"Karthik Anitha " is a neat movie with a very simple story , lucid screenplay , pleasant songs , natural performance for all the actors concerned without any flamboyant cinematography or editing . And it is very decent without an inch of skin show or double meaning dialogues . This movie once again proves that simplicity is beautiful. Movie's tagline goes "a neighbourhood love story " & it is very apt .
Karthik & Anitha are neighbourhood friends right from their childhood always playing pranks at one another & indulging in tit for tat games . All along they don't realize that they have fallen in love but when they realize that they are indeed in love , it is too late or is it...?
Ratan & Manju as the lead pair are a big plus to the movie. Both of them with their kid next door looks have done a tremendous job though it is their debut. They are good at acting both in serious situations as well as in the comedy & they are very good dancers as well. Ratan & Manju will go down as one of the most talented debutants in recent years.
Proverbial bad men of south indian cinema Kota Srinivasa Rao & Rajan P.Dev are a pleasant surprise in this movie . As the fathers of the lead pair , they portray very natural fatherhood in their roles & the duo are a revelation .
Rest of the cast have also done a splendid job with none going over the board . "Lollu Sabha" Manohar's encounter with the college principal disguising as Karthik's father is a laugh riot .
Movie has quiet a few talented debutants & the music director Jack Anand is one ."Ayyoo ayyo " , "Meghamai" , "Oh nenje " are stand outs among the five songs though other two are also not that bad. But in the BGM department there are scope for improvement since here he has been inspired by S.A.Rajkumar's BGM score of the yore.
K.G.Sankar who makes the debut as cinematographer has done nothing flashy to spoil the movie's ambience but has worked hard to present the movie in a simpler form wherein lies the beauty.
G.K.'s sets which portrays the middle class households & Sai Suresh's editing which takes the story forward in a decent pace have amply supported the director's vision.
Srihari , who has story , screenplay , dialogues & direction to his credit has come out with flying colours in his first attempt .By keeping the script in a tight leash without getting it meandering in the form of inane separate comedy tracks or exasperating item numbers , he has ensured the presence of audience in their seats right through . Dialogues are day to day utterances which happens in every households between the father & son , between the friends & lovers , etc. Though the movie does not have a separate comedy track , there are comical situations aplenty naturally woven into the script .
First half moves at a fast clip in a very lighthearted manner while sentiments & feelings are thrown into the second half as a result the pace tend to suffer but not that much.
On the whole , Karthik Anitha is a perfect recipe for a summer afternoon show in an air-conditioned theatre & don't forget to take your girl friend along with you.
Bottomline : FEEL - GOOD .
3.5/5
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