3/5

03-07-09

Siddhartha, Shamili, Sunil, Napolean, Krishnudu, Ali, Master Bharat, Pradeep Rawat, Ravi Kondala Rao, Radha Kumar, Tanikella Bharani. Surekhavani and others..

Story: Uday (Siddartha) is the son of a big business magnate. He falls in love with a girl who calls him 'Oy' for tissue paper in a party. Her name is Sandhya (Shamili). She is very disciplined and a perfectionist. Like their names, their attitudes are on two extremes- like dawn and dusk. He tries to pull her towards him. He strives hard to impress her by enacting as if his tastes suit that of hers. And slowly Sandhya inclines towards Uday. But a startling fact comes out that Sandhya is soon to die. Uday comes to know about it and tries to fulfill all her wishes. He remains a loner in the end.

This film is in close resemblance to Maniratnam's Geetanjali. Even Amrutam – a remake from Kannada comes close in story line. The director has come up with a neat presentation part but then his narrative faltered at crucial moments.. It could have been a good film with better storyline. Melodramatic scenes turned into lighter vein and the emotions fail to reach the peak. Still some scenes are good and the director must be acclaimed for the appreciative climax scenes of the second half.

Action: Baby Shamili of Maniratnam's hit film Anjali has now turned heroine. It can be said coincidental that she got roles that are affected by serious illness both in Anjali and Oy. Present Shamili of 'Oy' fails to reach the expectations of the audience when compared to the baby Shamili of Anjali.

The scenes depicting the heroine suggesting to smoke in contrary to her traditional attitude and comparing the talibottu to a dog's belt could boomerang, if care is not taken. Siddarth has come up with a matured performance and he has shown his mettle once again. Sunil was hilarious and his sequences with his colleague gave many moments of laughter. Tanikellabharani was standard, Napoleon looked graceful, Krishnudu was cute and his presence was good enough, Ali was okay, master Bharat was regular. Surekha Vani was seductive and stylish. Pradeep Rawat's 'Chatrapati' track failed to impress. Ravikondala Rao, Radhakumari and others did their bit as required.

Music: All the songs are scored well. Mainly title song and the song 'povadde povadde' – are impressive. Yuvanshankar Raja's tunes are very melodious.

Cinematography: Successfully elevated scenes mood - in happy moods as well as tragic ones – as if the camera too played a role. Cinematography came out really well.

Editing: By Marthand K. Venkatesh was crisp.

Choreography: Good.

Art: Rajeevan was also good at its job.

Though a tragedy, elements of entertainment make it suitable to watch once!