Shruti Haasan merely passes muster and one feels she couldn’t fare well in a role she was expected to look understated. The experiments with the two looks elevate his acting. He sparks in the college student’s role picking up fights with rivals. Naga Chaitanya wows in the role of a clean-shaven, unsophisticated teenager, especially in the song ‘Agarottula’. Not that this is inherently wrong, but if you hadn't bargained for it, be prepared to lower your expectations.Ī faithful remake, the film boasts of engaging performances by all those actors seen from beginning till end. Much as you expect emotions, comedy is what you get. If the folkish ‘dappu’ dance she does, Sai Pallavi-style, lacks in nativity, so be it. The very fact that a brawny student falls in love with a saree-clad beauty (who is elder to him) should be enough to give orgasms. In the (strange) times we are in, may be classics don’t (need to) have magical dialogues. Don’t expect visual poetry, especially if you have set a high bar. Don’t expect cathartic proceedings, whatever your tastes and preferences may be. Don’t expect to watch tempestuous crests and troughs, whatever that means. But will it succeed? Will the more-than-once-wounded guy finally find his 'premam'? That's the climax.Ī remake of the Malayalam “cult classic” ‘Premam’, the film is more breezy than emotionally-charged, unlike a ‘Na Autograph’. The curtains have just been raised for a third love story. Enter Sindhu (Madonna), who dashes into the ordinarily glum-looking Vicky’s life by reciting a poem. This time, the style quotient has moved northwards, with a mustache to boot. This story too is doomed and this time, the reason is more agonizing than disturbing.Ĭut to 2016, Vikram is a star chef (featured, hold your breath, on ‘Outlook’). The backbencher with a devil-may-care attitude falls for lecturer Sitara (Shruti Haasan), a half Marathi. A five-year leap later, Vikram is now a bearded, gutsy college youngster keeping the same company (read Praveen and Chaitanya Krishna). Before he knows, the story comes to a halt. A short-lived love story, it’s punctuated with three songs (two playful, one tragic) in its narration. Taking two leaps, of five and ten years each time, it chronicles his joys and dejections.Īs a 16-something, Vicky falls in love with Suma (Anupama Parameswaran). The story packs in three love stories of Vikram (Naga Chaitanya) at three different ages. Here we analyzes the hits and misses for you: 'Premam' hits the screens this season amid not-so-high expectations.
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