Iddaru Athala Muddula Alludu Telugu Movie

Feature Film | 2006
Critics:
Mar 15, 2006 By Kishore


Rewind the time by fifteen years from now if you can, and the fact would be clear that Rajendra Prasad was the king of comedy in the Telugu film industry then. A completely different brand of comedy was his trademark. With a motley crew of accomplished comedians like Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Babu Mohan and others he gave a string of hit comedies to the viewers.


He took a hiatus from film acting during the early part of this decade. Came back and gave a few flops, an award winning movie, ''Aa Naluguru'' as well as a hit comedy: Andaru Dongale Dorikithe. Rajendra Prasad won a Nandi award for best acting in 2005 for a lead role in, ''Aa Naluguru'', a serious role played to perfection. Surprisingly his other Nandi award for best acting in a lead role was for a serious role again. An actor who is known for his trademark comedy but wins awards for serious roles is by all means an accomplished one and this shows the range of his versatile.


The second innings for the star has been good so far. His latest film Iddaru Athala Muddula Alludu (IAMA) however is not a movie in the class of Andaru Dongalle Dorikithe.


IAMA is a story about the evils of having two wives. The movie intends to drive home the point that ''It is alright to have two cars, two houses and two of everything except two wives''. Balu (Rajendra Prasad) is a good singer from a village who wants to make it big in Hyderabad. He is sent off to the city by the village elders on a truck that's being used for campaigning for the elections. Balu has the address of a man from his village (Suman) who stays in Hyderabad with his two wives. Suman mistakes him to be his nephew. He asks Balu to keep his identity a secret and seek employment as a domestic help in his first wife's house. But Balu ends up getting job in the house of the second wife too because of the competitive nature of the wives. The two daughters of Suman, Chandana and Bandana who are from the two wives respectively, also start loving Balu partly out of competitiveness that turns deep later on. Now both the mothers are at loggerheads as always, this time over whose daughter will be married to Balu' Will Balu marry both, one or none of them'


This is a movie that is a like a garment prepared from bits and pieces. For instance the comedy track of Venumadhav has no relevance with the main storyline and is just hemmed in. Songs, directions and costume in IAMA are disappointing.


The bottom line is: It's a watchable movie for the comedy it contains.


Kishore

   

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