Pellaina Kottalo Telugu Movie
Marriage is an important social institution on which, family, another pivotal social institution bases. A society cannot be thought of without families and for the starting of a family a stable marriage is the first requisite. It is vital that films based on society and family be made from time to time. It is heartening that purely family oriented movies are still being made by serious film makers.
Madan, who has established himself as the story writer of the award winning family themed movie "Aa Naluguru" ventures out to produce "Pelliainakothallo" that has a story penned by him again.
Pelliainakothallo deals with the problems of some modern marriages where hectic lifestyles and increasing economic freedom that results in inflated egos, have given rise to fragility in the marriage bond. Hari (Jagapati Babu) and Laxmi (Priyamani) are two executives working in different call centers. They become husband and wife via the traditional arranged marriage mode. Brain washed by their friends Krishna Bhagwan and Jhansi, both Jagapati Babu and Priyamani are intent on dominating the other to gain an upper hand in the marriage equation from the day one or the first night of their marriage.
Love and attraction for each other is replaced by the eagerness to dominate and avoiding getting dominated. So they live like strangers in a three bed roomed flat, use separate bathrooms, and TV sets as well. All because of their huge egos they do not even sleep with each other. Their job shift schedules do nothing to keep them together.
How their problem is solved is the rest of the story.
Kudos to Madan in striving to make a socially relevant movie! The movie though is not convincing at times, is an above average one. For example, though insightful, the slow and gradual break up as well as the sudden reunion of their relationship is not very convincing. The plot should have dwelt more on their reunion making it an equally gradual process. The nagging feeling that lingers is that the reunion and building of understating between the two should have been shown in greater detail with a lot of romance thrown in.
The good points of the movie are about talking of chemistry between the partners, the depiction of financial freedom of the wife, the strong bond between an old couple and the devaluation of grooms in the marriage market. The act of Sunil marketing Venumadhav as an ageing groom much like cattle marketed in fairs is hilarious and yet has a serious social message. The working of call centers and work related stress is also well depicted.
On the whole, definitely a movie that deserves to be seen.
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