Comments on: Oy! : Telugu Movie Review

By: Venu gopal rao

Venu gopal rao — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:24:38 +0000

oy! is the one of the best movies . Its really touched my heart i felt the feeling in the movie for about one week. Ananda ranga,siddu,shamili are the best in their roles. its good that ananda ranga has come up with a role for shamili i really like that role played for her.Now-a-days movies are filled with dirt ,this is the best movie i give 5/5 rating for this if any one ask me.I have seen in above comment that Arun brother of Ananda ranga so i left this comment.

By: Sidhartha1894

Sidhartha1894 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:24:00 +0000

This movie was some bullshit!

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:20:23 +0000

Yup..I am from Hyd…lets take this conversation offline…my email id is hemanth.cr@gmail.com..mail me…

By: sri

sri — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:16:41 +0000

yes. he first half was really good. specially the 3 scenes….his gifts, then proposing then the song. see that showed what it had to show. such strong emotions were missing which you can relate to in the secong half. i havent seen walk to remember…so there, just what you said…you compared this to that. n liked it. fair enough.

again. when i say we have to relate to it…its not always necessay. films like harry potter, lord of the rings…purely fantasy….but they have elements that keep the grip on you till the end. THAT GRIP is necessary for any movie.

but nice…:) you from hyd? nice to read you…your writing

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:10:10 +0000

Naah…quite frankly, I hated “Walk To Remember”! Can’t tolerate mushiness to that extent, Probably that’s one reason why I liked “Oye!”…it wasn’t like…”God! I am gonna die!” stuff which I saw in “Walk To Remember!”. But then I think you have a very valid point about the strength of these characters in this film as you have written in the comment above. It’s definitely not an awful film as quite a few have written…but then it’s not a brilliant film either…I guess if they had all the elements which you say were missing, it could have been a very good film…:)

By: sri

sri — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:02:06 +0000

nope. why?. did you agree to make me stop arguing or…:)

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:59:56 +0000

Hehehe…Yeah! I totally agree with you…couldn’t agree more about your point of view!…on a different note, are you from Hyd?…:)

By: sri

sri — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:48:56 +0000

yeah. you know, your review of the movie was exactly opposite of what i thougt it was. so, i kinda got interested n wanted to discuss. i thought the movie lacked the very main thing a serious love story shud have. am totally OK with the ending. no melodrama n was smooth….but it lacked everything else. according to ma it had five main emotions- a very strong love ( coz he goes to a great extent to do things fo rher, knowing she is not going to be htere fo rhim). second…shock (terminal illness). third- coping up with that shock. fourth the girl coping up with that shock. fifth…their journey till she is there with him. lastly- parting. the last, parting, the way it was shown is fine with me. the rest that i mentioned above….nope. i didnt see the love between the two. i didnt see the shock on her face when she came to know of her illness. i didnt see the desperate effort of the guy to keep he rhappy. he kept her happy alright but then he too was going through something while doing all that for her. i didnt see that. their journey was like two people going on a trip…no boss. this is no ordinary trip.

you get me? .

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:16:12 +0000

What you say is true, but that again differs from person to person. For example, if you take someone who watches too many good movies, no matter what kind of film you make it might not be enough to strike a chord what he or she thinks. They will still expect a film to be nothing short of a masterpiece.

I think it’s very difficult to disassociate ourselves from our influences and as a result we end up comparing everything with almost everything else!…Quite True!..:)

By: sri

sri — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:06:39 +0000

hmm. yeah there is no one way to narrate a story. but you know, if you put in the right emotions, give those emotions enough time…i mean, the characters have enuf time to show those emotions…then i guess, every person…i mean EVERY person, can relate to those characters in some way or the other. whne you relate you automatically appreciate.guess the movie strongly lacked that.

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:41:56 +0000

@sri: Thanks a lot!..:)

Regarding what you suggest, lets look at it this way…
The story would have been written by lets say not more than 3-4 people, obviously they are not Gods who can tie every loose end! And cinema in general is a very subjective thing…it can be interpreted in so many ways and certainly there’s no one way to narrate a story.

I have had this dilemma before as well. The question of watching a film for it is rather than what it could have been is a very tricky one….again I suppose it differs from film to film. I suppose, I saw and wrote about this film for what it was…:)

Thanks for dropping by… hope you liked my other posts as well…:)

By: sri

sri — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:14:44 +0000

hemanth, nice to read your review . very detailed. you write well too. but i thought the story had some very strong emotions and those emotions were not shown at all in the movie. was blunt. thats not how a story is told, isnt it?.

By: bharath

bharath — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:47:01 +0000

film is good

By: kavya

kavya — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:22:44 +0000

thnx fro dat! shall watch the movie vry soon:)

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:44:18 +0000

@Kavya: Wow! you seriously haven’t been reading reviews on other sites???…I usually don’t rate movies, but if you insist..then I think I would rate it…3/5. It isn’t exactly that ppl in love will like this movie…maybe it’s a little easier for them to connect with the storyline. Don’t expect it to be a tearjerker…neither is it thoroughly entertaining…watch this movie, but don’t think too much about “that’s not possible” instances! It’s not very mushy either…saves you the embarrasement of watching a flick on the lines of “A Walk To Remember!”. that’s all I can tell you…good luck!..:)

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:36:31 +0000

@Kavya: Well…yeah..it does have a trace of quite a few movies from yesteryears…but the funny moments spread throughout the movie make it a little different from the rest…

By: kavya

kavya — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:13:01 +0000

ive been gettn mixed reiews frm my frens,u say its quite gud.. few said ppl in love ll enjoy dis movie els its borin.. hav found ur reviews sensible til date, haven bothered to check any odr site fr dem.. don’t let me down, lemme kno hw much wud u rate dis movie at a scale of 5

By: kavya

kavya — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:10:36 +0000

is dis movie somethin lik an same age old story wit new faces ??

By: Ramc

Ramc — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:38:42 +0000

yup Audio is..but they had to film those songs rite, so they had to insert those in some part of the movie, but u being a analyst of films, do u think that songs will save or give extra points to the movie a movie? wat say?( its not a question , but wanted to know ur opinion on that)

By: Hemanth

Hemanth — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:47:35 +0000

@Siriesha: Thanks a lot!..:) Well if your statement on influencing the film goers is true, then I have been guilty of having committed the same mistake. Some of my recent reviews on few Telugu films have been scathing, I guess I was pissed off with some of the recent movies and had to vent my frustration in the review. Off late, I think, Ananthapuram, Prayanam (Boni, to an extent) and now Oy! deserve to be written from a different point of view when compared to other flicks which are positioned as “Youth Entertainers”!..:)…Thanks for dropping by…hope you liked other posts as well..:)