Manasara Movie Review |Manasara Movie Rating : 2.25/5

Manasara (2010)
Cast : Harsha Vardham, Hema
Director : Ravi Babu
Producer : Prakash Babu
Music : Shekar Chandra
Lyrics : Bhaskarabhatla, Ananth Sriram
Rating : 2.25/5

Story :
Vikram (Vikram) is a chicken hearted guy and he has parents (Krishnamohan, Ushasree) who often fight with each other for silly reasons.

Vikram’s father, a bank employee, gets transferred to Rajapalayam in Kerala and this is a small place which is dominated by culture and tradition, not by law. Most of the matters are decided by Kalari Payattu, the ancient martial art. Vikram’s family lives as tenants in the house of Krishnan Kutty (Bhanuchander).

The story takes a turn when Vikram chances upon Anjali (Sri Divya) and it is love at first sight. However, Divya has her own troubles in the form of her lusty bava Rajan Pillai (George) who is the champion in Kalari.

Performances:
Vikram looks alright as a nerd and weakling but then he doesn’t have those photogenic features or the right body language to become a hero. He must go through a lot of grooming if he is planning for a career.

Analysis:
Ravi Babu has shown one common trait in all his films. They take a strong inspiration from Hollywood flicks and he uses his brains to tweak them with a nativity flavor.

This time, he has brought in slices from films like ‘The Karate Kid’ ‘Blood Sport’ and not ignoring the Tollywood flicks, one can sense the traces of ‘Jayam’ ‘Thammudu’ as well. Overall, he came up with a cocktail of these movies and tried to stage them on Kerala backdrop with Kalari Payattu, the ancient martial art as the theme.

Thus instead of bringing novelty with story or narration, this time he has chosen to bring in novelty with Kerala backdrop.

Though he has excelled in the technical aspects, the content was very weak. Comedy was silly except one or two scenes, dialogues were normal, script was nothing and screenplay was routine.

The real highlight was the cinematography and two songs. Background score was intruding at few places. Editing was crisp. Costumes didn’t have much to do but the art department was rich. The first half was repetitive and the film gains momentum only in the second half but then there is a drag in the climax and by that time, the audience is twiddling their thumbs in boredom.

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