What is Gouravam about?
Gouravam is the story of a rich kid, Arjun (Sirish) who comes to a village to meet his Engineering friend,
Shankar. He comes to know that Shankar fell in love with Rajeshwari, a
girl from the upper caste of the same village. Both of them run away and
no body are aware of their whereabouts. Moved by the plight of
Shankar’s father (LB Sri Ram) and the village due to Casteism, Arjun and
his friends start a movement
against casteism and to bring Shankar and Rajeshwari back to the
village. What happens in the process forms the reminder of the story.
Performances:
Let me put it straight, Allu Sirish is no hero material. Even if he
is, his preparation to this movie is totally inadequate. His
expressions, dialogue delivery, dances, fights.. what not every thing
are par below pass mark. Yami Gautam is good looking but has a very
limited role. For an actor of his stature, Prakash Raj is totally under
used.LB Sri Ram and Brahmaji are okay. Rest of them have very limited
roles to mention.
Technical Performances:
My deepest respects to Radha Mohan for choosing such sensitive
subject. But as a film maker, he did not justice to his role. There is
no proper screenplay or characterization. There are several loose ends. He failed to depict the enemity between two groups and the hero gang’s conviction in solving the problem. The movie revolved more around an eloping story than a serious issue like Casteism.
Thaman scored full marks for his superb music and excellent back
ground score. Cinematography by Preetha is okay. He had to concentrate
more on the long shots to cover up expressions of the hero. Editing by
Alen could have been a lot better.
Final Say:
Poor screenplay, improper characterizations combined with very bad performance by Sirish makes Gouravam a very bad film to watch. Except for the honest intent to make a movie on a sensitive issue, Sirish or Radha Mohan does not give us more chance to appreciate. Try it at your own risk!
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