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LBW Movie Review

Cast :  Siddhu, Abhijet, Asif Tej, Rohan, Nishanti , Chinmayi
Music : Anil R
Cinematography : Andrew Redd, Suresh Bargav
Banner : Working Dream Production
Editor : Dharmendra K
Producers: Naveen Sattaru, Deborah Stone
Story and Direction:  Praveen Sattaru
Release Date : 18 February 2011

Rating: 3/5
 
Story
LBW Life Before Wedding takes you through the happy and tumultuous times of six characters who are either working, passing out of college or pursuing a career, three in Dallas and three in India. Radhika (Chinmayi Ghatrazu) and Rajesh (Rohan) are best buddies, diverse personalities, they work together, travel together, have perfect understanding. Radhika doesn't know how and why but discovers herself falling in love with Rajesh but the latter finds it weird when she proposes to him.
Sruthi (Nishanthi Evani) and Jai (Abhijith) look to be a made for each other couple. Just when things appear to be going right for them, Jai breaks the relationship with his indecision. He wants to set it right but it's too late. There are a few more characters, Asif Taz as Varun, Rishi as Siddhu who act as catalyst to provide the twists and turns and as they do, the story set in the two cities move on parallel lines allowing you to take a closer look into their thinking, attitude and priorities in life.

Performances:
All the actors in the movie are new comers and we can say that they have shown their true talent and ability. Siddhu steals the show in the first half with his excellent and exceptional talent who can suit our typical Telugu cinemas. He has flexibility in body language and smooth dialogue delivery.
Abhijet is good looking and he is the darker side of the movie who gets highlighted as the movie progresses.
Asif Tej is a cool in his way and he brought naturality to his character with his great accent and coolness.
Rohan is silent for most of the time and his timing in penultimate scenes is really good and he has made his mark there.
Nishanti and Chinmayi are not of Telugu film type heroines, but they did justice to their characters. Although Chinmayi has won over Nishanti with her performance though the make-up is not proper in certain scenes. Nishanti has given a natural performance.

Analysis:
Other than the content, the director focuses on the feelings, emotions of the lead pairs and the supporting cast, on why they behave in a particular manner and provides interesting insight into their relationships. It gives you a feeling that you've come across such characters atleast once in your life time or you feel you've been a part of it before. By the end of the film, the audience begins to debate on, empathise with the people who fall, rise and move on with life. It is a good take on the love life of people who've passed out of college and are working.
The director has chosen the cast perfectly and all of them dazzle with their debut performances. One can see the earnestness with which the young actors have performed. Director draws the right kind of emotions and body language from them and has scripted the story from real life experiences of his friends which lend an element of believability to the story. The language is part Telugu, part English, has average, earthy lyrics.
Final Point:
The target audience is from the age group of 18 to 40, LBW makes you smile, embarrassed, reflect on your decisions you'd taken when you were that young. All the technical glitches in the film will be overlooked by the absorbing content and performances. Watch the film keeping your expectations in check, and you will like it. A rightly paced narration with good cinematography, LBW though is a honest and a decent effort by a debutant filmmaker Praveen Sattaru.

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