Film: Aata
Rating : 3.75/5
Casting : Siddartha, Ileana, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Munna, Anooradha, Sunil, Paruchuri Venkateshwara Rao, Ahuti Prasad etc
Music : Devi Sri Prasad
Art : Ashok
Editing : KV Krishna Reddy
Cinematography : Chotta K Naidu
Dialogues : Paruchuri Brothers
Action : Peter Heins
Story, Screenplay, Producer : MS Raju
Direction : VN Aditya
Theatrical Release : 9th May 2007
It’s a hilarious entertainer that runs smooth and soft till the end mesmerizing the audiences with non-stop comedy and action sequences.
Story:
The film starts with a scene in projector room of a film theater from which Seshagiri (Sarath Babu) screens the film. His son Sri Krishna (Siddartha) grows up watching all the films those are screened by his father in that theater. He develops an enchantment on different heroic characters in the films and feels like doing good for society and people like heroes.
On the other hand Satya (Ileana) is a college student who goes out on December 31st for year ending entertainment. The son of Home Minister, Vikki (Munna) happens to develop a tug with Satya’s friend who later rapes and kills her. When Court acquits the criminal looking at his muscle power and money power, students lead a big protest. There, Satya hits the criminal with a stone from the crowd. The Home Minister’s son develops vengeance on her and chases for her.
Sri Krishna happens to go Antarvedi where he finds Satya attempting to escape from a group of hooligans at Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Jatara. He rescues her by taking her away from the vision of those hooligans.
Satya finds company and protection at Sri Krishna. But after saving her from the hooligans he takes her to Home Minister’s house and surrenders her to them. Home Minister (Jayaprakash Reddy) and his wife (Anooradha) attempt to marry his criminal son with Satya as he wants her.
But why Sri Krishna did that? What are his intentions? The real entertainment starts from then. The narration goes on comedy from then. Sunil played nephew to Home Minister’s son who spilled enough comedy throughout.
Finally Sri Krishna wins Satya and that is for sure as a routine guess by audiences. But there is a twist at the climax. That requires a must-watch on screen.
Performances:
The film is Siddartha’s show. He mesmerized in his style. His dances are subtle, action episodes are entertaining, dialogues are sensible and on a whole his presence made the film a lively picture.
Ileana has something to act in this film after Devadasu. She is not a dialogue-less beauty in this film. She is more sensuous and the credit goes to costume designer, the Cinematographer and the director.
New actor Munna did well as ferocious and cruel son of Home Minister’s son Vikki.
Sunil and Jaya Prakash Reddy are full length comedy artistes in the film. The typical Nellore accent that was given to Jaya Prakash Reddy spills rib-tickling laughter.
Shayaji Shinde’s dialogues are not clear and he needs to toil well in that aspect. Action sequences, although not convincing, they help as good mass entertaining elements. Screenplay of the film is compact and gripping. The film hardly brings boredom to audiences.
Coming to Music, Devi Sree Prasad needs a mention. His title song score ‘Aa A A Aata Aata…’ is really haunting. Seeta Rama Sastry and Chandrabose’s lyrics are sensible and worth listening for the words they used.
Brahmanandam’s comedy is also good bit quite routine on beaten track.
Hai Rabba Smitha ‘Yala Yalare.’ is ok with mass boosting chemistry.
We also have some current affairs in the film like ‘Aishwarya Rai marrying a tree before getting married to Abhishek’ in the form of dialogues.
Paruchuri brothers have penned subtle dialogues where the screenplay and treatment elevated them.
Coming to action episode by Peter Heins, the crashing of jeeps by Siddartha using four crystal balls sounds incredible but unbelievable. Still, that grasps attention of masses. The immediate dialogue by Siddhartha ‘Debbaku Taa Dongala Mutta’ brings laughter and keeps the audiences enjoy the film leaving logic behind.
The song ‘Ninnu Choostunte..’ is made with all hot elements. Ileana looked lecherous like a Greek Statue in it!
Analysis:
First half of the film goes with subtle humor and soft narration. Second half has full dose of entertainment and sufficient action part. There is a full coat of comedy in the film where every frame has a topping of soft humor. It is a normal romantic story that was sandwiched between action and comedy. Screenplay scores well although there are some scenes those need clarification. The climax goes abrupt and fast. There is no process of slow transition to the twist but that comes all of a sudden before the climax.
It bears some resemblance with the films like ‘Vinodam’, and the recently released ‘Dhee’ The resemblance is not with respect to story line or screenplay but with the concept of hero fooling villain to win his love.
To sum up, the film is an entertainer and as there is comedy in it the durability can be assured. Youth, Family and Mass audiences can be patrons for this film. Well, that’s the whole set of audiences, indeed.
Bottom Line: Go and Watch It
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