Devudu
Chesina Manushulu is basically Butterfly Effect for Dummies. What started off
as an interesting idea ended up overstaying its welcome thanks to the
120 odd-minute duration it never deserved in the first place. Once we knew what
it’s all about its good to wrap it up soon but the director instead choses to
do the film all over again with more meaningless songs and fights. The leads’
performances especially by the gorgeous Illeana save the day to some extent in
the end.
Puri
indulges himself by throwing all logic into the dustbin and then burying it in
some irretrievable location as an additional safe measure. Once you get this
thing right into your head just like how he did (however difficult it might
seem for a sane man to do) you might find this film enjoyable. For every ounce
of absurdity oozing from the film it is obvious how the director was thrilled
with his ridiculous idea. May be he had the resources and money but to go ahead
and make this film the way it turned out is indeed an achievement. No pun intended.
“Devudunnadu
ani manaspoorthiga nammi ee cinema chudandi. Appudu meeku elanti anumanalu
ravu” says Puri in a voiceover introducing the idea of this unprecedented film.
May be he meant us to believe in the God he has created who is as important to
the lives of the protagonists as the banana scrap that turned the events in the
tale. If there is a point or a greater philosophy in this for all of us to
learn is something lost in the ensued chaos.
It
is difficult to categorize the film under any genres without offending the
purists. That it was not even made with much conviction does not help and may
be that was the whole point of it. It celebrates its ridiculousness like a
child who is thrilled by his parents’ discomfiture at the frequent wetting of
his pants.
You
wont be any wiser or richer at the end of the day and you have bought into two
and half hour emptiness. Somehow the price does not seem too high after all.
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