To be frank,
this hopefully will be the last post on Siddharth for a while (at least ’til the release of Oye! or my vector which is slightly at idle mode).
I have watch pretty much all of Siddharth’s movies that have been released on DvD except for Aata.
All together, I can say his acting is pretty awesome mainly due to the way he portrays his character’s personality. Despite of the crappiness of the movie’s storyboard or the crappiness of the his co-actors’ acting, Siddharth has his way of making those movies watchable.
My favorite of them all would have to be Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana and Rang de Basanti.
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana is directed by the “Michael Jackson of India”, Prabhu Deva. The story itself is Cliche. It tells a tale of an NRI, who’s the son of a millionaire, that attends a wedding in India. Basically everyone in this wedding is a millionaire except for this one girl,who happens to be the bride’s closest friend, that lives the life of a farmer. As the movie progresses, the NRI and the farmer girl fall in love however their love is rejected by both of their families due to background differences (money difference).
Siddharth plays as the NRI and he pretty much is portrays the characters as a bubbly,energetic, happy-go-lucky kind. I guess that’s probably the main aspect of why I love this much so much. The movie is watchable for the most part due to its endless humorous moments hidden all over. Aside from its comedy aspect, it’s also pretty cute (: .Even my dad thought it was a good movie. However, he fails to accept this as one of his favorites, or at least as an “awesome” movie.
Funny thing is that even he enjoyed Siddharth’s acting in this one. His first movie of Siddharth was Rang de Basanti but he never heard of him at that time. Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana was his second and I remember my dad asking me what was the actor’s (siddharth’s) name twice during the movie. I didn’t think watching this movie with him would mean recruiting a fan =D. xD. I’m not sure if I can call him a fan of Siddarth, especially since he’s extremely picky about what to consider as his favorites. However, I remember the following morning I saw my computer on with the internet browser open with history. On of the recent pages visited were youtube searches of “Siddharth Telugu Movies”. It was no other than my dad searching them since he was the last to use the computer. I mean I guess that moment was kinda epic since my dad is a huge critic and virtually nothing seems to suit his taste xD.
Rang de basanti was probably my most favorite Indian movie of all times now that I think about it. It had every aspect a good movie should have (which I’m to lazy to list) and at the same time wasn’t a cliche romance Indian movie. Since I’m pretty pretty lazy at the moment, I’m going cut and paste the part of the summary from Wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rang_De_Basanti). (the rest of the summary basically spoils the film)
Struggling British filmmaker Sue McKinley (Alice Patten) comes across the diary of her grandfather, Mr. McKinley (Steven Mackintosh), who served as a jailer in the British Army during the Indian independence movement. Through the diary, she learns about the story of five freedom fighters who were active in the movement: Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, Ashfaqulla Khan, and Ram Prasad Bismil. Having decided to make a film about them, Sue travels to India. With the help of her friend, Sonia (Soha Ali Khan), Sue initially casts four young men, Daljit “DJ” (Aamir Khan), Karan Singhania (Siddharth Narayan), Aslam (Kunal Kapoor) and Sukhi (Sharman Joshi), to portray as the revolutionaries.
Though they are not enthusiastic at the idea of acting in a film about the independence movement, Sue eventually manages to convince them. Laxman Pandey (Atul Kulkarni), a political party activist, joins the cast later, despite initially being unpopular due to his anti – Muslim beliefs and contempt for Aslam, a Muslim. In the process of filming, the idealism of India’s revolutionary heroes seeps into the protagonists. They gradually begin to realize that their own lives are quite similar to the characters they portray in Sue’s film and that the state of affairs that once plagued the revolutionaries continues to torment their generation.
Everyone in the film acting amazingly well. My favorite characters would have to be Karan, due to his somewhat reserved and confused attitude, and Sukhi due to his “bubblyness”. (:. Honestly if you haven’t watched the film, it’s definitely worth a watch, even if you aren’t Indian xD. The music, the direction, the storyboard are all awesome.
Honestly, all of Siddharth’s films that I’ve watched are wonderful. As biased as this may sound, some of them are awesome only because of Siddharth himself. His acting is watchable. Even Chukkallo Chandrudu which had “meh” storyboard was watchable and satisfied my likings. Of course it wasn’t my favorite but I definately wouldn’t mind watching it again (: .
The last movie I watch from him was his second movie, Aayutha Ezhuthu. It was pretty good, especially since it had my favorite actors (which I don’t have a lot of), Surya, Madhavan, Meera Jasmine and of course Siddharth. Plus it was a Mani Ratnam film; his direction is always excellent. However this wasn’t the most epic film. I’m not sure if it’s due to my lack of understanding of Indian Politics (since that’s what this movie revolved around) but I felt something was either missing or overdone.
His first movie, Boys, is another one that reaches my standards. I don’t highly recommend it but it’s worth watching. Story wise, it isn’t cliched (:. Basically it’s about 5 typical teenage boys who become a successful band after getting kick out from their homes. It’s a pretty cute movie and its fun to watch (:.
Then we have super cute Bommarillu. I don’t feel like elaborating on this one since I have already posted a huge entry on this one.
Lastly there is Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam. Siddharth, compared to his appearance in his earlier films, looks extremely different with his lengthy straightened hair. This also is another well made film. I think this would land in the category of a “family film”. Once again, Siddharth plays as the bubbly, happy-go-lucky kid. In this movie however his parents are divorced and he and his girlfriend tries to get them back together.
In my opion, one of the exciting parts of watching his films was his change of looks xD. I think Imma post a series of photos below in chronological order. xD
Boys
Aayutha Ezhuthu
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
Chukkallo Chandrudu
Rang de Basanti
Bommarillu
Aata
Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam
Oye
-the one and only susu
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