Movie: Chinnadana Nee Kosam
Rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Sresht Movies
Cast: Nithiin, Mishti, Nazar, Ali, Sitara, Naresh and Others
Music: Anoop Rubens
Cinematography: I Andrew
Editor: Prawin Pudi
Producers: N. Sudhakar Reddy, Nikita Reddy
Direction: A. Karunakaran
Release Date: Dec 25th, 2014
Nithin has been two times lucky with Ishq and Gunde Jaari Gallatayyinde. He missed the hat-trick by a whisker with Heart Attack. So this time, he returns with an extra ‘i’ in his name and Chinnadana Nee Kosam. Let’s see how the film’s come up…
Story:
Nithin (Nithiin) is your boy next door with a happy family and a happy life. The film starts off with him saving a girl from being raped on a train and thoroughly bashing up the goondas. Later, we are introduced to his family comprising his father (Naresh), mother (Sitara) and his sister. One day, he sees a girl in a car and falls for her when she calls him by his name. Intrigued by who she is, he follows her and tries to make friends with her. Soon, he finds out that the girl’s name is Nandini (Mishti Chakraborthy) and that she is a multi-talented girl who trains little kids through out the day.
Meanwhile, Nithin helps Nandini to get the penthouse in Reddy garu’s (Nazir) house. Just when Nithin thinks of proposing to Nandini, Nandini disappears with Reddy garu. The rest of the film shows who Nandini really is and why she took Reddy garu with her.
Artistes’ Performances:
Nithiin pulls off his part convincingly. His dialogue delivery has always been his problem. And he still has a problem telling his dialogues in one flow. But barring that he fits the role.
Mishti Chakraborthy is yet another new girl who gets introduced with the film. She is a decent find for the role of Nandini. Incidentally, she reminds of Shriya in some frames. She does pull off her role well, but again you feel she is better off playing the heroine’s friend or the second heroine than the heroine herself. But she gets a meaty role and she does it with confidence.
Nazir, Rohini, Naresh, Sitara are all adequate for their roles. Ali’s role, while being important, is not exactly hilarious.
Technical Excellence:
Love stories usually work best if they have melodies and a couple of racy numbers. But Anoop Ruben’s does not recreate the magic he created with Manam or even Oka Laila Kosam. The songs are totally forgettable once you walk out of the theatre, barring Chinnadana Nee Kosam.
Cinematography is decent and the film is visually good in most places.
Nithin had always wanted to work with Karunakaran, who had directed his favourite star Pawan Kalyan in films like Tholi Prema. But Karunakaran is definitely not at his best as far as Chinnadana Nee Kosam is concerned.
Highlights:
- Nithiin
- First Half
Drawbacks:
- Jerky second half
- Direction
- Average music
Analysis:
Frothy love stories are fun to watch especially during the holiday season. The air is filled with festive mood and the audiences are out to enjoy themselves.
So, watching the posters of Chinnadana Nee Kosam, there were high expectations among audiences, especially the young ones.
But Karunakaran disappoints by giving them a half-baked film which does keep you immersed during the first half. Though it’s primarily a love story, you still enjoy the pranks and love-hate relationship between Nithin and Nandini. And then comes the interval bang and the scene shifts to Barcelona.
Suddenly, you are excited hoping to see picturesque locations and the thriving life in Barcelona. But what you see is a hurried and rushed effort at wrapping up the film which draws inspiration from films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hain, Maine Pyar Kiya and other similar films.
The entire gay episode while probably being politically incorrect does not tickle you one bit. Ali is totally wasted in an ill-conceived character.
Being a seasoned director, Karunakaran should have concentrated more on the second half and given better screenplay.
The entire second half is patchy and you only wait for the film to end. Incidentally, this has been the trend with a lot of films these days.
Almost all the films that have released recently have had good to decent first halves, while the second halves have been totally bad.
Nithin tries to salvage the film by putting in a shot of Pawan Kalyan and referring to his name a few times. The final dialogue is in fact a promo of sorts for Pawan Kalyan’s forthcoming film.
But all film-makers have to remember that the audiences who do not tolerate a bad film even from the Power Star himself, will surely not fall into the trap of watching a badly made film just because it has references of Pawan Kalyan.
Though Chinnadana Nee Kosam starts off on a promising note, it totally gets lost in Barcelona.
Bottomline: Lost In Barcelona
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