Beauty Movie Review: Beauty is a young romantic drama that hits theaters with Neelakhi, an emerging actress, and Ankit Koyya in the lead. Story and screenplay were given to R.V. Subramaniam. Directed by J.S.S. Vardhan, the film speaks about bold romance laced with emotions of middle-class people. Zee Studios-the Maruthi team-Vanara Celluloid produce the film, which naturally targets youngsters pretty directly. But does it manage to carve out a niche for itself in a love-laden industry? Let’s dig in.
Alekhya (Neelakhi) is a college girl who comes from Vizag and stays with her hard worker father (VK Naresh) and a caring mother (Vasuki). His father wishes to fulfill the dreams of his daughter, even crossing his financial limits. When Alekhya meets Arjun (Ankit Koyya), that love burgeons. But one incident at a neighbor house exposes their bond, which creates trouble at home. What entails is a fight between the adolescent impulses of Alekhya, her dreams envisaged by parents, and the place of Arjun in her life.
In essence, Beauty brings together an adolescent passion and family emotion. The first half breezes through college romance, scooty-learnings, and those fun interactions that tend to evoke within one today’s youth culture. Neelakhi shines in this portrayal of Alekhya’s innocence and foolhardiness. Ankit Koyya’s performance is a decent but the character is underwritten.
Strength is that while keeping father-daughter relationships strong VK Naresh has delivered with a sincere performance and grounds the drama. But from here, the second half reeling into melodrama, even while it repeats scenes and gets conflicts that are oh-so-predictable. The input of Baby and Buttabomma is deeply inescapable, giving the flavor of recycle to the narration.
On the technical side Vijay Bulganin s music and background score lift several emotional points, along with fresh cinematography for otherwise routine storytelling. Could have been sharper in editing, especially in the dragging second half.
Neelakhi’s debut performance is commendable.
Father-daughter emotional bond.
Music and background score.
Related first half youth elements.
Over-familiar storyline inspired by recent hits.
Slow and predictable second half.
Artificial love track in parts.
Weak character development for the hero.
Beauty definitely has its moments – especially with the first half and some emotional tracks – unfortunately it fails on the routine narrative. An okayish one-time watch that works better on OTT than say in theatres.
Beauty Movie Review Rating: 2.25/5– Average youth drama with sparks of potential.
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