Movie: Paper Boy
Rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Sampath Nandi Team Works, Prachitra Creations, BLN Cinema
Cast: Santosh Sobhan, Riya Suman, Tanya Hope, Bithiri Satti and Others
Written: Sampath Nandi
Music: Bheems
Cinematography: Soundar Rajan
Producers: Sampath Nandi, Ramulu, Venkat, Narasimha
Direction: Jaya Shankar
Release date: August 31, 2018
The name Paperboy is rather suggestive. From the word go one can make out that it will be a Romeo Juliet style film.
So, to make it feel different, director Sampath Nandi has added emotional, poetic and classy touch to it. But no matter how hard he tries, the film is rather predictable.
Also to give it a commercial touch, he has added a comedy track which works against the film.
Story:
The story is revealed in a diary. And one of the film's character tries to get the hero and heroine together. But the story is basically a story between a paper boy and a super rich girl.
Artistes' Performances:
Santosh Sobhan puts in a good performance. Though it's his first film, he does well. On the contrary, heroine Riya Suman is not exactly on par with him. Though she gets Keerthi Reddy from Tholi Prema kind of presentation, her newness kills effect.
Tanya Hope plays a small role. Annapurna puts in a natural performance. For those who like Bittiri Satyam, there is a scene.
Scenes showing Vidyullekha Raman as a food lover is getting very routine and boring.
Technical Excellence:
Though it's a small film, the film has been made with a rich feel. Cinematography is very good and the songs have been shot well. Two songs have been shot beautifully. The background score too is poetic.
Sampath Nandi shows he is a good writer. He also excels as a good dialogue writer. Some dialogues are a highlight of the film.
Highlights:
Hero's acting
Sampath Nandi's writing
Music
Drawbacks:
Story
Heroine
Analysis:
A film showing love story between a paper boy and rich girl is very concept. But in Telugu, directors add elements to suit commercial format, instead of taking a realistic view.
Though the director seems to want to present a poetic version, the film does not exactly fall into this category. He works on what has been provided to him in terms of content.
Where the film gets serious, Bittiri Satyam is used. Also, the director comprises to make it appealing to audiences, which is where it fails.
The scene where the hero's parents go to heroine's house or when heroine's brother's go to hero's house, the film has some interesting scenes.
Given the success of Marathi Sairat or Hindi Dhadak, the film tries to be true to story, but does not stick to the intented track.
The love story also feels old school. The love story looks like it follows underlined text the hero and heroine read.
In all, it fails to touch your hearts. Despite having good scenes, it does not go full on in showing what it wants to say. So one ends up with the feeling of reading an old newspaper instead of fresh news.
Bottom line: Old paper boy!