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Oohalu Gusagusalade Review
- 6/21/2014 1:10:17 PM
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Cast: Naga Shaurya, Raashi Khanna, Srini AvasaralaDirection: Srini AvasaralaGenre: RomanceDuration: 2 hours 23 minutes
Venky (Naga Shaurya) dreams of becoming a news reader in a TV channel; however, his boss, Uday (Srini Avasarala) keeps denying his requests. One day, when Uday sees a photograph of Prabhavati (Raashi Khanna), he decides to get married to her at any cost and in turn, he forces Venky to help him out in this endeavour.
Movie Review: There are films which rehash every known cliche there is in a genre to strike a chord with the audience and then there are films which take you by surprise for the sheer ingenuity that's too hard to miss as the story unfolds. Srini Avasarala's directorial debut film Oohalu Gusagusalaade belongs to the latter category and he makes sure that the film doesn't lose its charm and innocence till the end.
Adapted from Edmond Rostand's French play, Cyrano De Bergerac, Oohalu Gusagusalaade stands as a testimony for the filmmaker's sensible approach towards romance, especially in the first half of the film, which is heart-warming to say the least. A section of the plot is set in Vizag, where Venky (Naga Shaurya) meets Prabhavati (Raashi Khanna), and soon, sparks fly between them. Srini captures the platonic relationship of the young couple with great elan and treats the two characters with so much love that you begin to empathise with them instantly. When the two meet few years later,
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