Ishq movie review

Film: Ishq

Release Date: 24-02-12
Rating : 3/5
Starring: Nithin,Nithya Menon,J.D.Chakravarthy,Thagubothu Ramesh
Director: Vikram Kumar
Producer: M Vikram Goud
Banner: Sreshta Movies banner
Music: Anoop Rubens

Nitin and Nithya teamed up for the movie ‘Ishq’. The film has been directed by Vikram Kumar and Shreshta Movies has produced the film. The movie has the legendary P.C.Sriram as the cinematographer. Ishq released worldwide today, so let us see how the movie is.

STORY:

Shiva (Ajay) is a sportsman and is the son of Police Commissioner (Nagineedu). Ajay, who fails in love with his classmate Divya ( Sindu Tulani) turns psychic and so his father throws him out of house. Three years later, Rahul (Nithin) a fun loveing college guy sees Priya (Nithya Menon) and falls for her while flying to Hyderabad.

The weather conditions forces the flight to land in Goa. And with the help of his aunt (Rohini) Rahul meets Priya and creates a good impression with friendly and caring nature. In a short span of time, the duo gets close to each other and falls in love. After they arrive to Hyderabad, they get to know that Priya’s brother is Ajay who loved Rahul’s sister Divya.

How does Rahul overcome the hurdles and wins his love Priya is all about Ishq.

PERFORMANCES:

Nitin looks his best in the movie and even serves us with a fine and sensible performance, which in turn is a result of his determination to make it big, at least this time. He is dashing and stunning, thanks to cinematographer PC Sreeram who added the required gleam to the actor’s looks and presented him much delightfully to our eyes.

There are few glimpses of Pawan Kalyan in Nitin’s hysterics, which of course he carried off so well. The industry will now be proud to show off the first-ever ‘lover boy with mass image’.

Nithya Menen is feisty and also a feast to our hearts and souls. Credits again go to the director of photography. Though her height is a mismatch with the hero, the director managed to underplay it every time and all we got to see is a lovely pair of two youngsters in love. Her skin tone is too good and her performance is spellbinding as she sparkles in her character.

Ajay is wonderful as heroine’s brother, while Thagubothu Ramesh does a decent job. Sindhu Tolani as Nitin’s sister and Kasi Viswanadh too are good.

Nagineedu is ok as Nithya’s father. Ajay is good in the role of Shiva. He shows fine variations as man with multiple shades – a devoted son, psychotic lover, caring husband and angry brother. Ali is good in his brief role. Srinivas Reddy and Thagubothu Ramesh entertain in cameo appearances. Rohini is alright as Jaya aunty from Goa.

TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTS:

PC Sreeram is the real hero what with his cinematography is one of the great plus-points to the film. He proves that he is the best and shows his brilliance in photography. All the songs are spectacularly canned and every frame is awesome, lighting adding zing to the team’s efforts.

All the love scenes are captured visually and Anoop Rubens’ BGM is smashing. The couple of songs before the interval are just average but the rest are good. Almost all the scenes in the first-half are elevated due to the BGM. Story is not mind-blowing but is captivating.

Screenplay in first hour is slow, but apt to the feel and intensity of the script, which in turn is crisp and cute. Dialogues are impressive, while Vikram Kumar’s direction is commercially viable and creative most of the times.

PLUS POINTS:

Nitin and Nithya Menon have delivered superb performances.

Few touching scenes in first-half

Sriram is the biggest asset for the film

The romantic track between Nitin and Nithya has been handled in a very classy and mature fashion.

Songs and Picturization

Background score

Screenplay

Cinematography

MINUS POINTS:

Predictable scenes

Couple of boring moments

Regular second-half drama

Too lengthy show

Lack of mass elements

ANALYSIS:

The film begins well then gets a bit predictable and slow and takes its time to build relationship between the lead pair. This makes the first half of the film appear slow. The second half of the film is very good with superb screenplay. There is no redundancy and even though there is no separate comedy track and comedians in numbers the film keeps us on the edge of the seat and entertaining at the same time.

It can be a bit boring if one gets used to the pattern the director is trying to make with that screenplay and guesses what’s going to happen next. The climax is good and rounds off all the character arcs and various plots very well.

It’s a director’s film all the way. Vikram Kumar with a cameraman like PC Sreeram at disposal gets the tone of the film pitch perfect. There is a feeling of pleasantness when one sees the film and that pleasant feeling still remains when one comes out.

Music by Anoop Rubens and Aravind Shankar(Yedho Yedho and Sootiga Choodaku) is very good. Background score by Anoop Rubens hits all the right notes. Both compliment the mood of the film very well. Some of the songs with their picturizations stand out too.

FINAL WORD :

• Ishq is a classy and beautiful love story. The chemistry between Nitin and Nithya Menon is a treat to watch the Movie