Manamey Cast: Sharwanand, Krithi Shetty, Vikram Adittya, Seerat Kapoor, Vennela Kishore, Rahul Ravindran, Ayesha Khan, Rahul Ramakrishna, Shiva Kandukuri
Crew:
Music Director: Hesham Abdul Wahab
Cinematographers: Vishnu Sarma, Gnanashekar V.S.
Editor: Prawin Pudi
Director: Sriram Adittya
Producer: T.G. Vishwa Prasad
Manamey Movie Rating: 2.5/5
Sharwanand has been able to create a good reputation for himself over the years with good movies. While he tries something new everytime there have been some weak films has well from him, in recent times. After some gap, he has come up with Manamey in the direction of Sriram Adittya, in the production of People Media Factory. Let’s discuss about the film in detail.
Plot:
Vikram(Sharwanand) visits his close friend in UK to celebrate his birthday. But he gets to know that his friend and his wife died in an accident in India. He files back to India and finds his friend’s son Kushi(Vikram Adittya) trying to connect with him instantly. Being a Playboy and reckless person, evades him. But Shubhadra(Krithi Shetty), a family friend of deceased friend decides to adopt Kushi.
As she is still unmarried, Vikram is forced to become another caregiver to Kushi until his grandparents accept him. Vikram and Shubhadra try to become “real” parents to Kushi from being God parents or just caregivers. Can they excel in their objective? Or will Vikram’s reckless behaviour turnout to be an issue for Kushi? Watch Manamey to know more.
Analysis::
Sharwanand has always been giving his best to whatever role he chooses to play and he did the same here. But writing has let him down big time in this film. Manamey writers seem to have tried to follow a template for his character and entire plot in a generic manner.
Also, Krithi Shetty did look clueless in trying to carry such a matured role. Rahul Ravindran, Seerat Kapoor, Ayesha Khan, Rahul Ramakrishna and Vennela Kishore have all been wasted in roles that don’t leave any impact. Young kid Vikram Adittya looked cute in every frame.
As per the technical aspects, the film did not live up to expectations on the talented crew. Visuals did not really leave a mark while trying to show them rich and grand, the technicians tried to increase color balance. Coming to editing, even it turned out to be random at many places. Manamey suffers from under-utilised potential of technicians.
The film needed to showcase growth of an organic bond between the kid and his caregivers. Rather than that we get scenes that try to cater to commercial needs. Easily, the makers could have chosen to go “real-mixed-fiction” way for this story but they fantasized too much. And that became a huge hindrance in creating connection with Manamey story and characters. Overall, an underwhelming film where nothing sticks.
Positives::
Sharwanand’s performance
Hesham Abdul Wahab’s soulful tracks
Vikram Adittya’s performance
Negatives::
VFX work
Lethargic Narrative
Over usage of songs
Weak writing
Manamey Movie Bottom-line: Falls apart