Movie Review: Vishnu Vinyaasam

Actors: Sree Vishnu, Nayan Sarika, Satya, Brahmaji, Goparajau Ramana, Srikanth Ayyengaar, Murali Sharma, Srinivasa Reddy, Satya Rajesh and others.

Music: Radhan

Cinematography: Sai Sriram

Producer: Sumanth Naidu

Writer-Director: Yadunath Maruthi Rao

Through his entertaining films, hero Shri Vishnu enjoys a good patronage amongst family audiences and youth as well. Trending in the same path, he has come up with Vishnu Vinyaasam today. Did this entertaining weapon work out again? Did it spread the laughs? Let's find out.

Story:

Vishnu (Sree Vishnu), who believes a lot in astrology, works as a junior lecturer in a private college. Despite crossing 30 years of age, he hasn't gotten married due to his mad belief in astrology. At the same college, Manisha (Nayan Sarika) works as a lecturer too, and has a different kind of attitude, but gets close to Vishnu very soon. As Vishnu gets ready to marry Manisha, he finds out an interesting aspect about her. What is the aspect and how does Vishnu respond to it, and whether Vishnu-Manisha gets married or not, form the rest of the story.

Narrative-Analysis:

There are only a few heroes who could do magic with their comedy, even with just a small stroke of the story. Especially with their comedy timing, they can multiply the impact of the content. Sree Vishnu is one such hero who has done serious roles at the beginning of his career, but now has become a beacon of comedy. The typical comedy timing liked by the present generation is his weapon. Even if there is no big story, all he needs is a typical character and comedy situations to score big. Last year, he proved that with the film #Single. Even in Vishnu Vinyasam, the role of this crazy believer in astrology has a lot of scope to spread huge laughs. However, more than the hero, the writer-director, Yadunath Maruthi Rao, tried to give a shocker to the audience with the heroine’s role. Due to this aspect, not only did her role become illogical and meaningless, but the story and the characters revolving around her failed to click. Though the narrative has loads of comedy expected from Sree Vishnu, the overall impact of the film feels middling.

A hero who has a huge yearning for astrology and a heroine who is suffering from a major astrological issue, and if these two meet, surely the conflict point itself is enough to generate huge laughs. While this confit point is exciting to hear, the director failed to write interesting narratives and scenes around it. After opening the story in the heroine's viewpoint, especially by the way she gets introduced on the screen, we anticipate a lot. However, after knowing about her astrology issue, we wonder why a lot of exaggeration is given for this silly thing. While the comedy between the hero and the heroine is fine, the issue the heroine is facing is not even an intense one in real life. But when all the characters in the movie get shocked after knowing her astrological issue, it feels over the top. At the same time with the heroine, asking every other guy in the movie to marry her sounds irritable. Also, she was shown as a chain-smoker and drinker, wondering what's the point of presenting a main character like this, making it tough to digest. As there are no logics or scenes to convince viewers of her addictions, the heroine's role continuously tests patience.

However, if we keep aside the heroine’s character, Sree Vishnu has delivered what the audience would expect from him. Without crossing limits through his double entendres and creating typical fun by swallowing certain dialogues, he sparkled on the screen. His dialogues and his acts with respect to his astrology madness have worked out. Like how Jagadamba Chaudhary character in Venky movie, spread serious laughs with the hero, even Ongole Chowdhury (Srinivasa Reddy) in Vishnu Vinyasam did the same. Some fun between Satya and Sree Vishnu also worked out. While this entertainment narrative sounds moderate, the story and the heroine character surely affected that flow as well. But the overdoses of meme templates and meme BGMs irritate at times. With scenes turning non-serious in the second half, the film becomes tough to bear. Though they tried to give an emotional touch to the ending, it failed to lift the mood. We can watch Vishnu Vinyasam for Sree Vishnu, but it's better to tone down the expectations.

Performances:

To justify the "King of Entertainment" tagline, Sri Vishnu worked quite hard without disappointing the audience in any scene. He elated the admirers of his comedy timing, and his running commentary brings huge laughs. Heroine Nayan Sarika looks good on the screen, while her performance is okay. However, the director hasn't created the best role for her. Failing to show her addiction convincingly is a minus. Satya spreads only minimal laughs, despite huge expectations. Brahmaji and Praveen haven't shown any impact, while Srinivasa Reddy spreads some laughs. Goparaju Ramana and Murali Sharma are underutilised. Srikanth Iyengar is just average.

Technicians:

The technical team of Vishnu Vinyasam hasn't impressed big time inside theatres. Not even a single song scored by Radhan has mesmerised the audience, and the background music also feels too loud in some places. Sai Sri Ram’s cinematography scores average marks. While the production values of the film are good, writer-director Yadunath Maruti Rao hasn't created magic with his screenplay, though the conflict provided scope for a lot of comedy. While one-liners worked and Sree Vishnu's comedy timing was utilised, crucial scenes are hollow and logicless, failing to create any impact. Without thinking about whether these sequences convince the audience or not, it seems like the director took the story’s proceedings very lightly.

Final Word:

Vishnu Vinyaasam, only for moderate fun!

Rating: 2.5/5