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Neenello Naanalle review
Neenello
Naanalle Review :
'Neenello...' breaks away from Kannada cinema
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By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Indo-Asian News Service
Film: "Neenello Naanalle"; Cast: Vishnuvardhan, Anirudh,
Rakshitha, Anant Nag, Komal, Sreenivasa Murthy, Rangayana Raghu,
Ramakrishna, Chitra Shenoy; Director: Dinesh Babu; Producer: K.
Manju
"Neenello Naanalle" is a neat family entertainer from director
Dinesh Babu and producer K. Manju, known precisely for making
such films.
It comes as a refreshing contrast from the crop of gangster
films, which dole out large dollops of sex and violence and
dominate Kannada cinema today.
"Neenello Naanalle" is free from double entendres, flick knives
and other features that the Karnataka audiences have now gotten
used to.
It is a remake of the Telugu hit "Nuvvasthaanante Nenoddantaana",
which lifted quite a few sequences from Salman Khan starrers "Pyaar
Kiya to Darna Kya" and "Maine
Pyar Kiya".
The film is about NRI Santhosh, who comes to India with his
mother to attend a wedding. He meets a village girl, Siri, and
they instantly fall in love.
Siri has a doting brother, Veera, who believes in hard work and
honesty. Santhosh's family doesn't approve of his love for Siri
because they want him to marry a suitably rich
girl. They humiliate Siri in front of her brother, who is
infuriated and returns to his village with his sister.
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Santhosh is crestfallen but doesn't give up. He goes to Siri's
village and pleads with her brother to forgive him. Angry Veera
throws him out first, but later gives him an
opportunity to prove his love.
He challenges Santhosh to grow rice on a one-acre plot and
ensure that the final produce exceeds everyone else's in the
village. The climax follows.
Vishnuvardhan, as Veera, carries the film on his shoulders. He
steals the show despite the fact that he has less footage than
Anirudh and Rakshitha.
Draped in unusually demure attire, Rakshitha looks glamorous in
saris and churidars and gives an excellent performance.
Anirudh, as Santhosh, also excels. This certainly is his best
film so far.
Veteran actor Anant Nag proves his mettle even in a small role
and is a pleasure to watch in the sequence where he eats hot and
spicy food. Komal, too, is at his hilarious best in many scenes.
Most of the songs - except the one sung by Vishnuvardhan - have
been lifted from the Telugu original. But Ramesh Krishna has
provided a lilting background score.
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