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    Thelavarithe Guruvaram Movie Review: A Couple of Hits and A Lot of Misses

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    The movie Thelavarithe Guruvaram is based on a Telugu novel but fails to introduce any novel or interesting ideas to move the story forward. It tries to be a comedy but there are too few genuinely funny moments. The performances from the main stars are inconsistent - Misha's character needed more hysterics while Simha's character was not well developed. The nearly two-hour runtime is too long for a comedy based on misunderstandings and mix-ups between the characters. The film relies on stereotypes rather than humor from unlikely situations, causing it to drag on without purpose.

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    Thelavarithe Guruvaram Movie Review: A Couple of Hits and A Lot of Misses

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    The movie Thelavarithe Guruvaram is based on a Telugu novel but fails to introduce any novel or interesting ideas to move the story forward. It tries to be a comedy but there are too few genuinely funny moments. The performances from the main stars are inconsistent - Misha's character needed more hysterics while Simha's character was not well developed. The nearly two-hour runtime is too long for a comedy based on misunderstandings and mix-ups between the characters. The film relies on stereotypes rather than humor from unlikely situations, causing it to drag on without purpose.

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    The movie Thelavarithe Guruvaram is based on a Telugu novel but fails to introduce any novel or interesting ideas to move the story forward. It tries to be a comedy but there are too few genuinely funny moments. The performances from the main stars are inconsistent - Misha's character needed more hysterics while Simha's character was not well developed. The nearly two-hour runtime is too long for a comedy based on misunderstandings and mix-ups between the characters. The film relies on stereotypes rather than humor from unlikely situations, causing it to drag on without purpose.

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    The review discusses that the movie is based on a novel but fails to introduce any novel ideas to move the story forward. It also tries to construct a comedy-of-errors narrative but falls flat due to few laugh-out-loud moments and taking some things too seriously.

    The movie is about arrangements for the wedding of Veerendra and Madhu which Veerendra does not want, as he has feelings for Krishna. However, their plans to elope go awry when Krishna becomes confused about their relationship, leading Veerendra to meet Madhu in odd circumstances.

    The review criticizes that the movie takes too long to get going at close to 120 minutes, spends too much time on unnecessary sequences in the beginning, and drags out the comedy-of-errors plotline over nearly two hours without resolving things promptly.

    Thelavarithe Guruvaram Movie Review: A couple of

    hits and a lot of misses


    While the plot is taken from a novel, the movie doesn't care about introducing any
    novel ideas to take the story forward

    Pavan Survi
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    @XpressCinema
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    Published: 27th March 2021

    Thellavarithe Guruvaram is based on the novel Pellikoduku Lechipoyadu by popular

    Telugu novelist Suryadevara Rammohan Rao. While the plot is taken from a novel, the
    movie doesn't care about introducing any novel ideas to take the story forward. It tries to
    construct a comedy-of-errors narrative, but falls flat on its face by taking a few things too

    seriously. In a comedy, when laugh-out-loud moments are too few, the monotony kicks in.

    While some satirical comedies require such staging and screenplay, this film did not.

    The film takes a while to get going and at close to 120 minutes, it feels a little long.

    Too much time is spent at the beginning on sequences like Sethu's (Ajay) ritualistic episode,

    making Madhu (Misha) survive the bumpy roads with Veerendra (Simha), and breaking

    Misha's husband phobia.

    The film unfolds in Thadepallygudem where arrangements are in full swing for the wedding

    of Veerendra and Madhu. However, this was pretty much against the wishes of Veerendra,

    who harbours feelings for orthopaedic doctor Krishna (Chitra Lahari). They decide to elope,

    but their plans go awry when she ends up being confused over their relationship. That’s

    when Veerendra is forced to meet wacky and immature Madhu in an odd circumstance.

    What follows next is a series of comical errors, where both start to understand each other.

    The performances from the main stars, Simha and Misha, are a bit hit and miss. Misha is too

    flat and coos through a character that demands more hysterics. Sri Simha has done his role

    justice despite his character not being properly etched, while Satya reprises a variant of

    Sunil’s role from Manmadhudu. The rest of the supporting cast are never more than

    background noise.

    A major problem with this kind of comedy-of-errors storyline is that it only works on short

    films, where they can be set up and resolved promptly. Trying to drag out a plot based on
    mix-ups and misunderstandings for nearly two hours will reach a point where you want to

    shriek at the characters to stop dragging things every few minutes. But no, they have to just

    keep adding more and more things.

    With stereotypes taking over the original ideas, Thelavarithe Guruvaram tends to stick to

    what you can accept and digest easily rather than extracting humour from impossible and

    unlikely situations. While a comedy like Jathiratnalu worked due to its whacky freshness,
    this one spirals down the easy path and drags on for the entire runtime without any rhyme

    or reason.

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