A boisterous, bawdy, meddling village patriarch Komurayya’s death just before the engagement changes the course of his grandson Saayilu's life and the other family members, rattling some skeletons in the closet, exposing the rifts present within the family, causing bigger sociological calamities in the small village.
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Comedian Venu Yeldandi makes a surprising directorial debut with a realistically rooted rural family melodrama that ends up a heartwarmingly satisfying watch despite of a few drags, thanks to the well captured nativity nuances, enjoyable situational humor, genuine emotions and neat performances. Priyadarshi was good. His high moment was during the breakout climax sequence and he simply moves you. Music was a major asset, especially the way folklore numbers were utilized to portray the Telangana culture and traditions.
This film is very important for the representation of the rural Telangana culture, the language, the customs, and also the nuanced human dynamics unique to that region. And also for the human story it narrates.
వేణు ఎల్డండి దర్శకత్వం ఇంతకముందు ఎన్నో సినిమాలు చేసిన అనుభవం ఉన్నట్టు అనిపించింది. ఉన్న "నటులు" మహా అయితే 10 మంది ఇంతకముందు వేరే సినిమాల్లో చేసి ఉంటారు. కానీ మిగితా వాళ్ళందరూ అదే ఊరి వాల్లో, లేదా ఇంకేదైనా తెలీదు కానీ... పేరుకి support actors and extras ఉండొచ్చు... అద్భుతంగా చేసినరు. దానికి తోడు భీమ్స్ సంగీతం. మస్త్ ఉన్నాయ్ కొన్ని పాటలు అయితే. కావాల్సిన చోట వయొలిన్ తో గుండె పిండేసిండు. సినిమా ల పాత్రలు చూస్తున్నంత సేపు నేను ఏదో మా ఊరికి పోయ్యి ఒచినట్టు ఉండే. మా తాత, అమ్మమ్మ, అత్తమ్మ లు అందరూ కనపడ్డారు నాకు ఇండ్ల. మా ఊరిని, మా వాళ్ళని... నా బలగాన్ని గుర్తు చేసినవ్ అయ్య వేణు... 🙏
Worlds divided and coming together in my favourite kinda foreground/background shot in Cinema: Ailayya joins Cable Raju in such hall of fame shots of Telugu Cinema
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ahh how badly I miss my grandfather, especially during this IPL time of the year... favourite grandparents' moments in Cinema: Balagam & Yi Yi
Nalli bokkala kosam lolli petkuntam,
Naa ankunetollani gundello petkuntam.
Inka cheppedemundi,
Venu Anna ni banchan ey,
Maa ooru yaadh chesnav,
Dhanni prapanchaaniki supettinav ❤️
climax 👌
My sister jst got married last month i better take good care of bava when he visits our home😭
subtitles on cheskoni chusa Telangana slang ardham kaavataniki , bagundi .
Komurayya gari Kutumbam ❤️❤️
Telangana culture at it's best...
Near perfect regional nuances. We’ve come such a long way 🥺
I don't care if it's another Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi or August, Osage County. Give it all to me.
Family dramas are the kind of films that I'm most easily pleased by (well I'm very easy to please but okay 😅) because if made with good heart and written with some good humor and emotions, they never miss.
And Balagam does that so well. The ego clashes that occur in between relatives, the constant bickering and blame games, the outsiders blabbering and needlessly putting their nose in a family's matters that's already grieving. All of that is something we all would have seen in our own homes.
Having lost my own grandfather more than seven months ago, the scenes of last…
Representation done right!
Many films have been made with the basic premise - an old man dies, his subsequent funeral and we get to see a set of different characters play out their own ambivalent feelings about the passing away of a person whose existence was mundane enough to be taken for granted. But what's special about the balagam is that it is specific to telnaganga and it is very much rooted in its rural landscape. Though it looks simple enough as a film, i am sure that a lot of thought went into making it because nothing feels out of place or forced. Have always believed that the comedies in telugu cinema are better actors than they are given…
This movie is as real as death.
Indian cinema at it's finest.
