seethamma vakitlo sirimalle chettu

seethamma vakitlo sirimalle chettu

Starring : Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Anjali, Samantha, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha and others
Music : Mickey J Meyer
Director : Srikanth Addala
Producer : Dil Raju

SVSC – Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Review:

rate:3.7/5 1435votes

It is nice to enjoy movies that tickle your funny bone, ever since “Dhee” arrived we have been treated to a continuous string of comedy movies at the risk of feeling scared and we wondered if creativity had reached a dead end in commercial cinema. 2013 gives you just not a ray of hope but clears all the doubts and paves way for bright golden sunshine for the Telugu film industry. Srikant Addala’s investment of three years has borne fruit and how! The director’s plot, thinking, goal and his value for a theme as old as the villages and the character’s attitude just not contemporary but far ahead, ahead enough to set an example to the next generation is the concept that drives the film.

The best part about the director is that he had studied the two stars well, he had understood their body language well and he carefully let them sink in the dialogues meant for Peddhodu and Chinnodu and let them be. The rest of the film flows because Venkatesh and Mahesh played a great part integral to their personalities. The story in a nut shell is about a family that flourishes on good values. The director in the beginning of the film says a smile will go a long way in establishing relationships as this life is short. The same point is repeated by a father towards the end of the film while sitting in between his sons, happy and proud of giving the world good human beings.

Everyone wondered if the title would be as beautiful as the story but mark our words, we end up walking out of the theatre wishing the film was as lengthy as the title and one would want to sit back to see an encore of SVSC. Now who is Seeta and what about her garden. Seeta (Anjali) has lost her parents and she is not an orphan, she is brought up by her uncle Prakash Raj and is never made to feel any void in her heart and life. The family has decided to marry her off to the elder son Peddhodu (Venkatesh). Everyone knows the alliance is for keeps but what stops them is that Peddhodu hasn’t found a job as yet and the younger sister, the girl (Abhinaya) in the family is not married yet. Seeta’s paternal uncles Rao Ramesh and Ahuti Prasad have washed off their hands, absolved themselves of any responsibilities after their brother married Prakash Raj’s sister and their subsequent death. There is uneasy relationship between the families as Rao Ramesh is still sore about his brother marrying against their wishes and he derives great pleasure and putting down the unemployed brothers time and again. Matters turn worse when Chinnodu (Mahesh) falls in love with Rao Ramesh’s daughter. With Anjali being compelled to marry someone else, Samantha’s relationship going wrong with Mahesh due to her father and the unemployment of the brothers and finally the straight forward behaviour of Peddhodu that elevates the conflict point forms the crux of the story.

We have seen films with village backdrop and the characters using Godavari dialect a number of times but what makes this family film set in a village is the multitudinous characters different is 1) This young generation has not so far seen a multi starrer 2) The movie is not heavy on your head at all, the lovey dovey relationships, the affections, the respect for elders despite the silent affairs, the small jealousies in adversaries, 3) the beautiful village backdrop with eccentric characters like Ravi Babu (earlier we had Mohan Babu) and his gang providing the gags 4) the humourous yet intelligent, satires thrown in by inconspicuous characters like the servant 5) the dilemma of the village youth who come to the city to find a job and their struggle to cope with the silly behaviour of the city folks 6) the tension weighing on the characters mind yet their responsibility to be nice to people 7) the lovely songs that tell a story, Addala uses every montage to speak a mannerism, and tell a tale 8) By not using the names of the main characters, he makes the audience remember Peddhodu and Chinnodu and also shows the mutual respect they have for each other 9) The sibling relationship first time portrayed beautifully through expressions only 10) Some day to day dialogues we find in every home, for instance when a person who is old enough doesn’t act in a matured manner, the mother says in exasperation, “do we need to teach them or tell them, aren’t they old enough to understand?” 11) Last but not the least Seeta’s words that everything good will happen speaks of the positive mood and attitude of a person who wishes and prays for the family. The first step in the morning she takes only after kissing the floor. The film winds up and the audience sighs as Peddhodu addresses his fiancee with her name and giving sanctity to the relationship.

Though Anjali hardly has any dialogues in the film she becomes a fulcrum, her character is synonymous with a silent power or a strength that binds a family and keeps it happy. Mahesh and Venkatesh have done exemplary work, both are getting better with time like the wine. The supporting cast have done a great job, Venky has one song but that seems to be more forced because he hasn’t had one so far. Mahesh as usual knows he is handsome in the film too and flirts around with girls, throws satires at them, he abuses them too and the director does what the rest of the directors have done… show that the heroine enjoyed his offensive but no so offensive remarks. The choreography, songs, visuals and everything about the film is warm as the steam that came out from the brass boiler in the beginning of the film. Telugu Mirchi says you won’t stop at seeing this film once, three cheers to the entire team, cast and crew. Addala deserves all the blessings for the wonderful message he had given laced with dollops of fun.