Ishq

Lead Actors: Nithin, Nithya Menon

In short:

Awesome! Go watch it!

The longer version:

One of the best romantic Telugu movies of recent times (after Ye Maya Chesave, and better than it).

The first half of the movie is like every girl’s (guy’s too?) dream romance. Though very predictable, the nice blend of homour and romance makes it a treat to watch. The flow is amazing - nothing distracts you from the story, no unnecessary elements; the focus is just on the lead characters and the story.

Things I liked in this movie:

• The ‘Oh Priya Priya’ song...can’t stop humming it
• The storyline – which sticks to its purpose and does not deviate or let the audience’s attention deviate 
• Nitin shedding off his kiddish image – the look and characterization in this movie suits him much better. I hardly noticed him in other movies – I won’t forget this one for some time!
• Nitya Menon – The heroine with a brain, not a dumb hapless creature. Thank God, not from a village reeking of faction!
• The chemistry between the lead actors is awesome
• The lead actors act their age and don’t try to pretend to be silly teenagers in love 
• The villain – Again Thank God nothing to do with faction. He isn’t a perverted mad man either. Just another ordinary human with some negative qualities more than others
• The wedding scenes in the first half – the people in the wedding are shown like ordinary people and not clowns or dumb people
• The humor – sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious, sometimes a simple dialogue or action  takes you by surprise and you go LOLing
• How the hero goes head-on to face the problem and introduces himself to the villain

Things that could have been better:

• Trying to avoid the very clichéd strategies seen in so many movies to deal with the heroine’s family/ villain in the second half
• Songs – The songs are much better than in many movies of recent times, but only a few are memorable
• The hero’s intro…again so very clichéd
• The 'villiany' villian in the climax (not the villian mentioned above) - typical movie style; not really required?
• Lemme think…  :D

My Rating: 3.5/5