GHS - Visual feast for Cricket loving Kids

Cast: Sumanth, Swathi, Tanikella Bharani, Subbaraju, Shafi, Hema, Sivannarayana, Ravi, Jhansi and others

Music: Kalyan Malik

Story, Screenplay, Direction: Indraganti Mohana Krishna

Sumanth has been trying hard to score a hit and now he arrives with a different treat after a long time. Let us see how it goes this time.

Story: 

Swathi in GHS

Set on the backdrop of cricket, the story begins with the Golconda High School which housed the best cricket team about fifteen years ago.

Now, the situation changes and principal Viswanatham (Tanikella) has a big problem. Board’s Trustee Kireeet (Subbaraju) comes up with a proposal of turning the playground into a coaching center there to make money.

Viswanatham decides to call Sampath (Sumanth), an ex-student and also a star cricketer during his school. He is given the task of coaching the current cricket team and ensure that they win the inter-school championship. If that happens, then Kireeth agrees to resign from his post. The challenge takes place between Sampath and Kireeti.

Who wins this challenge? What happens to Golconda High School forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Sumanth & Swathi in GHS

Sumanth has come up with a decent act and as always, he suits best for such roles. If he can choose such scripts, he can create a brand of his own instead of trying for commercial flicks.

Swathi looks starved. Though her eyes and dialogue delivery are attractive, it is her thin reed figure which is a put off. The good side is her performance but the role offered is not of her caliber.

Tanikella Bharani was elegant and showed the right kind of maturity. Subbaraju was contained and did his bit as required. Shafi was competent and gives few funny moments. Hema, Sivannarayana, Manimala, Jhansi etc do their bit as required and add value.

The actual heroes were the boys who performed without a hiccup and showed their mettle on the cricket field as well. Their chemistry worked well with each other and this gave life to the film.

Wonders:

•    Performances of young chaps
•    Best Dialogue: “salahaalu ivvadaaniki desamanthaa ready..kaani sariggaa aadadaaniki 11 mandi dorakadam ledu”

Blunders:

•     No sufficient humor
•     Highly predictable ending

Analysis:

This is a film which comes across as a novel theme and it will connect with those who love the game of cricket and those who believe in an overall development of their children.

The basic story is taken from Hari Mohan Paruvu’s novel ‘The Men Within’. It is an interesting novel about how a coach trains a pack of disoriented students (each student has different problems in their lives) and makes them into a winning unit.



Bottom-line:

Idea is good…. Not a commercial movie.