Film;Gandhi Thata Chettu
Starring: Sukriti Veni Bundreddy-Ananda Chakrapani-Rag Mayur-Bhanu Prakash-Nehal Anand-Raghuram and others
Music: Re
Cinematography: Vishwa Devabattula-Sreejitha Cheruvupalli
Producers: Sabitha Sukumar,Ravishankar Yalamanchili-Naveen Yerneni-Sesha Sindhu Rao
Written-Directed by: Padmavathi Malladi
Release date;24/1/2025
Moviemanthra.com;Rating;3/5
one of the Tollywood’s top director’s Sukumars daughter is stepping into Tollywood. Sukriti Veni Bundreddy. The film in which Sukumar’s daughter played the lead role.. Gandhi’Thata Chettu Let’s see how much ‘Gandhi Tahta Chettu’ has impressed as a movie with good promos.
Story: Ramachandraiah (Ananda Chakrapani) from a village called Bandlur in Telangana has been a great admirer of Gandhiji since childhood. When Gandhi died, the sapling he planted with his father in their field as a memorial to him turned into a big tree and shaded the village. That tree is Ramachandraiah’s life. Out of admiration for Gandhi, Ramachandraiah also names his granddaughter Gandhi. She loves her grandfather very much. Always speaking the truth with the lessons taught by her grandfather.. Gandhi (Sukriti Veni), who was doing good deeds, seems to have a turmoil in her life. What was the reason for that turmoil.. What turn did her life and the future of her village take because of it?.. What Gandhi did next is the rest of the story.
Story-Analysis: Producer Ravi Shankar recently announced that many people liked the movie ‘Pushpa-2’.. but five percent of them did not like it.. He made the movie ‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’ for that category of audience. In fact, movies like ‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’ were made for everyone. They are also something that everyone should watch. Movies like this.. In these days when social media is filled with negativity, movies that say something good and make the audience think are rare. A movie in that category is Gandhi Tatha Chettu. This movie is about the love of two people for a tree.. and their struggle to save it. Hearing this concept.. what is so dramatic about it.. One wonders how a two-hour movie can be directed on such a point, but.. director Padmavati Malladi has managed to keep the audience on their toes with an interesting story. ‘Gandhi Thatha Chettu’ is a good choice for those who like movies that are a bit slow and realistic, like Tithi.. Mail.. Cinema Bandi.
The story of ‘Gandhi’s Grandfather’s Tree’ is not very new.. It doesn’t seem shocking. Farmers in a village are troubled by the fact that crops don’t ripen properly.. and even when they ripen, they don’t get the right price.. Investors who want to acquire land in the name of a factory show their hopes for money.. A heroine who fights against this and wins.. This is basically the story. But farmers.. investors.. struggle.. immediately brings to mind movies from decades ago. But this is not the type of revolutionary movies. Although the point is old.. director Padmavati has tried to deal with it in a slightly new.. fun.. natural way. Adults tell children to only tell the truth, but.. when those children start telling the truth again, it is the adults who shut them up. Since it is difficult to live in this society by only speaking the truth, children also adapt to the circumstances and get used to lying. But we see what it would be like if a girl, adhering to the ideals taught to her by her grandfather, spoke the truth.. and continued to do only good. In the role of Gandhi, played by Sukumar’s daughter Sukriti. She tells her friends to the teacher that they are cheating.. and gets hurt when they get beaten again.. and then asks for more beatings at the hands of those friends.. After seeing Gandhi’s character like this, we feel a desire for it. We connect with this character from the beginning and later travel with it.
There are two other characters in ‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’ that move the audience. One of them is the character of Ramachandraiah, who considers the tree as a friend and loves it very much. That character, who speaks and behaves without any drama, also connects well with the audience. Similarly, the tree voiced by Tanikella Bharani also connects with the audience like a character. If someone talks about a tree expressing its emotions, it feels dramatic, but… you don’t get that feeling when you watch the movie. There is no audience who is not moved when the tree expresses its pain when an axe is thrown at it. Although there are not many new scenes in the storylines… the scenes are interesting and lead the audience forward. The scene where Ramachandraiah’s character talks to the factory representative who has come to buy his land is a highlight of the movie. The dialogues in that scene also sound good. The move that Gandhi’s character makes to escape the wedding gaze is also interesting. The heroine’s simple way of solving the village problem using Gandhi’s ideals as weapons is impressive. The climax is heartwarming. However, in this movie, which is mostly realistic, the episode where the heroine surprises the villagers by making jaggery as an alternative to sugar seems a bit exaggerated. It is strange that the villagers who send sugarcane to the sugar factory do not know about jaggery production.. and do not recognize it as an alternative. The story is in the old style.. and the narration is a bit slow. The film has notable minuses. But there are many good movies that can ignore these disadvantages.
Technical Category: The technical aspects of ‘Gandhi Thatha Chettu’ were well done. The music.. Vishwa Devabathula-Sreejitha Cheruvupalli’s cinematography is in the style of indie films.. have become the attraction of the film. The film team has made a simple film in a village without spending much. The producers who supported such a story are commendable. Padmavati Malladi has shown her talent as a writer.. as a director. Her passion to bring such a story to the silver screen these days is to be praised. Padmavati has presented a good story with meaningful characters.. with good dialogues.. in a heartwarming and interesting way.
Finally: Gandhi Thatha Chettu.. is a good movie
