

The title seems to be about an innocuous hint at a rom-com: Love Story.

It’s a meta-narrative about the film from the titles and all the way to the climax of the film. Do they succeed? What are the obstacles in their way? Does the fact that they are from the same village hamper their journey or help them?īut the story is so much more because it wants you to think that things are as simple as they seem. And when she doesn’t value her own dancing skills, Revanth convinces her to join hands with him. The second is Mounika (Sai Pallavi) who wants to break free from the orthodoxies of her home and join the IT boom and become a financially independent woman. He is struggling to make ends meet in the city. The first is Revanth (Naga Chaitanya) who is an undereducated young man who has entrepreneurial dreams of opening a dance and fitness studio.

Shekhar Kammula narrates the story of two people.

The film begins on a simpler note because it wants to lure us in. So, can love prosper here? What dangerous waters do lovers have to swim to realise their love? And what bridges do they have to burn and build for love to thrive? This love story is between people who are from two different religions and social positions, and the only thing binding them is love. Love Story is set in Hyderabad whose most famous love story is that of Quli Qutub Shah who swam across a river during flood times to save the love of his life, Bhagmati. If the film would have had its way, maybe it would want me to thank both Goddess Lakshmi and Jesus. And in twelve hours my prayers were answered. There were brave attempts and good films and a few bad ones but nothing that was great. The night before watching this film I was complaining to friends about how I hadn’t watched a ‘great’ Telugu film in a while.
