Subbu
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Subbu is a
reminder to this gratitude lacking generation of all those aching
epochs, all the way through the evolution of the human species from
Australopethicus through homo habilis and homo erectus to homo sapiens,
with the director, hero, heroine and us reliving those key moments
respectfully... or make that respectively.
Subbu aka Balu aka
Balasubramaniam (NTR Junior) lives his life singing and dancing in the
college, unaware of the catastrophes that would dawn upon a mortal with
so many aliases. After the customary display of philanthropy, he falls
for Niraja (Sonali Joshi), who is the undisclosed donor of the college
scholarship for underprivileged students. She does this by way of
repentance towards a great misdeed by her family, it seems.
Subbu
admits a dying, unmarried, accident hit woman in the hospital, and her
diagnosis reveals her pregnancy. She confesses the cause for the
fertility as being a certain Balasubramanyam, which incidentally is the
name in the hospital records, too. The enraged father tracks down the
not guilty one, and adds an insult to injury by messing up our hero's
face when he denies any knowledge of the copulation. Then the bad guy
gets Subbu's mom and sis convicted of vyebhichaaram, leading to their
killing themselves. But Subbu still spares the baddie, realising nothing
would bring back his family.
Your packing to catch the next
train to Bermuda is almost finished by now. Anyways, this entire saga is
narrated by some Ravi who's going in between the hero and the heroine
that haven't met as yet. Niraja now falls for Balu, the unmet Ravi's
friend, whose divine forgiveness has spared her a father, but starts
liking Subbu, who wrestles in the mud for her.
Subbu confesses
his love to her, but in a dream - in reality he assumes her to be a
sweetheart of Ravi. He does admit his feelings for her in reality, too,
but the circumstances are unreal. Anyhow, you don't care by now,
realizing that a circle is a line that meets its other end without
ending.
Everything perfectly falls in place in the railway
station, which has been serving consistently as the Boddha Vriksha since
DDLJ. Balu and Subbu are one and the same. Applause.
NTR looks
the part. He is Balu, Subbu and Balasubramaniam put together in a single
frame. He should take a lead from Sridevi and get that nose done -
whenever he sneezes, he's sure to blow his hat away. As we've noted in
the past, however, he unbelievably dances well.
A sub-literate
Esha Deol look-alike is simply intolerable as a leading lady.
Brahmanandam and AVS try to rescue, and it remains just a trial. The
music isn't exactly an auditory abomination. The best part of the movie
is a song named Mast, Mast, and the worst is Hari, Hari, an offence to
good taste and decency.
All in all, no treat for the ocular senses.
Directed by
Rudraraju Suresh Varma
Rudraraju Suresh Varma story and screenplay
Music Mani Ratnam
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Banerji
Brahmanandam
Kallu Chidambaram
Sonali Joshi
Junior N.T.R. ... Balasubramaniam (as N.T.R. Rao Junior)
M.S. Narayana
A.V.S. Subramanyam
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
