Allari Naresh, known for his comedic films, has been experimenting with different genres in recent times. Following the success of Naandi, Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam and Ugram, he is now set to star in Bachchala Malli. The trailer promises an interesting and action-packed ride, featuring Allari Naresh in a rugged avatar.
According to the producer, just as Rangasthalam catapulted Ram Charan’s career to new heights, Bachchala Malli is expected to do the same for Allari Naresh. Amritha Aiyer plays the female lead, while Subbu Mangadevvi directs the film.
Story:
Bachchala Malli (Allari Naresh) is a bright student and loves his father (Kota Jayaram). One of his father’s decisions hurts Malli and a good boy becomes a bad boy with several bad habits and alcoholism. Discontinuing his studies, Malli takes his tractor and gets involved in unnecessary fights every day. Kaveri (Amritha Aiyer), enters Malli’s life and he slowly changes back to a good person. But an incident makes him angry and he is back to his bad habits. What is that incident? The village president Ganapathi Raju (Achyuth Kumar) is holding all the gunny bag business in that area, but due to some differences with Malli, he is planning something against malli? What happened between Raju and Malli, Did Kaveri marry Malli? If you want to know the answers, you have to watch the movie Bachchala Malli movie.
Analysis:
Director Subbu Mangadevvi made his debut with Solo Brathuke So Better which was a decent hit. Now, he directed Bachchala Malli with Naresh as the lead. He said in his interviews that the story is inspired by a real character of Bachchala Malli, but he wrote a complete fiction story. When the promotion videos of this film were released, many compared Naresh’s character with Pushpa. But those are completely different except for one similarity.
In Pushpa, the protagonist is the son of a father’s second wife; the first wife’s family didn’t recognise him as their family. In this movie, the protagonist Malli’s father chooses his second wife, and abandons Malli and his mother. From then onwards, he hated his father and the hatred became overboard that he didn’t want to tell his father’s name.
On paper, director Subbu wrote a good story, but when it comes to the narration on the big screen, he concentrates only on Malli’s characterisation. More than that he showed character over stupidity which makes me think that a character like Malli lives in this world? On the other side the director is showing the father is very positive and despite his son’s hatred towards him, he loves his son. Somewhere, after sometime, the son should realise, but in this film the realization came only in the climax, but till then the narration, story goes normal and nothing interesting.
Director showed Malli as a very bright student and stood school first and also loved his father. There are a few scenes where the boy showed some maturity when someone scolded his father. And then suddenly, the boy didn’t think a second about his father’s gesture and the next minute he decided to hate his father, which may not be agreeable. There is no story to tell with the narration as scene wise. Malli is involved in some fighting or some other issue and the director completely concentrates only on him.
A college girl falls in love with Malli, who always drinks, fights with others with his stupidity, is another reason to not believe this film. The lead pair romantic thread is not coming up nicely. A girl is very close to Malli and called him chinnanna (uncle), but their bond wasn’t established properly. Rao Ramesh is one of the finest actors we have and his character was reduced to two scenes in the first half. If he is not there in the climax, the film is a total waste. Director should establish other characters like Rao Ramesh, Hari Teja, Rohini along with Naresh. Achyuth Kumar’s role is a big waste.
Above all, these kind of stories are not new in Telugu cinema. When the director said that he has taken the story from a real person, many thought something special in this, but no new thing, as the story goes completely flat. In the end, you don’t get sympathy or anger for the protagonist or the female lead. There is a lack of emotional scenes in the film.
Performances
When it comes to the performance, Naresh shows his sincerity to play this character. He did his job perfectly, but his looks are not matching his characterization. Amritha Aiyer showcases some good performances and she actually did a neat job. She is charming and beautiful. Though Rao Ramesh’s role is small, in the climax scenes, he is the best, especially the emotional scenes. He along with Naresh scenes are the only interesting ones in the film. Hari Teja gets a meaty role and she justifies it. Rohini, Kota Jayaram played as parents and they are very adequate. Praveen, Viva Harsha all supported well. Achyuth Kumar’s role is not noticed.
Technical aspect
The cinematography is good and also the music is not up to the mark. Here and there the dialogues are good and connected.
Verdict:
Finally, in Bachchala Malli the story is written inspired by a real person, but when you watch it on the screen, you don’t feel it as real. Does any person behave with that much stupidity? This question arises when we are watching this film. There are no emotional connections except the climax. Naresh’s character didn’t get either sympathy or anger or anything, because there is a lack of depth in it. You can make a good emotional family story with the characters in the film, but in the end, Bachchala Malli became a complete dud.
Cast: Allari Naresh, Amritha Aiyer, Rohini, Rao Ramesh, Kota Jayaram, Achyuth Kumar, Hari Teja, Praveen, Ankith Koyya and others
Music: Vishal Chandrasekhar
Cinematography: Richard M Nathan
Producers: Razesh Danda, Balaji Gutta
Director: Subbu Mangadevvi
Rating: 2
