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Movie:Naa autograph sweet memories
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Released On:Nov 30, 2003
Seenu (Ravi Teja) walks down his memory lane as he distributes wedding cards to each and every friend he has grown up playing with. Seenu is a lucky guy to have got a girlfriend for each passing phase of his life. Seenu befriends Vimala (Mallika) in his boyhood stage and studies with her till 10th class in Korukonda. His family moves to Kerala after completing his 10th class and he falls in love with another girl Lathika (Gopika). Then he reaches Hyderabad in search of a job. There he finds Divya (Bhumika Chawla) who inspires him to work hard and grow in life. And ultimately he marries a girl - Sandhya (Kanika) - of his parent's choice.
Analysis :
Cinematographer-turned-director S. Gopal Reddy religiously sticks to the earlier Tamil version to tell a touching love story. But he could have retained the memorable number of the original "Gnabagam Varudhe". Storywriter Cheran's plot is loosely inspired by Raj Kapoor's "Mera Naam Joker". But Cheran makes the third girl in the hero's life a friend, instead of a lover. Bhoomika again displays her histrionic skills while the other two girls just repeat their performances. The comedy evokes a few laughs, but has no chance against the heavy melodrama of the second half. The film has a wrong tagline. "A life history" sounds a funny description for the story of a 30-plus man. The film is a brave venture. The Telugu audience is not known to have responded encouragingly to such off-beat attempts earlier.
TeluguOne Perspective :
Naa Autograph is not likely to stay in the theaters for very long. It doesn’t drag its audience into the aisles to dance manically, it won’t provide roadside-romeos with a new repertoire, and wannabes won’t want to copy the hero’s hairstyle (thank God). There are no mass item numbers, no picking of cherries from a drenched heroine’s navel, and no invoking of the ma-behen at any point. So no one will go home and talk about this flick. Which is sad, because Naa Autograph is a thoroughly decent effort. Told almost entirely in flashback mode, Ravi Teja’s movie starts off like someone riding a bicycle after a long gap. The first-person narrative is wobbly and awkward as it begins telling you the story of a Seenu. Village lad, in love with village lass, cycling along mud roads and playing the lovable truant. Blah blah rustic charm blah blah. But gradually the story finds its own voice and strides along more confidently. That vexing detail and a general slack in the narrative are the movie’s major goof-ups. If you are, however, willing to forgive some digression here and there, Naa Autograph makes a nice change from the inane sap that’s being churned out all around you. A remake of the Tamil Autograph, this flick is wickedly funny in parts. Ravi Teja fits the bill with no major overspills, except for some hamming towards the end. And we’re not sure that’s completely his fault either. Watch Naa Autograph for some light-headed fun. It might not bring in the swarms, but it’s got heart.