Aha Kalyanam review

Aha Kalyanam review

Aha Kalyanam movie review

Cast: Nani, Vani Kapoor and others

Director: A Gokul Krishna

Producer: Aditya Chopra

Banner: Yash Raj Films

Music: Dharan Kumar

Release date: February 21^st, 2014

Story

Aha Kalyanam is the remake of Bollywood flick Band Baaja Baarat (2010) starring Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh. The story is about two youngsters Prithvi (Nani) and Shruthi (Vani) who dream of making it big in their wedding planning business. But the two have a rule they abide by; they will only remain business partners and nothing more. Predictably, Shruti breaks the rule but Prithvi is not interested. Will he realise his love for Shruthi or not forms the remaining part of the story.

Plot

Shruti aspires to become the leading wedding planner and to kick start her dream she joins the popular name in business Chandralekha (Simran) and Prithvi too joins the same lady but eventually the two realise that their employer is not honest in her business and they quit. Shruti and Prithvi begin their own bureau Gatti Melam. The two decide that they will not mix business with emotions.

But one freak kiss between the two ends up in bed and Shruthi falls in love! Prithvi however remains cold rather acts indifferent to Shruthi’s feelings and that results in the two partying ways. Eventually, the two realise that they make very good business partners and cannot work individually thus they get back together based purely on business relations. You will have to go and watch the film to know if Shruti and Prithvi go on to become life-partners or not!

Performances

The film is a bi-lingual and it is Vani’s debut in south film industry. However, Vani had made quite an impression with her super hot looks and acting skills with her B-town debut Shudh Desi Romance. And Vani has excelled with a good performance in Aha Kalyanam as well and so is Nani’s performance; in fact the film’s main highlight is the good performance by the lead actors. We have to make a special mention of Nani’s comic timing and witty dialogue delivery. Remaining cast of the film has a done a commendable job that support the lead pair perfectly.

Analysis

Good direction by Gokul Krishna, Habib Faizal’s absorbing screenplay, Rajiv Rajaram’s witty dialogues and good music by Dharan Kumar are the major attractions of the film apart from good performances. Considering the content of the film which revolves around organising the marriages the colourful costumes, excellent art direction and superb locations elevated the festivity and grandeur of the final product.

However a couple of hitches in the film are; too many songs in the first half and a few boring scenes in the second half contribute to the drawbacks of the film.

MnG verdict

The fact is that Aha Kalyanam is a bi-lingual and was actually made in Tamil and dubbed in Telugu, sp somewhere it lacks in communicating the local sentiments to the Telugu audience, let down for sure. But that is not to say Aha Kalyanam is a bad movie, it is good but not the best. And you can surely watch this rom-com with your family over the weekend.