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Movie Review: Antham

Rating: 
1/5

Cast: Rashmi Gautam, Charandeep, Vasudev, Sudarshan and Others.

Music: Karthik Rodrigz

Story, Screenplay, Cinematography & Producer: GSSP Kalyan

Release Date:
 7th July 2016

Rashmi Gautam is largely successful in bagging low-budget films after the glamour show in 'Guntur Talkies'. She choose 'Antham', a Thriller directed by a debutante, as her second feature flick. Let's see what this movie would offer…

Synopsis:

Kalyan Krishna (Charandeep) is a software professional based in Hyderabad. He leads life happily with his Wife Vanitha (Rashmi Gautam) who is a working woman. The married couple have nothing to worry about until they get the shock of their life one day. Vanitha gets kidnapped from the flat when Kalyan Krishna was on his way to Hyderabad from Vijayawada. Kidnapper threatens to kill Vanitha if Kalyan Krishna don't implement his orders. What was the task given to Kalyan Krishna? Has the protagonist completed it successfully? Was he able to free his wife from the kidnappers?

Performances:
Rashmi Gautam offered what a section of audience would expect from her in a romantic song. There is nothing much to talk about her acting prowess. The point to be noted is that she would appear on screen for not more than 20 minutes.

Charandeep failed to give a settled performance. He either overreacts or underplays in most of the scenes. Even the dubbing given to his role lacks sink with the proceedings in few parts. The Actor who played antagonist goes overboard. Out of all, Sudarshan has given a decent performance.

Pros:

Rashmi's Glamour

Cons:

Music

Narration

Direction

Technicalities:

Karthik Rodrigz remixed 'Ee Velalo…' song from 'Gulabi'. He relied on RGV-mark tunes for other numbers. None of the compositions were satisfactory. Even the Background Score is forgettable. Cinematography reminds us of Varma's films. Dialogues were poorly written. Production Values were okay. One gets the feeling that Director GSSP Kalyan took inspiration from RGV's 'Ice Cream' to make 'Antham'. He dragged the movie for two hours with a story and screenplay that hardly excites the movie goers.

Analysis:

The decent buzz generated by 'Antham' is solely due to the glamorous stills and erotic clips in the theatrical trailer. If movie lovers think Rashmi continues to entertain throughout the movie in the similar fashion, then they will be disappointed after thronging theaters. The glam show ends within the first 15 minutes and audience won't get to see her much often after this part. The only saving grace would be...Rashmi offering what was expected from her in the song, 'Ee Velelo…'.

A Twist should be either convincing or doesn't make viewer think much about it. Sadly, The major Twist in 'Antham' doesn't fall in any of these categories and hence audience find it silly. It actually makes a Thriller flick look like a Comedy.

From start to finish, 'Antham' tests the patience of audience with snail-paced narration. Loud Background Score and Unnecessary Camera Angles were irritating to say the least. Usually, Thrillers work when they are narrated at a break-neck pace. In this case, Director didn't bother to care about the pace at any point. 'Antham' which lasts for two hours gives a feeling as if we are watching 2-3 films repeatedly. Overall, 'Antham' is forgettable film for everyone associated with it and the movie buffs.

Bottom Line: Better, Stay Away! 
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Credits
Punchline: love, sex, mms, abortion, facebook friendship, dhoka & murder
Genre:
Crime/Romance
Type:
Straight
Banner:
Sravya Films

Cast: Manoj Nandam, Sai Anil, Gayatri, Divya Swapna, Bobby
Music: Praveen Immadi
Cinematography:
Sabu James
Story - screenplay - direction
: P Suneel Kumar Reddy
Producer: Yekkali Ravindra Babu
Release date
: 15 June 2012
Theater watched: Screen 1, Cinemax, Cyberabad, Hyderabad
 
Review
There are three girls who meet regularly at a bus-stop while alighting bus to their schools/colleges. Tanmayi (Gayatri) is doing 10th class, Anjali (Divya Swapna) is doing her +2 and Veena (Bobby) is doing her engineering. Tanmayi is from a lower middle class. Anjali is from a rich family but parents are too busy to give her time/affection. Veena is from a middle class. Veena girl falls in love with a dubious guy Kiran (Sai Anil) who calls himself as a ‘short filmmaker’, secretly shoots live sex scenes and blackmails them. Tanmayi falls in love with Sanjay (Manoj Nandam). He really loves her and can do anything for her. He turns into a chain-snatcher and then into a murderer for her. The rest of the story is all about how things go wrong and what they learn in their lives.
Most of the cast in this film is new. Hence you see characters. Though a few of them are amateurish, it adds freshness. Manoj Nandam gets the major portion in the film and he justifies. Divya Swapna looks beautiful among female leads and Bobby does well in acting department.
Director Sunil Kumar Reddy has always been selecting good and socially relevant subjects, but has been failing with uninteresting narration (Prayatnam and Sontha Vooru, for example). This subject is interesting and contemporary. Since it deals with teenage and adolescence, there are certain scenes and dialogues that are titillating (one girl asking another girl: share auto lo baga massage cheyinchukunnava, 10th class girl keeping a bun in bra and looking at mirror etc). The director has chosen a taboo subject in Telugu cinema which deals stuff like teenage sex, teenage abortions and sex mms. Some of the scenes in the film are bland (especially abortion by RMP doctor). The justification given for the killer to become one is not strongly established (about why he hates system and his justification for 8 killings). Sunil Reddy didn’t get it right in this film.
This film is shot with digital camera. They might have used handheld camera (may be Canon 5D) in certain scenes like bike chases. Dialogues are realistic and raw at times. Cinematography is adequate. They used graphics in songs which are completely unnecessary. The songs in this film disturbs the narration as there is no need. Music is okay.
Oka Romantic Crime Story subject is made with good intent. But the rawness in narration and uninteresting screenplay make you uncomfortable. The only difference between the films directed by Sunil Kumar Reddy in the past and this film is sex. There is nothing wrong in taking up taboo subjects. But one should narrate it in a mellowed and interesting way to make people appreciate it.
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