Chandamama Kathalu Telugu movie review

The much awaited Telugu movie, Chandamama Kathalu hit theatres on Friday. Before we tell you the reasons to watch or not watch the movie, let's take a look at the production crew.

Directed by Praveen Sattaru

Produced by Chanakya Bhooneti

Written by Praveen Sattaru

Starring Lakshmi Manchu, Aamani, Naresh, Krishnudu, Chaitanya Krishna

Music by Mickey J Meyer

Cinematography Suresh Ragutu

Editing by Dharmendra Kakarala

Studio A Working Dream Production

Here are things you must know about the movie before you book your tickets

• Chandamama Kathalu is an upcoming Telugu anthology film directed by Praveen Sattaru and produced by Chanakya Bhooneti.
• The film has eight sub-stories revolving around love.
• The lives of the central characters in the sub-plots get intertwined with each other.
• Lakshmi Manchu, Aamani, Naresh, Krishnudu, Chaitanya Krishna, Abhijeet, Naga Shaurya, Vennela Kishore, Amitha Rao and Richa Panai play the lead roles.
• Maverick director SS Rajamouli had raved about the movie trailer on the micro-blogging site. He tweeted: "Found the trailer of Chandamama Kathalu very interesting. Will luk frwd 2 c how the director brought them together."

Check out the movie trailer here

Story Analysis:

The First half of the film goes at snail pace and director tries to establish every character. But coming to second half director pepped up the emotion quotient and failed in elevating the essence of the film. Praveen Sattaru should have failed etch the characters and looks he was in hurry to complete the film.

The anthology film in its successes, is so often a lucky art after all, how much control can any one director have over the project as a whole? This fact is painfully reminded to us in Chandamama Kathalu, a visually glaring but thematically sparse tableau vivant.

The review was actually supposed to cover each of the 8 different stories, but why make it abysmally long and boring for readers when not more than one or two deserved a mention.

Our Rating: 2.25 / 5