Cast: Amala Akkineni, Shriya Saran, Anjala Jhaveri, Abijeet, Sudhakar, Kaushik, Shagun Kaur, Zara etc…
Cinematography: Vijay C Kumar
Art: Anand Sai
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Music: Mickey J meyer
Story-Screenplay- Dialogues-Direction: Sekhar Kammula
Censor Certificate: U/A
Run-Time: 160 Minutes
Story:
Story is set in a sunshine colony with Gold phase block and B phase block. Srinu (Abhijith), Sathya (Rashmi) and Chinni are children of Amala, who are sent to their maternal grandparents. They soon become friends with Abhi (Kaushik) and Nagraj (Sudhakar) and enjoy the beautiful moments of life. While these belong to B phase block, they have a long time rivalry with the rich kids of Gold Phase block. Meanwhile, Paru (Shriya), a soft girl who aims to become Miss India is admired by Abhi while Srinu falls in love with Paddu (Shagun). Nagraj loves Lakshmi (Zara) and has a crush on Maya Aunty (Anjala Zaveri), a beautician. The story takes turns with the increasing rivalry between B phase and Gold phase youngsters and the conflicts occur in their love life. Meanwhile, Srinu and his friends come to know about the shocking fact of his mother Amala. The rest of the proceedings form the crux.
Performances:
Amala Akkineni is good in her role. Anjala Jhaveri is beautiful with sexy aunty role as Maya. Shriya Saran is justified her role.
The rest of the fresh faces (Abhijit, Sudhakar, Kaushik, Shagun, Zara, Rashmi, Kavya, Naveen, Vijay, Sanjeev and Sriram) in the cast fumbles at times, but has done a highly impressive job in general. Watch out for a really nice performance from Abhijit, Shagun Gupta & Sudhakar, who brought a smile during the brief period when they were on screen.
Technical Analysis:
The difference between new generation Telugu filmmakers and Sekhar Kammula is evident. The new generation moviemakers though soak up techniques from the Hollywood, forget the root and our culture, But Sekhar Kammula blends technique & culture, to bring in an entirely unique product.
Sekhar Kammula has definitely done better than their last film, Leader, which was fine. But compared to their earlier films like ‘Happy Days’ and ‘Anand’, ‘Godavari’ lacks something.
Mickey J. Meyer’s scores good music. A couple of the songs are good, the background score syncs perfectly with the theme and mood. Costumes are trendy.
The climax is an asset for the film which is packed with the mother sentimental scenes that came out well. Amala is superbly natural actor and she has dealt them with such ease. The montages in the ‘Amma..’ song were captured well. LIB might have done wonders if the silly episodes could have been chopped off.
Final Verdict:
Among the highlights of Life Is Beautiful topnotch visuals, Mickey Meyer’s excellent score and Shekar Kammula’s style of blending the emotions. On the Flip Side,Life is beautiful is Youthful entertainer with the flavor of Happy Days. Worth a watch!!!
AtoZ Rating: 3.25/5
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