct choice and brings her to his house. Hasini reveals each and every thing to the family members. On the day, when Aravind has to reveal his decision, Hasini comes to him saying that she is not the right choice and goes away from there. After that in a frustrating mood, Siddhu gives a detailed clarification to his father. He explains everything that he has lost and makes his father to agree for his proposal. Savitha Reddy, who was the dubbing artist for Bommarillu has given her best output for the Hasini character in this film. One wonders why Jayasudha is taken for such a role which has got very few dialogues, but her performance in confrontation scene with Prakash Raj in climax is enough to justify why it takes a natural actress like Jayasudha to do that role. After many years Sunil has done a superb comedy role. His expressions as servant in Prakash Raj’s house remind us of comedians of golden era. Kota srinivasa rao has done a very good role. Dharmavarapu Subramanyam has done a good job. Chitram Seenu, Vijay and Ravi Varma are good friends of hero.

ANALYSIS:
The film Bommarillu is neither a director's movie nor a hero's film, but it is everybody's film. The director involved all the characters in the success of the film. Especially, the choice of artistes for characters is very apt and all the artistes performed excellently and gave their best. After a long time, a heroine of a film had a full-time screen presence with lots of scope to perform and Genelia utilized the opportunity well and showed the best of her ability as a happy-go-lucky and innocent girl's character. Though a very little role to perform, the choice of Jayasudha was proved just before the climax. As usual, Prakash Raj did justice to his role. As was already said, it is everybody's film.

MUSIC:
Music for Bommarillu is outstanding. The most important part of the story lies in the second half.Background music is excellent. The scenes in the first half are good. The songs in second half are excellently blended into the narration with good emotional quotient. The choreography for each and every song is very nice. The locations for Bommani Geeste song are very beautiful.

OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Abburi Ravi's dialogues are neat and they never seem out of place or wasted. His work became easy as the scenes were crisp and tight. Devisri triumphs and re-recording is great. The songs Bommarillu are a visual treat. Editing, art department all is well and finally a word about Dil Raju. He definitely has a pulse and knows what the audience wants and never mixes the film with masala. Bhaskar...bravo!

CHARACTERS:
Siddharth --- Siddu
Genelia D'Souza --- Hasini
Prakash Raj --- Aravind
Srinivasa Rao Kota --- Kanaka Rao
Jayasudha --- Lakshmi
Subramaniam Dharmavarapu--- College professor
Suneel --- Satti

Brahmanandam --- Loan officer
Tanikella Bharani --- Koteswara Rao
Neha Bamb --- Subbalakshmi
Murali Mohan --- Narrator