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Minugurulu Review
- 1/29/2014 11:06:38 AM
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Cast: Deepak Saroj, Ashish Vidyarthi, Raghuvir Yadav, Suhasini ManiratnamDirection: Ayodhya KumarGenre: DramaDuration: 2 hours 14 minutes
Story: A wannabe filmmaker Raju (Saroj) loses his sight in a freak accident and is admitted to a residential school for the visually impaired by his father. He joins hands with fellow students to make a film that exposes the corruption of the vicious school secretary Narayana (Ashish).
Review: A typical Telugu movie fan will describe this movie as an "award film." That the film was the only Telugu film in the competition segment of the International Children's Film Festival of India and was awarded a special jury prize isn't why the film is called so. The adjective is used to describe films that are well-made, but are unlikely to have a long run in the theatres because they do not conform to the five songs, six stunts and item number template.
Minugurulu is definitely not a film that is tailored to play to the galleries. A gang of hapless visually impaired children are the protagonists of this emotionally stirring human drama that plays out in a ramshackle school for the blind. The institution is run by a despicable warden, Narayana, who siphons off the government grants, causing the children to fend for themselves in deplorable living conditions. They live huddled in a dingy room, wear soiled clothes, are served the most unhygienic food and are also forced to carry out physical chores by the warden's mistress.
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