High on gloss, low on content

No doubt, action hero Kalyan Ram’s makeover as a lover boy is good, but he has chosen a wafer-thin plot, which lacks soul. Director Jayendra and PC Sriram capture postcard kind of frames which give the film an edge, but the director should have worked on the chemistry of Kalyan and Tamannah much more to make it an absorbing love story.

But his misplaced interest in visuals than the plot-old fashioned ‘love vs destiny’ idea- has gone awry. In this age of social media and youngsters with practical thinking, this slow-paced romantic story that relies on ‘destiny’ to unite two lovers would have few takers. The less said the better about the role of Kalyan Ram who dreams to go to the USA but misses the flight quite a few times, which looks forced and unnatural.

However, Tamannaah, who is looking for her ‘lucky charm’ (Kalyan Ram) has a meatier role in comparison and does a good job. Coming to the story, a book named “Love Signs” which is bought by Kalyani, Varun’s (Kalyan Ram) grandmother lands in the hands of Meera (Tamannaah), a radio jockey. She leaves the book at a shop and asks the shop owner to hand it over to Kalyani, but it lands on her lap once again.

When she opens the book, she finds the photo of Varun(Kalyan Ram) and at the same moment, she gets a call that she passed her exams. She starts believing that he’s her lucky charm. She now wants to meet him. After a series of failures, she meets him and soon they fall in love. Twist is that he doesn’t believe in the theory of destiny. He puts her theory to test and she passes the test and their love thickens. But later, destiny has other plans for them. In the role of Varun, Kalyan is stylish but needs to work on his emotive skills. As RJ Meera, Tamannaah steals the show, while Vennela Kishore and Praveen appear in non-descript roles.

Director Jayendra picks up a plot that is slightly over-the-top for the masses. He could have made the film engaging with a good screenplay, but his predictable narration pushes the film from bad to worse. A couple of melodies sound good, but Sharreth's background score is not upto the mark. Cinematography by PC Sriram stands out with elegant visuals. Blame it on contrived plot, director Jayendra reminds us of his earlier dud film ‘180’ which was also high on gloss and less on content. He hasn’t learnt his lessons, it seems.