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Awe
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rating: NA
Punchline: Our own World Cinema
Genre: Thriller
Type: Straight
Banner: Wall Poster Cinema
Runtime: 115 minutes
Censor Certificate: U/A
Release date: 16 February, 2018
Theater watched: Serra Theaters, Milpitas, USA
Cast: Kajal Aggarwal, Nithya Menen, Regina Cassandra, Eesha Rebba, Srinivas Avasarala, Murali Sharma, Rohini, Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Nani(Narrator/Voiceover for Fish), Ravi Teja (Narrator/Voiceover for Tree), Hari Teja, Devadarshini, Kaitlyn D’mello (Kate) .etc
Music: Mark K.Robin
Cinematographer: Karthik Gattamaneni
Art: Sahi Suresh
Editor: Goutham Nerusu
Story, Screenplay & Directed: Prasanth Varma
Producers: Nani & Prashanthi Tipirneni
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Actors: Casting of the film is perfect. Kajal Agarwal is excellent as the main lead. Eesha Rebba plays a village belle who comes to town. She is good. Nitya Menen is charming and it’s nice to hear her voice again after some gap in Telugu films. Regina Cassandra shines in a tattooed girl role. Devadarshini (Ami Tumi fame) is aptly cast. Srinivas Avasarala plays yet another different character. Priyadarshi provides a good comic relief and roles like these suit his style very well. Voice overs by Nani and Ravi Teja are entertaining. Pragati looks good with a different hairstyle. Murali Sharma is good as magician. The kid looks cute and did well
Story - screenplay - direction: Prasanth Varma is a classy director. We have seen festival films like Ship of Theseus and Lucie (Kannada) made in other languages and we hardly see any such attempts made in Telugu with capable makers. Awe is such a film. This film has a different format of story telling. The screenplay of the film is excellent. Direction is very good. The director has written the script meticulously and all scenes are interconnected. This film appears like film a film of bold content, but it’s not. This film also appears dragged and out of place in few threads and scenes, but makes sense once it’s all revealed in climax. Since it’s a serious film, the makers have created the characters of Priyadarshi, Nani and Ravi Teja to inject some contemporary comedy (lot of reference to their movies and dialogues).
Other departments: Awe! Is esthetically well made film with great technical values. Cinematography by Karthik Gattamaneni is of top notch quality. It’s very glossy and eye pleasing. Music by Mark K Robin is very good. The song that comes during titles explains the theme and characters of the film. It’s very soothing. Background music and sound design are of international standards. Editing is crisp and done with finesse by Gowtham Nerusu. Dialogues are apt. Nani should be patted on his back for backing such a different film with 100% conviction. Production values are excellent. Art direction deserves a special applause.
Analysis: Awe is a film for festivals. Awe is a film that should not be seen with the lens of commerciality. It’s a concept based psychological thriller. And will end up as a memorable film as it changes formats in the long run (when it goes from cinema halls, to TV to digital media). Awe is a Telugu’s answer to world cinema. It’s not for everybody. Watch Awe! without reading or knowing anything about the story!