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Title : Adavi Kaachina Vennela

Cast : Arvind Krishna, Meenakshi Dixit and Pooja Ramachandran
Music: : Josyabatla Sarma and Karthik Rodrigviz
Direction : Akki Viswanadha Reddy
Rating : *1/2
Like : Technically sound and lyrics
UnLike : Weak screenplay, not easy to relate to

One connects to some films instantly, while it takes a while to fathom some. In ‘Adavi Kaachina Vennela’ though one must applaud the debutante director Akki Vishwnadha Reddy for making such a film with a fresh approach and perspective, one gets the impression that the script seemed to have gone a bit off track and in the process, the film, though technically sound appeared a tad incomprehensible. The film begins as a ‘historical fantasy’ but moves forward to the contemporary in sync with the meaning of ‘Adavi Kaachina Vennela’ in a seemingly disjointed fashion.

It shows a man (Arvind Krishna) who is gifted with some extraordinary power of detecting metal underground by just rubbing his feet over the ground. This educated guy based in a village spends his time getting various parts of the area around dug as he is in search of something. He is least bothered about his wife (Pooja Ramachandran) who indulges in a clandestine relationship with a villager and finally deserts him. His father is also fed up of him and goes on a pilgrimage.

Another girl (Meenakshi Dixit) enters his life and unravels the story of her life. A business magnate OMR (Vinod Kumar) wants to use Arvind’s detection skills to his advantage in the mining areas of Africa.

The film meanders at its own pace and moves on with item numbers till the climax. There’s some villainy by OMR and Suresh (who was playing a coach) too. A very loose ‘love story’ too is built between the two characters played by Arvind and Meenakshi. The lyrics of the songs are full of meaning and fairly intense. The camera work and the music are worth mentioning, so are the graphics and a few montage portions. However, one felt that the narration could have been better for an easy understanding of the proceedings.

Arvind, Meenakshi and Pooja come up with decent performances Arvind maintains the same glum expression for most part of the film and his tonal variations doesn’t add to the film. Meenkashi makes an effort to up the glam quotient. The genre of the film keeps changing and it is difficult to bracket it under one genre. It seems like a hotchpotch with a bit of everything like comedy, love story, some action all badly mixed to create the final product.

Towards the climax one is kind of reminded of ‘The Alchemist’ when Arvind Krishna discovers what he’s searching for in the backyard (rather the goshala of his house)! The director’s intentions may have been good to try to describe the different interpretations of ‘Adavi Kaachina Vennela’ (which is uttered by many characters in the film) but somehow it does not translate effectively on screen. Perhaps the concept needed better visual conceptualisation, and clarity of thought would have made it engrossing. Hope the director makes amends in part 2 (as a sequel is mentioned in the end of the film).