P.Vasu's first release was in 1981, in a couple of
years he'd be completing 40 years as a director.
The director's from that era may fail
today's audience in their execution
but are usually good with the storyline and with
that confidence I decided to watch this film.
Little did I know that the storyline
would also be from "that era".
Hi! I'm Kairam Vaashi and today's
film is P.Vasu's Ayushman Bhava.
A big family, a bungalow,
many rooms of which one seems haunted,
an outhouse, screams in the night, a mentally
disturbed girl and a doctor to help her...
Wait before you blame me for "spoiling" it.
What I narrated sounded like
Aaptamitra, right, this is no different.
I mean, afterall, its the same combo here
as well - Dwarakish, Gurukiran and P.Vasu.
This was promoted as a film that showcases
the beauty and value of big-joint-families.
However, it seems like nobody in the crew thought about why
in such a "family subject" are double-meaning dialogues,
"item song", meaningless fights,
badly CG'ed butterflies, snake and tiger.
A very different idea has been executed in this film.
There should be comedy scenes but the
audience in the theatre shouldn't laugh.
Guess what, they have been successful in pulling that off.
Song after song, perhaps to remind us
that this is Gurukiran's 100th film,
unfortunately, all the celebrations
seem to have ended with Aaptamitra.
With so many senior actors, it's a shame that the acting
is sub-junior, but the actors alone are not be blamed.
A lot of adjectives are used for Shivarajkumar
at different points in the film.
So, looks like they decided to make "Aaptamitra
2" under the name of "Ayushman Bhava"
and what we are given is "Aaptamitra 1/2".
If all that you care about is a film title
starting with "a", then you should...
