Movie: Market Mahalakshmi
Release Date: 19-04-2024
CBFC Certificate: UA
Run-time: 2 Hrs 14 Mins
Cast: Parvatheesam, Hanikaanvika, Harshavardhan, Mahaboob Basha, Mukku Avinash, Kedar Shankar and others
Banner: B2P Studios
Music: Joe Emnay
BGM: Srujana Sasanka
Cinematography: Surendra Chilumula
Editing: Vishwanath Kuchanapalli
Producer: Akhilesh Kalaru
Director: VS Mukkesh
Young actor Parvatheesam earned recognition with ‘Kerintha’. His latest film is ‘Market Mahalakshmi’. This film grabbed the attention of audience for its aggressive promotions and eye catching concept. The film released in theatres on April 19th. Let’s get into the review.
Story:
The story begins with a middle class father joining his son into Engineering course so that he will earn big bucks on e he is out of college landing a fancy software job. Likewise, Parvatheesam (His character doesn’t have any name in the film) gets a software job with big salary. His father starts looking for matches with girls who can give crores of money as dowry. Meanwhile, this young software engineer falls in love with a vegetable seller named Mahalakshmi (Pranikaanvika) after rejecting a series of matches set up by his father. After .any attempts Parvatheesam wins love of Mahalakshmi but with conditions to his shock. What sort of problems the duo encounters from there on forms the story of ‘Market Mahalakshmi’
Performances:
Parvatheesam carried the role of a software engineer very well. He showed maturity in his acting compared to his previous films. Pranikaanvika did superbly as Market Mahalakshmi. Though this is her first film, she performed like a pro emoting perfectly. Others like Mukku Avinash, Mahaboob Basha, Kedar Shankar, Jaya, Padma, Harshawardhan did their parts well and added more depth to the narrative.
Highlights:
Lead Pair Performances
Exploring Interesting Topics
Underlying Message
Emotions
Drawbacks:
First Half could have been better
Analysis:
Writer-director VS Mukkhesh comes up with a loves tory between contrasting characters of the lead pair. If Parvateesam’s character is soft-spoken and timid, Mahalakshmi is loud-mouthed and aggressive. What unites them both is that they are principled and will stand for what they believe in. These contrasts and commonalities have worked in favour of the film and delivered a new-age rom-com.
The first half deals with Hero falling for heroine and trying to woo her. All these proceedings feel.like we have already watched these scenes but comedy made them work to some extent. After a normal first half, good interval block gives hopes on second half. And this is where Dircetor delivered with emotional content which works in favour of ‘Market Mahalakshmi’.
Joe Emnav’s songs and Srujana Sasanka’s background score is commendable. are honourable. Srujan Shashanka’s background score is insipid. Surendra Chilumula’s cinematography is vibrant. Editing by Vishwanath Kuchanapalli could have been better especially in the first half.
Rating: 3/5
Bottom-line: A Message Oriented Love Entertainer !!!
