Ganesh (Venkatesh) lives with his father (Kota) and seeks money from him. On his father’s insistence he attends job interviews. Ganesh falls in love at a first sight with Keerthi (Trisha) who happens to be an employee in Software Company. He then learns software packages and finds job in her company. With her moral support he gets job there. He proposes to her on an abroad trip. But she refuses on the ground that she’s already engaged. Ganesh’s father meets Keerthi and tries to convince her. She slaps both Ganesh and his father. Later that night, his father dies of a heart attack. It is later revealed that Keerthi is getting married to Vasu (Sriram), Ganesh’s close friend. Vasu takes Ganesh to their village. How Keerthi realizes her fault and loves Ganesh forms the rest of the story.

Analysis

Adavari Matalaku Arthale Verule is Venkatesh movie all the way. It has ample chances of becoming hit. Human emotions are core of the film. It has good sentiment scenes, entertainment, good songs, and romantic scenes between already engaged woman and the hero. Nothing is new. You have already seen it. Every scene, characters, the setup, and narration reminds us of several past hits. Despite familiar scenes and much-repeated theme, the film largely works because of Venkatesh. He pulls out the film on his shoulders. 

The first half is good laced with humor. The director extracts good perfromances from all the actors but puts Venkatesh in focus till the end and makes him to carry the film. The second half goes serious way and drags on. Tamil director Sri Raghava has just played the safe game by focusing more on sentiment and comedy scenes. Songs are good but they come so frequently. Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music and Venkatesh’s presence and comic timing makes the film so enjoyable.

Performances

Without Venkatesh’s spirited performance and his immense screen presence, there is nothing new in the film. His expressions in comedy scenes, dialogue delivery, and his mannerisms and not to forget the tears inducing emotional scenes make him Tollywood’s Shah Rukh Khan who can pull out a routine film to the winning post. Venkatesh effortlessly does the role of Ganesh. Indeed, he has mastered such roles.

Trisha is very charming in the film and she has acted as urban and modern girl. She does such role in Telugu films for the first time. She looks so confident and she has excelled in the role. Sriram of Okariki Okaru and Rojapulu fame has played important role. He does it with ease. Kota Srinivas Rao as Venky’s father is superb. The scenes between them have been shot well by the director Sri Raghava. Swathi as love struck teenager is cute. Her character is straight take off of Mandira Bedi's in DDLJ. K Vishwanath does cliched role once again.

Technically, it is Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music that dominates the film. His music is very soothing and in tune with the film’s story. All the songs are good but they come too frequently. Background score too is excellent. Balamurugan’s camera work is neat. Kola Baskar (editing) has also done neat job.

What's hot!

Story wise there is nothing to rave about, but the director has presented it in good. Picturisation of songs is extra-ordinary. His presentation is neat and he plays with human emotions. It is like watching condyfloss Bollywood flick.

What’s not?

It is remixed version of several films right from Venkatesh’s earlier hits like Nuvvu Naku Nachchav, Kalisundam Ra, and Trivikram’s films, DDLJ, Nuvu Leka Nenu Lenu, Santosham, Murari and Kal Ho Na Ho. Slow paced narration and length of the movie is big minuses. Even the choreography of the songs is not good. 'Toilet humor' is in bad taste.

Bottom-line!

Adavari Matalaku Arthale Verule might not be a great romantic entertainer but it surely does not disappoint. It has good father-son sentiment, great songs, superb perfromance by Venkatesh and entertainment. Women folk would like the movie more than the youth and mass audiences. Venkatesh single handedly pulls out the film. On the whole, it is just average flick but has ample chances of becoming a hit, though.

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