Anushka, Naveen Shine in Trendy Comic-caper Revolving Around Bold Theme
Cast: Anuskha Shetty, Naveen Polishetty, Murali Sharma, Tulasi and Nasser
Direction: Mahesh Babu P
Rating: 3 stars
Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty Plot
The film iss a story of star chef (Anushka), who lives in the UK and spends all her time dishing out delicious recipes which are loved by people. Unfortunately, she is not able to take time out to be with her ailing mother (Jayasudha), whose days are numbered. She also rejects marriage proposals sent by her mom since she is happy being single and doesn’t want to suffer like a mother.
On her mother's request, she arrives in their home town in India. But she loses her mother and gets lonely. With the support of her friend, she sets out to find the right youngster to help her conceive as she believes that her child could be her companion for life. Will she find the person she is looking for? Will she be able to achieve her mission forms the crux of the story in Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty.
Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty Review/Analysis:
Amidst cliched love stories in Tollywood, here comes a trendy and matured love theme—“Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty"—like a breath of fresh air for the audience who have had enough of routine stuff.
Anushka Shetty deserves a pat for portraying a bold role, almost for the first time in her chequered career, where she breaks the societal norms and looks for an eligible bachelor to conceive through ‘artificial insemination’ without any strings attached. She puts in a restrained performance as a star chef, who doesn’t trust the institution of marriage, after seeing her mother (Jayasudha) suffer post separation from her spouse. Similarly, Naveen Polishetty, surely a bundle of talent, delivers another spirited performance as a standup comedian who falls in love with Anushka, when she okays him for her ‘mission’, but gets emotionally connected to the process and is later disappointed when she makes it an emotion-free relationship.
“I belong to the use and throw zone and not lover or bro zone,” he claims in the film sarcastically, summing up his character. Young director Mahesh Babu certainly deserves a thunderous round of applause for beautifully blending a bold theme with loads of humour to convey his point that independent women can make their choices through advanced science without feeling guilty.
Performances
Anushka, who did powerful larger-than-life roles in films like "Arundhati" and "Bhagamathie", returning with a bold role is a wonderful move. The actress proved that she is game for variety by showcasing her versatility in a trendy role, which shows her as being unconventional.
Naveen Polishetty, who rocked the screens with his comic timing in ‘Jathiratnalu again showcases his excellent flair for comedy and his satires on love, marriage and middle class couple's love moments leaves the audience in splits. Senior actors like Murali Sharma, Tulasi and Nasser pull off their roles effortlessly.
Remember the Bollywood blockbuster ‘Vicky Donor’ where the importance of sperm donors was narrated humorously without diluting its seriousness? Well, now, it is the turn of young director Mahesh Babu to pick a similar subject, but blend a beautiful tale around it and deliver a heart-warming love story between a youngster and older woman with dignity and respect. It appears, new Telugu directors are surely thinking different and are not afraid to experiment with bold themes.
