Review of movie Hello Guru Prema Kosame

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Rating:3.5

No other genre casts a spell like family entertainers for the festive season and Hello Guru Prema Kosame makes good use of its timing. Set in a light-hearted vein for the most part, although peppered with a staple cinematic mix of middle class sentiments and romance, the film has a good share of sparkles to keep you engaged.

Hello Guru Prema Kosame endorses that typical middle class dream, of a boy from a smaller town who isn't willing to move out of his comfort zone, but yet is forced to do so for his parents. This film takes this trope to another level and even has a song on how nothing beats your 'native place'. Sanju from Kakinada comes to Hyderabad in lieu of a comfy job and stays in a government job-holder Vishwanath's house in the city. Even before Sanju hits it off with his IT colleague, the youngster strikes a strong rapport with a much elder Vishwanath. The guy also has a soft spot for his daughter Anupama, putting their equation in a quandary. There's confusion between attraction and love, a clash between friendship and larger good, these are the moments that facilitate good slice-of-life humour.

Rom-coms take it easy while glorifying male love and portraying the girl's father as a mere protector who mostly isn't on agreeable terms with the daughter's would-be. The film explores both these ends of love with equal care. Discussions between Sanju and Vishwanath throw light on generation gap, how the approach of a friend and a father differs when it comes to love, in a humourous vein. There's no sermonising on what's right and wrong, there are only discussions. Even in the climax where the director could have taken the easier route to strike an alliance between its lead actors, he ensures 'common sense' prevails.

Emotion and humour both get enough space in the story and thankfully, both aspects don't get diluted. The IT-job episode is a laugh riot to begin with. Ram keeps a firm check on his 'energetic star' image and shows restraint in the need of the hour. His comic timing gets better film after film and there's a gleam in his eyes as he portrays his lover-image to the hilt. But it looks like Prakash Raj had more fun among the pack. Walking the tight rope between exaggeration and subtlety with his humour, Prakash Raj yet again shows why he's one of the most valuable actors around. Smart dialogues and the absence of melodrama aids him and the film too. Though, the 'tu tu main main' between Ram and Prakash Raj may get on your nerves for a while.