Rating: 1/5
Banner: Jahnavi Productions
Cast: Allari Naresh, Sharmila Mandre, Krishna Bhagvan, MS Narayana, Ali and Others
Story, Dialogues: Satish
Music: Bheems, Sai Karthik
Camera: Vijay Kumar
Producer: B Chandra Shekar
Screenplay, Direction: Devi Prasad
Release Date: 19th July, 2013
One element that the audience looks for in a movie is good comedy. These days, there are ‘n’ number of means for the viewers to have a good laugh. Many subscribe to mobile jokes, a few others get them in their mailboxes. Facebook and Twitter are full of creative bits that evoke laughs. Of course, one cannot forget the increasing number of comedy shows on the telly. Almost all major channels have comedy shows with high TRPs.
Given this overload, film-makers need to be extra careful while making an out and out comedy film. To make a viewer buy a ticket worth Rs 70, the quality of comic capers in the film should be top class.
One cannot expect the audience to like a movie with a bad subject and equally bad comedy. Kevvu Keka is one such example.
Story:
Subbarao (M S Narayana) has a beautiful daughter. He dreams of becoming rich a la Ambani, by getting her married to a wealthy bachelor. But his daughter Maha (Sharmila) ends up falling in love with an ordinary salesman Buchi. She lies to her father that Buchi is a rich man. Just before the marriage, Subbarao gets to know the truth and cancels the wedding. Maha challenges her father that Buchi will become a millionaire in six months.
Well, it goes without saying, the rest of the story shows how Buchi becomes rich.
Performance:
One feels pity for the lead actors. Though they try to put in their best, they are stuck in a film with a bad script. Neither the writer nor the director provides them the space or the scope to perform. One can make out the struggle that Allari Naresh had to go through by observing his body language. Coming to the lead actress Sharmila Mandre, she simply sleep walks through her role. Being a newcomer, she fails to get her comic timing right.
As for seasoned artistes such as Krishna Bhagwan, Ali and MS Narayana, script plays the villain. Despite being capable of making the audience laugh with their mere presence, they are wasted due to insipid script.
In the second half, the director tries to bank on the female artistes who are relegated to play vamp-like characters. The effort fails badly.
Technical Team
The writer should have incorporated some popular jokes if he couldn’t come up with original ones. An attempt to make Allari Naresh do parody of people or situations could have had the audience in splits. But the writer makes no such efforts. At least, he could have tried situational comedy. But one ends up being disappointed there too.
There is the villain’s character which cannot pronounce ‘Ra’ properly. That is director’s only attempt at comedy.
It becomes obvious that little effort has been put in to make the film. So, other departments such as art and cinematography are in keeping with writing and directing. But one has to give the editor his due. He makes a laudable attempt at making a film out of sequences that have no rhyme or reason.
Director Devi Prasad fails on all fronts. He makes a tame attempt by putting in a cameo. But one ends up feeling he should have concentrated more on his job behind the camera, rather than showing up in front of the camera.
The only time when one actually enjoys the film is during the intermission.
Highlights:
- The film gets one star rating. So, there is not much scope for highlights.
Drawbacks:
- Again, how many drawbacks would a film with one-star rating have?
Analysis:
If you are looking for a film that will make you laugh for two hours, then stay away from Kevvu Keka. The film is nothing short of torture, from beginning to the end. Right from the word go, the director puts the audience through torture in the name of comedy. In a comedy film, there are at least some scenes that will have the audience in splits. But Kevvu Keka is a total exception to the norm.
Scene after scene, one hopes there will be some comedy. However, one only ends up disappointed. The film is confusing and tedious to watch all along.
By the end, the audience is confused as which is the worst track -- Is it the love story between Allari Naresh and Sharmila or the opening scene or Ashish Vidyarthi’s kidnap episode? If the makers intend to publicise their movie they should try asking the audience to laugh while watching the film. There won’t be any – we can vouch for that!
Bottomline: Kevuu Keka… Anything but a comedy
(Venkat can be reached at [email protected] or https://twitter.com/greatandhranews)
