'180' Review: Thumbs Down

Movie: 180
Rating: 2.5/5
Banners: Satyam Movies, Aghal Films
Cast: Siddarth, Nithya Menon, Priya Anand
Music: Sharreth Vasudevan
Cinematographer: Balasubramaniem
Editor: T E Kishore
Director: Jayendra
Producers: Kiran Reddy, Swarup Reddy, C Srikanth
Release date: 25/06/2011

Siddarth is back and this time he has teamed up with his mentor Jayendra for a bilingual. The presence of Priya Anand and Nithya Menon is the other attraction. Let us see what the numbered title is all about

Story
An unusual tale, the story begins with Ajay (Siddarth) who looks rather lost in life and finds new hope after visiting Kasi. He lands in Hyderabad and takes up a portion for six months.

Here, he comes across helping all right from his house owners to the paper boys and on the street grandmas. All this is noticed by Vidya (Nithya) who gets curious about Ajay’s mystery. In no time, she also falls in love with him.

However, Ajay has a past. A past that is associated with Renuka (Priya) in the USA. He also has a harsh fact of life that he is dealing with and that gets him to India. What is that fact? What is 180? Is Vidya successful in her love? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performances
Sidz is back as the smart, suave gentleman who always tends to magnetize girls around. He carried the role well and though there were few jerks in the emotional sequences, he did a fine job.

Nithya Menon is a stunning looker onscreen. Her eyes, her smile and her natural ease in front of the camera make her adorable. She delivers her bit as required and scores points.

Priya Anand was chirpy as usual and there is a lot of energy and fun in her. She has balanced the cheerful part and the tragic part in the right scale. The glint in her eyes is appealing.

Mouli was witty and brought few smiles, it was good to see Geetha after a long time, Tanikella was brief, M S Narayana came and went, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan was matured, Janaki was natural. The actor doing Siddarth’s friend’s role was alright.

Highlights

• Visual grandeur
• Ee Vayasika Radhu song picturization
• Last twenty minutes
• Nithya, Priya’s performances
• Technical aspects

Drawbacks

• Slow pace
• Weak emotional quotient
• Complicated twists
• Directorial flaws

Analysis
6 months..that is 180 days. That forms the theme of the story. You have to see what those 180 days are!!! But at the end, you may catch up 180 degrees fever for not zeroing the film convincingly.

The film gathered some curiosity when it came with an unusual title and it was not until the first stills came in that folks got an idea. Anyways, it must be said that the debutante director has proved his mettle as a technician but as a story teller, there are few hiccups. Firstly, adding multiple tracks at different emotional levels tends to disturb the consistency.

It also fails to get the audience into the film and connect with the story. There is a vintage appeal in the first half and one would expect a rather conventional and emotional ending but then, the director changes the plan to a practical level. Yes, what the protagonist has done may be right in the practical sense, but is it humanly possible? Also, not to reveal the plot, Siddarth’s approach towards dealing a problem is rather surprising given the fact that he is a doctor.

The American Yamadharmaraju (Grim Weaper) symbolism confudes the audience. Priya Anand's mimicry also went over dose.

As such, the film has been dealt with in a psychological and philosophical aspect but given the mindset of the Indian audience, it remains to be seen how much they will accept the ending. Mixed reactions are bound to come from the viewers for this.

At the box office, the film has a good chance of an average grosser but getting into profits would require aggressive publicity and positive word of mouth.

Bottomline: Full length film with an ad feel

Releasing Today: Sidardha's 180 Movie

'180' is the film releasing today and hitting the screens world wide. Siddharth paired up with Priya Anand and Nitya Menon in the direction of Jayendra. The film is releasing both in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously.

Jayendra was earlier known for shooting ads and now making his foray into commercial films. SPI Cinemas Pvt. Ltd is producing it while the music id scored by Sarath.

Glue to this place to know how this film may work at box office and how far pulls openings.

Premier Shows in USA
All 35mm prints and DLP's are shipped to respective locations. Premier shows are confirmed per schedule in all the locations on Jun 24th  starting from 2:30 pm EST.

Cute Actress Dumps Herself with Arrogant Nature

After all with a One hit Movie in hand and ready with a second Movie release, this Actress makes many enemies in Tollywood with her Arrogant and Head Strong nature.We are discussing here about none other than Ala Modalaindi fame Nithya Menon.At a recent pressmeet about her new Movie 180,her replies to few questions asked, irritated everyone there.            When asked for the reason behind rejecting a Movie with Venkatesh, the reply was that she doesnt want to act with aged heroes like Him!  And when asked for she got replaced by Shruthi Hassan in 'Oh My Friend' ,her reply was simply careless "Siddharth wanted Shruthi Hassan and Thats all"!! Nithya even insulted a Handsome hero and 'Darling' for all in Tollywood saying that she never heard such name Here around!!            Finally When a famous PRO was shocked with her previous replies and asked her a question ,She rejected to answer him saying that he is not a journalist ! She Doesn't even know that the same person arranged that Press Meet for her Movie Promotion.If Nithya carries the same arrogance and Non Diplomatic Nature,we may not surprise to see her career stoop down within no time.

Sid's Mission-Revenge Worries 'Potti Papa'

She is an eye stunner for her gorgeous looks and a ravishing siren with those protruding assets. A defect in single area however gives a chance for other to comment and 'potti papa' is the tag mostly heard about her these days. We are talking about cute sensation Nitya Menon who allured the Telugu audiences with her first flick itself.        Nitya Menon is going to enthrall Telugu audiences once again with her sexy looks and impressive performance in Siddharth's upcoming bilingual film '180'. Despite of the huge applause she got in Telugu industry, none of the big-wigs offered her a role in their flick other than flop-hero Nitin (Ishq movie). Her height seems to be the big issue for everyone and producer giant Dil Raju gave a helping hand by offering the lead role in his 'Oh my Friend', that has Sid in the lead again. The other day 'potti papa' revealed that she is out of project due to replacing her with Shruti Hassan, the live-in partner of our romantic hero. These revelations made Siddharth very angry and now Nitya is worried that he may take revenge by sidelining her during the promotion of '180'.