Godavari (2006)

Godavari is the movie directed by the famous Telugu movie director Shekhar Kammula.The movie has been mostly shot on a boat that travels between Rajahmundry and badrachalam on Godavari river and scenes are natural,the whole scenes are mesmerizing.you can have laugh whenever the animated dog speaks . Godavari has been shot not in dandakranyam.but on the river.characters mostly resemble of those in everyday life . The plot is love between an egoist lady and smooth ,humanitarian .The woman presents herself an individual and disrespectful when one condemns her.is this ego ?yet the character is beautiful ly carved.the protagonist is ever helpful and always indulging wants to marry his relative but refused by the father of the girl due to his volatile behaviour. Though sumanth character is a smooth ,helping individual,he played superbly as it suited him. The second half of movie is dragged and hurried .if some more picturesque scenes are added,it would have been a great pick

Well, it's too late to write a review for a movie from 2006 but could not stop from writing it for such a nice movie. When I watched the movie was indeed taken aback to find this kind of movie being made. Nothing great about the story but what makes it different is the presentation and the performances. Director indeed took a challenging job of taking up a regular story and presenting in an innovative way. Also, great job by cinematographer to portray beautifully various regions and banks of the Godavari river. Indeed it will tempt most of the audience to take up launch trip from Rajhmundry to Bhadrachalam. Contemporary presentation of Ram and Sita's characters and their interaction is very nice. Worth watching movie!!

I somehow got the impression that "Happy Days" was a mere fluke, however after watching "Godavari" my doubts were put to rest. Mr. Kammula surely knows to hold the reigns tight and can truly be stamped as new-age director. His body of work clearly reflects the emphasis he lays on pre-production. It would be an understatement to say that he is full hands on with technical departments.Sumanth indeed is the right choice for Mr. Ram, Sriram. His body language and mannerism truly reflects the character whose spark is missing (as opposed to the IPS officer, again apt choice).Ms. Mukhejee:: Blame it on the director who manages to extract whatever she has to offer in terms of performance thereby ending with the bar so high which simply put is "unattainable".Neetu Chandra:: Unless brought to attention, she can easily pass off as a pucca-Telugu girl. Amazing performance as the girl, who isn't sure of what she wants.Other supporting cast is adequate. Characterisation is first rate and so is the interplay (worthy to mention is Sita Mahalakshmi's and her family).Special word on the animated characters – very creative and crisp dialogues'.There seems to be a pattern emerging with regards to the misunderstanding track between the lead characters (erstwhile in Happy Days). And also the resolution to the misunderstanding clearly shows clever writing/ narrative.Songs are good – and one of them reminded me of the rain song of Gitanjali. And finally the Saree's – is that a penchant or plain fetish?PS:: An ode to Titanic perhaps? There is a blink-n-miss hint in the movie.PS(2):: Ode to "Gharana Mogudu" Chiru as well?

The other day when I was telling my mother how refreshing this movie was, she asked me why I thought it was so special. I said, "Imagine being out of hometown for a couple of weeks and living on junk food. When you return home and have simple homemade rice and curry, how do you feel?" In addition to capturing life around the lifeline of Andhra, Godavari, in a laudable manner, the movie makers put together a good cast. Radhakrishna embellished the movie by wrapping Veturi's lyrics in melodious tunes. Godavari might not be remembered by Thelugus four or five decades down the line like how Lavakusa is, but it can make any given evening pleasant and memorable. Anyone who loved movies that were made by Baapu or Viswanath (or one of their ilk) will add Sekhar Kammula to their list after watching this movie.Movies such as this salvage Thelugu cinema and rekindle hopes, in people like me, that there still are people who can make neat, simple, and straightforward Thelugu movies. Kudos to Kammula and his team!