Gouravam Movie Review

Movie Rating :- 2/5Starring Allu Sirish, Yami Gautam, Prakash Raj, Brahmaji, and othersDirection Radha MohanProduction Prakash RajEditor: AlenCinematography: PreethaBanner: Prakash Raj Productions

What is Gouravam about?

Gouravam is the story of a rich kid, Arjun (Sirish) who comes to a village to meet his Engineering friend, Shankar. He comes to know that Shankar fell in love with Rajeshwari, a girl from the upper caste of the same village. Both of them run away and no body are aware of their whereabouts. Moved by the plight of Shankar’s father (LB Sri Ram) and the village due to Casteism, Arjun and his friends start a movement against casteism and to bring Shankar and Rajeshwari back to the village. What happens in the process forms the reminder of the story.

Performances:

Let me put it straight, Allu Sirish is no hero material. Even if he is, his preparation to this movie is totally inadequate. His expressions, dialogue delivery, dances, fights.. what not every thing are par below pass mark. Yami Gautam is good looking but has a very limited role. For an actor of his stature, Prakash Raj is totally under used.LB Sri Ram and Brahmaji are okay. Rest of them have very limited roles to mention.

Technical Performances:

My deepest respects to Radha Mohan for choosing such sensitive subject. But as a film maker, he did not justice to his role. There is no proper screenplay or characterization. There are several loose ends. He failed to depict the enemity between two groups and the hero gang’s conviction in solving the problem. The movie revolved more around an eloping story than a serious issue like Casteism.

Thaman scored full marks for his superb music and excellent back ground score. Cinematography by Preetha is okay. He had to concentrate more on the long shots to cover up expressions of the hero. Editing by Alen could have been a lot better.

Final Say:

Poor screenplay, improper characterizations combined with very bad performance by Sirish makes Gouravam a very bad film to watch. Except for the honest intent to make a movie on a sensitive issue, Sirish or Radha Mohan does not give us more chance to appreciate. Try it at your own risk!