Orange Review

When someone utter the words "I will love you for the rest of my life", I'm one of the girls that tends to go "Aww"[Although if its a random, then its more WTF?!?] But is it possible for someone to be in love and stay in love with one person for their whole life? Less of a question and more as the life of a person who thinks the answer is no, is the basis to Bommarillu Bhaskar's Orange. 

Open scene: Ram[Ram Charan] screams "Its over, we have to break up.You're a psycho! I don't love you!!", naturally we want to know who he's talking about. Next he is shown defiguring a picture of Janu [Genelia]. Cue Flashbacks as to why. Ram is Mr. Honest. When he wants to learn flying, he goes sky diving. When he wants to learn photography, he takes still pictures of wildlife. When he wants to learning painting, he does grafitti. His reasoning behind his choices is that these hold truth in them. Essentially this is what sets him a part from others. Even in love, he is not the type to say he will love you forever as his firm belief is its impossible. Everyone changes, love changes them and love itself changes. Enter Janu. Love at first sight is a common factor in all love stories so no guesses here. As girl in love with love,Janu doesn't take very long to fall for Ram. But just as she thinks she found the man she is going to spend the rest of her life with, he drops the bomb. He loves her, no doubt but he will only love her for a little while. What proceeds is how Ram makes Janu, and in turn the audience, understand his belief and what happens to Ram when Janu actually does. 

First of all, let me just say Ram Charan is definitely someone that is worth keeping an eye on. Some may expect him to be a certain way given his heritage but I feel his selection in scripts is proof that he isn't going to follow the norm. Not even a shadow of his other characters can be seen yet an uber cool confidence he's shown earlier is evident.Coming to our leading ladies, Genelia intro scene seems a little eccentric but considering I've seen [and been in] that situation and in all honesty, it is after all, LOVE. Excitement is always present. She may have done the bubbly cute character before but her transition from a confused romantic fool to a confident believer in love is definitely commendable. Shazahn Padamsee is gorgeous but how one wishes that she wasn't so awkward with the dialogue. Her fresh look just doesn't cut it for the emotional scenes. Brahmanandam is always dependable for the giggles and is adorable as Puppy. Avasarala Srinivas is hardly apart of the film which is disappointing since he was awesome in Ashta Chamma. It was only a cameo but how I sorely miss seeing Prakashraj flaunt his comedic timing from Samudram, Premaku Velayera and Mozhi. As the polic inspector, you dont know his name but he is a treat. Another cameo is made by the producer Nagbabu. While his just seems like a passerby cameo, his relevance is explained. Somebody please tell me the name of the kid that plays a young Ram. I found him so adorable with his "I love you, Teacher". 

Visually, Orange is great. D. Rajasekhar and Kiran Reddy handle the cinematography superbly. Some would say that any place looks better to an outsider and Sydney is no different. Whether its the Opera house or the wildlife park, the places that I've been to many times are shown in a different light. Although I did have a giggle to myself when I saw Yarra trains during the last fight sequence considering thats named after a river in Melbourne, but thats just minor detail. However, I'm not that partial to the fact the film is not perfect. Editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh could have been more crisp as it tends to drag and repetitive effect does arise. The music and background score by Harris Jeyaraj is great but not quite to the mark that he had set in past works and has a déjà vu effect. And now to Bhaskar. A director I am fond of as I loved the maturity he has shown on screen. Without making anyone a bad person, he creates a situation that most people can relate to. Given that it doesn't take a lot for people become hesitant, the reasoning behind Ram's ideology is passable. But I felt that more depth is needed since the incidents make it seem like one person is a relationship will always dominate while the other gives in. At the same time, this is a fictional story based on social characteristics so as long as the audience takes it as a film, there shouldn't be a problem. 

So what is the final say on Orange or 'O' Range? Time pass guru. 

Rating: 3/5