Addressing the issues related to male pattern baldness, this Telugu film is made with good intentions and works in parts
When something seems horribly bad, we lose so much sleep over it that we fail to see the brighter things in life. Society can largely be blamed for how it expects everyone to conform to certain norms, but do we have it within ourselves to rise above it? Nootokka Jillala Andagadu, written by Srinivas Avasarala, is the story of a man who comes down with male pattern baldness. There’s a lot of humour, some of it works and some of it fails, at the end of which the protagonist has to find it to believe in himself and take on the world.
GSN aka Suri (Srinivas Avasarala) works in a real estate firm, has a loving mother (Rohini) and belongs to a middle class family. The one thing that drives him up the wall is his baldness, which he blames on his genes and helpfully says that in Telugu, it turns into karma!
- Nootokka Jillala Andagadu
- Cast: Srinivas Avasarala, Ruhani Sharma
- Direction: Rachakonda Vidyasagar
- Music: Shaktikanta Karthik
hindi movies of 2019 Bala And Udja Chaman Men’s baldness also spoke of prejudice about fat shaming and dark skin. In pre-release interviews, Avasarala stated that Nutka… It was conceptualized before these films hit the headlines, but the project took time to take shape.
For Nutokka…, Avarsala transmits his sense of humour, love for old music and cinema, in an attempt to make GSN a good-natured person whose smile hides his inner struggles. The wig becomes GSN’s second skin. He never wears a helmet because he cannot afford to take it off without disturbing his fully set prosthesis. He wears a hat at home, even when he falls asleep. The only place where GSN is at peace is when he is singing SP Balasubramaniam hits in the shower.
Some of the segments are hilarious – the brilliance with which a bald man hides under a wig, he can look his otherworldly in the crowd, how the artificial mane requires grooming sessions, and how Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi K. A spin-off of the iconic exchange of words between Kapoor Wall. Some humor falls flat, like ‘pun on’Pie’ (top) to describe the floor girl’pains (best) ammayi.
The story is simple. GSN falls in love with his new colleague (Ruhani Sharma), a level-headed woman who inspires him to see things for what they are. So we get a film where GSN’s rivalry in front of him doesn’t climax. Self respect is the biggest battle to be won.
When the easy humor dries up, we find some old segments of GSN trying to hide the truth from an irritable childhood friend.
Avasarala and Ruhani play their parts effectively and Rohini once again shows that she can make a difference in an important scene.
Nutokka… have good intentions and handle issues with sensitivity. But it does not have the spark with which Avasarla wrote Oohlu Gusagusalde And Joe Atchutananda.
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