Samajavaragamana is a Telugu language comedy & family entertainer which has the story by Bhanu Bogavarapu and is directed by Ram Abbaraju of ‘Vivaha Bhojanambu’ fame. The film has Sree Vishnu & Reba Monica John in the lead roles, while V.K. Naresh, Sudarshan, Sreekanth Iyengar, Vennela Kishore, Raghu Babu, Rajeev Kanakala, Devi Prasad, Priya & others are seen in important roles. The music is composed by Gopi Sundar and the film is produced by Razesh Danda & Anil Sunkara under Hasya Movies & Ak Entertainments banners.
Story:
Balu (Sree Vishnu) is a middle-class youth who works at Asian Cinemas and takes care of his entire family. His father (V.K. Naresh) is still trying to complete his degree exams. In the process of making his dad pass the exams, Balu meets Sarayu (Reba Monica John) and falls in love. But there is a twist in the tale as Sarayu happens to be Balu’s sister due to a wedding that takes place between both their families. What happens later needs to be seen in the film.
What about on-screen performances?
Sree Vishnu gives one of his career-best performances in this film. He is just hilarious as Balu and his comedy timing is on point. His voice modulations, dialogue delivery, and funny antics will surely entertain everyone big time in the theatres. His single-take long monologue is one of the biggest highlights of the film and shows how good an actor he is.
V.K. Naresh is another great asset to the film. He just runs the entire first half of the film on his own shoulders and all his scenes with Sree Vishnu are a treat. This is undoubtedly one of the best characters in his second innings and his comedy timing is impeccable.
Reba Monica John is very beautiful and gives out an excellent performance in her Telugu debut film. She is surely one of the best finds of the new set of actresses that have come out in the recent past.
Sudarshan plays the hero’s best friend and he is very funny in his part.
Sreekanth Iyengar also adds to the fun in the second half as the heroine’s father. It is good to see him do a full-length comedy.
Vennela Kishore makes a special entry and entertains with his trademark comedy. But his particular track on caste could have been handled in a better way as it looks a bit irritating.
Raghu Babu, Rajeev Kanakala, Devi Prasad, Priya, Subhash, Pramodini, Meena, & others are all good in their respective supporting roles.
What about off-screen talents?
The story by Bhanu Bogavarapu is entertaining and has a very novel conflict point with the love story. All the characters are written in a convincing manner and it has all the ingredients required for a complete family entertainer.
The screenplay by Ram Abbaraju is pretty decent. It is very good in the first half with non-stop comedy but the pace does go down at the start of the second half. There are a few repetitive bits in the latter half that are stretched unnecessarily.
Also, there is absolutely no need of having songs in the narrative, and all the songs that come look very forced into the plot, especially the cut to foreign songs and the party song at the start are unwanted. A few more comedy scenes could have been written instead of these songs and the fights too.
The dialogues by Nandu Savirigana are the biggest asset of the film. They are very witty and few punch lines are very well written.
Director Ram Abbaraju does an impressive job with his craft. The way he presents the film is very neat and the way he extracts fun from all his actors is highly commendable.
The camera work by Raam Reddy is first rate while the edit by Chota K Prasad is okay.
The songs by Gopi Sundar are fine. Humsafar is the pick of the album. His background score though is good and gels well with the genre.
The production values by Hasya Movies & Ak Entertainments are adequate.
What’s Hot?
* Sree Vishnu’s Performance & Comedy
* V.K.Naresh’s Comic Timing
* Very Well Written Witty Dialogues
* Reba Monica John’s Performance
* Sree Vishnu’s Single Take Monologue
* Hilarious First Half
* Fresh Conflict Point & Good Twists
What’s Not?
* Unnecessary Cut To Foreign Songs
* Few Repetitive Bits In Second Half
* Not So Impressive Caste Track
Verdict: Samajavaragamana is a complete family entertainer with clean hilarious comedy which Telugu cinema missed for a long time. It falls into the same genre as films like ‘Nuvvu Naaku Nachav’ & ‘Malleswari’. A must-watch with all your families this weekend!!
Telugubulletin.com Rating: 3/5