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Sekhar Kammula is nostalgic about college days. College life is dealt with in umpteen numbers of films. But, Happy Days is the first of such full-fledged genre in Telugu cinema. After giving three offbeat films Dollar Dreams, Anand and Godavari, Sekhar brings freshness with Happy Days. The audience will begin to identify themselves with the Sekhar Kammula-created characters. Partying, partaking, ragging, friendships, skirmishes and love... These are the elements which are the driving forces behind Sekhar's portrayal of a college life. Set against the backdrop of CBIT on the city outskirts (of which Sekhar Kammula is an alumnus), a group of guys and gals - Chandu and Madhu, Appu and Rajesh, Tyson and Sonali, Sangeeta and Shankar – get attracted to each other. As Kammula starts narrating the story, it takes a serpentine path crossing the funny, memorable and pleasant happenings not peculiar to college life. Love, hatred and sense of separation all culminate in making a fine entertainer. But for Tamanna, the remaining members of the lead cast are new, coming fresh from their respective colleges. This helped Sekhar Kammula to bring a natural flavour. Sandesh, Nikhil, Rahul, Gayatri Rao and Sonia have done wonderful job in enacting their college memoirs in tune with the script of the filmmaker. Highlight of the characterization is that appearance of Kamalinee Mukherjee as a sensuous looking lecturer. Kamalinee has taken a step forward by dubbing in her own voice. Story by Sekhar Kammula is realistic and fresh. The subject showed the personal involvement of Sekhar Kammula not only as a technician, but reflecting himself in all the characters. Screenplay turns tedious in the first half, making it a sort of documentary on college life. However, it is in the second half that he brings some commercial elements. Mickey J Meyer has given superb music for the film. Re-recording is a big asset to the film. Picturisation of songs is done in a natural way. Cinematography by Vijay Kumar deserves special mention thanks to his color scheme. Anyway, it is a neat college story, which can be liked by the students of all hues. College students are Sekhar Kammula's target audience and all in all a fun and frolic film. Verdict: Good campus film |
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