2014 hasn’t really been a year of great movies, leave alone great rom-coms. A lot of movies were lackluster, a lot were below average. That still doesn’t rule out the fact, that there were a few rom-coms that entertained us, made us laugh, made us cry and made us love, love stories even more. We pick a few rom-coms worth a watch.
Oohalu Gusa Gusalade – The runaway hit by Srini Avasaralawas a great revelation. Naga Shourya and Rashi Khanna were fresh faces but the charm and ‘happiness’ with which the characters played their roles was worth a lot of applause. Srinibrought a hint of Woody Allen into Telugu cinema, a general inclination towards having lovely conversations and used an interesting character, played by himself, to add some timely twists to the movie. All in all, it was a low-budget rom-com that was clean, entertaining and pleasing.
Manam – Three generations of Akkineni family in one movie. A rare occasion in cinema, rendered even rarer by the sad demise of ANR garu after the movie was filmed. There was a lot of hype around the movie. Manam, the movie, directed by Vikram Kumar, turned out as that rare movie that went beyond expectations. It was a great collage of love stories, brought together through a wonderful screenplay that kept audiences engaged and entertained the entire run-time.
Loukyam – Gopichand and Rakul Preet, supported by SampathRaj’s wonderful support role and Brahmanandam and more importantly, Prithvi’s comedy make Loukyam one of the most entertaining movies of the year. It is a routine love story, where the hero plays a street-smart problem fixer, who wades through troubled waters to save his own love along with another person’s. The movie was unfortunate because of its timing, sandwiched between big releases. Nevertheless, it could be proud of the fact that it held its own.
Oka Laila Kosam – Vijay Kumar Konda’s Oka Laila Kosam, featuring Pooja Hegde and Naga Chaitanya was a very pretty movie. With the theme of unconditional love and freedom, the movie used brilliant, feel-good, rich and vibrant cinematography, to attract the audience. Pooja Hegdeimmediately garnered everyone’s attention and rightly so.