180 - movie review

Story:
A complicated tale, the story begins with Ajay (siddarth) who takes up a rented portion in a residential locality in Hyderabad. In no time, he gets close to those around by helping them in all ways. His unusual acts of service catch the attention of photo journalist Vidya (nithya) and she wants to know more about him. She becomes friends and in no time falls in love with him. However, Ajay who seems to carry an emotional baggage has a past that he is dealing with and a future he has to live with. The past has Renuka (priya anand) and it happens in the US. Why did Ajay come to India? Who is he? What happened to Renuka? What happens to Vidya's love? All this forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:
The director has come up with an unpredictable storyline and while the presentation was neat, the narrative was alright. The dialogues were stable, the script was having too many twists and the screenplay was average. Background score was nice but only two songs were upto the mark. Cinematography was top notch. Editing was required to increase the speed. Costumes were stylish while the art department was colourful and realistic. Siddarth comes up with a matured performance and he looks sophisticated. Priya Anand was chirpy and she was bubbly, her handling of emotional scenes was also good. Nithya Menon is a natural performer and has a strong screen appeal. Mouli brought few smiles. Tanikella was brief. M S Narayana was hardly there. Geeta made her presence felt. Lakshmi Ramakrishnan was alright. The others did their bit as required.

Conclusion:
The film happens to be a bilingual and there was no feeling that it was done in another language also. As such, the intention of the makers was nice but then such subjects require deft handling of the script and deep emotional dose to get the audience into the story. While the first half was smooth with some dose of humour and good songs, the second half gets quite twisted and the last half hour is quite tricky. Overall, this is a film which scores on technical values and will draw mixed reactions for its content. At the box office, this could be an average to above average grosser.

Bharatstudent Verdict: Different but just passable..