Uyyala Jampala Review

Behind the Movie Uyyala Jampala: None other than Nagarjuna and Anandi i.e Avika Gor are the reasons behind this small film ‘UJ’ getting this kind of huge attention in media circles. Special premiers of the film are arranged for media persons and we got the chance to watch the flick one day in early. Let us go into the review part.

In the Movie Uyyala Jampala: Story is set in a typical Konaseema village atmosphere where lives Bava Suri (Raj Tharun) and Maradalu Uma Devi (Avika Gor). From early childhood days, they have an unseen and unexpressed emotional attachment but still are quarrelsome every time. While Suri is practical and matured to lead the poor family with his widowed mother (Anita), Uma Devi is still into adolescence landing into unnecessary troubles to face the anger of her rich father (Ravi Varma). A practical joke played by Suri shores Uma Devi into infatuation with impish personality Parthu. Obviously, it is Suri who saves Uma and soon she realizes of being in love with Bava. As financial standards between two families become a hurdle, Suri traces childhood friend (Kireeti Damaraju) living in USA as right life partner for Uma Devi. What happened later on? When and how Suri changed his perception on Maradalu? 

Values of the Movie Uyyala Jampala: Plainly speaking, it’s the pure Konaseema village nativity and the accent used in film served advantageous. Dialogues written by Virinchi Varma were entertaining but during the crucial times, when emotional pitch has to rise above they fell flat. Story is wafer thin and treatment should have made a balance of entertainment and emotion with no dip in narration. Unarguably, there is a severe lag and unnecessary drag throughout. Sometimes, we feel of story moving no where. As a debutant director, Virinchi had a proper game plan to manage the show with refreshing new faces and got benefited to an extent. Three to four episodes were really well conceived while the rest clichéd. Songs composed by Sunny MR were melodious. Cinematography of Vishwa DB did not have much to explore or enjoy. Marthand K Venkatesh editing was also in commonplace. Sun Shine and Annapurna Productions played a very safe game with shoestring budget that had no grandeur. 

Performance wise, Avika Gor is neither gorgeous nor a complete performer. She is a mix of both averaged to pass. There was no lip sync maintained for her character in plenty of scenes. Though Avika had expressive face features, she was either hyper reactive or non reactive. Last half an hour, Avika did a good job. Raj Tharun has done well into a typical village folk role. His major advantage was timing of dialogues and was over dramatized in combination with Avika. Of the rest, Kireeti Damaraju of ‘Second Hand’ Subba Rao fame was decent. Anita Chowdary was okay and Punarnavi Bhupalam who played Sunita ignited good laughs. Among the rest, friend batch of Suri was humorous and the crook Parthu just spelled the dialogues by rote. The rest do not need any special mention. 

Out of the Movie Uyyala Jampala: Unlike the typical full length entertainers made in Konaseema backdrop, ‘Uyyala Jampala’ falls short in many aspects. The archetypal scrim and charming one-liners gratify the show to an extent. The project being made with a very low budget, the pace of execution and production values imbibed make ‘UJ’ resemble more of a TV serial and less of a movie. Complete first half was you or me kind a game of wits between Bava and Maradalu. Fun would have been more in these scenes which ran on a dry note. Second half, the real conflict is opened which was seen infinite times in big and small budgeted films. So, the challenge for Virinchi was to lead for a convincing climax and there too he failed miserably. How, why and when Suri realized the liking for Uma Devi wasn’t properly established. Definitely, climax would have been a lot better with something breaking a new ground. This is where and this is how a small budget clever film should differ from rest. 

If properly utilized, Avika Gor might find few of the sister or heroine characters something like Saranya Mohan of ‘Village Lo Vinayakudu’ fame. For this, Avika has to learn and understand Telugu to control the energy and expressions. Anyways, ‘UJ’ is one more film substantiated for its pure village set up and native treatment on a very low budget. For movie lovers who enjoy only non stop entertainment or complete action or transparent grandeur or perfection in technicalities, this is not your cup of tea. ‘UJ’ is a simple, routine romantic fare with few tenderly touching emotional elements. Finally, movie might cater to a section of urban public and for B, C class audience, it sounds prolonged and boring at times.

Cinejosh Verdict of Uyyala Jampala: Partly Unique and Partly Routine

                                        Cinejosh Rating: 2.75

                                                          Reviewed by Srivaas