Something Something (2013 film)
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Directed by | Sundar C. |
Written by | Sundar C. |
Produced by | Subrahmanyam B. Suresh S. |
Starring | Siddharth Hansika Motwani Brahmanandam |
Cinematography | Gopi Amarnath |
Edited by | Praveen K. L. N. B. Srikanth |
Music by | C. Sathya |
Distributed by | Lakshmi Ganapathi films |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Something Something is a 2013 Telugu romantic comedy film directed by Sundar C. which stars Siddharth, Hansika Motwani and Brahmanandam in the lead roles and Rana Daggubati and Samantha Ruth Prabhu together in cameo appearances. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil language as Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru with Santhanam replacing Brahmanandam in the Tamil version.[1] Music is composed by C. Sathya and Gopi Amarnath handled the Cinematography while award winning duo Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth were the editors for the film. The film, along with the Tamil version, released on 14 June 2013 worldwide.
Plot
Kumar Giri (Siddharth) is a software engineer who lives with his three elder sisters and their families. All of the marriages in his family have been love marriages for generations but he always has trouble with girls. He becomes shy and reserved when he has to talk with women and maintains a low profile in his work place. One day, Sanjana (Hansika Motwani) joins his office and he becomes infatuated with her but can't express his feelings. At that time he gets introduced to Premji (Brahmanandam), who earns his living by helping people to woo women. Kumar starts to take advises from Premji by paying large amounts of money.
Premji helps Kumar to get himself a makeover and gives him tips to flirt with girls. Kumar becomes more confident while dealing with women and tries to get closer to Sanjana. On Premji's advise, he spreads the rumor of Sanjana seeing her project manager George (Ganesh Venkatraman) and Sanjana gets infuriated over the rumor and stops spending time with George. But George asks her to be his girlfriend before everyone on her birthday party and she accepts, leaving Kumar heartbroken.
Premji then intervenes and helps Kumar to spread rumors on George's playboy character. After some drama, Sanjana decides to break up with George and tells him that. Kumar approaches her while she was coming back and tells her that George changed his facebook status to single which was so quick according to Sanjana. She gets infuriated and starts spending time with Kumar. Kumar utilizes that time to impress Sanjana with the help of Premji. He tells Kumar to directly ask her father for her hand in marriage to impress them and his father agrees. Sanjana gets impressed with his sincerity and they start dating.
But one day Premji sees them in a temple and recognizes her as his elder sister's daughter and gets shocked. He tries to break them up and fails in every attempt. Finally he understands that though Kumar took his help to impress her, he sincerely loves her and would be a suitable husband for his niece. Sanjana comes to know that they have played tricks on her and not only rejects to marry Kumar but wants to go to Tokyo to maintain some distance. Premji and Kumar play their last trick of accident and stops her. They both reconcile and Sanjana decides to stay in Hyderabad and marry Kumar. She overhears their conversation regarding accident setup but laughs heartily at their tricks to impress her.
Cast
- Siddharth as Kumar Giri
- Hansika Motwani as Sanjana
- Brahmanandam as Premji
- Ganesh Venkatraman as George
- Rana Daggubati (cameo)
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu (cameo)
- Kushboo (cameo)
- Venu Madhav
Production
The film was launched on 21 March 2013 in Hyderabad. This film is Sundar C.'s first straight Telugu film.[2] This film is also the second Telugu film for the pair Siddharth and Hansika Motwani after their critically and commercially successful 2011 film Oh My Friend. Brahmanandam, who shared screen with Siddharth for the last time in Anaganaga O Dheerudu, acted in this film as a Love Guru, which was played by Santhanam in the Tamil version.[3] Siddharth's off-screen close friends Rana Daggubati and Samantha were roped for cameo appearances together in both the versions.[4] The film was cleared by the Censor Board with a U/A Certificate and was released on 14 June 2013 worldwide.[5]
Reception
The film received mixed to positive reviews. 123telugu.com gave a review of 3/5 stating "Something Something has a very good first half and below par second half. Siddharth and Brahmanandam keep the film alive with their entertaining sequences. Poor music and a predictable storyline are liabilities. The movie ends up being just a decent romantic comedy."[6] idlebrain.com gave a review of rating 3/5 stating "Something Something is a romantic comedy that features Brahmanandam in a full length character. It is one of those films in which the character suits Siddharth very well. The scenes and thread featuring Brahmanandam is the lifeline of the movie. On a whole, Something Something works because of Brahmanandam."[7] Oneindia Entertainment gave a review stating "Expect a simple love story and loads of comedy. Woohoo Brahmi!!"[8] APHerald.com gave a review of rating 2.75/5 stating "Don't expect an intense love story or complete fun ride from starting frame to end in Something Something. But one thing is sure there will be entertaining comedy episodes between Brahmi-Sidd and for sure you will laugh every time Brahmi is on screen. Credit for fresh funny lines which appeals to today's audiences goes to Sundar C and Brahmi's perfect execution made Something Something movie to get above two rating."[9]
References
- ^ "Rana and Samantha in Something Something?". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Siddharth - Hansika Motwani's Something Something press meet". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ "A new guide to falling in love". postnoon.com. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Siddharth thanks Rana and Samantha". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "'Something Something' scheduled for June 14th release". SuperGoodMovies. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Review : Something Something – Decent Romcom". 123telugu.com. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Something Something review". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Something Something - Movie Review". Oneindia Entertainment. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Something Something Telugu Movie Review, Rating". APHerald.com. Retrieved 14 June 2013.