Nikhil Siddhartha and Anupama Parameswaran within the Telugu movie ‘18 Pages’, written by Sukumar
18 Pages, written by well-known director Sukumar and helmed by Palnati Surya Pratap, narrates a romance drama with a touch of thriller by which two characters fall in love with out having met. The movie brings collectively Nikhil Siddhartha and Anupama Parameswaran after Karthikeya 2 and locations them in a up to date however nostalgia-laced arrange.
Siddharth (Nikhil) is a cell phone addict and an app developer who goes by way of a heartbreak early on. The hasty and sketchy portrayal of that romance, breakup and his subsequent shedding tears on the Durgam Cheruvu cable bridge and just about in all places in Hyderabad barely strikes us. It is by design. It is the author’s and director’s means of telling us that he hasn’t but discovered real love.
Before the precise story begins, we meet a bunch of characters whose journeys and actions could have a bearing on the romance that is going to unfold. Siddharth or Siddhu’s bond together with his dad and mom is strained and his anger stems from how he thinks they haven’t understood the plight of his grandfather. His outburst to his father drives residence a degree however does he pause to suppose if he has had the time for his grandfather? Not fairly.
18 Pages
Cast: Nikhil Siddhartha, Anupama Parameswaran
Direction: Palnati Surya Pratap
Music: Gopi Sundar
Siddhu’s trusted buddy and sounding board is his colleague Baghi (Sarayu Roy), who appears to be probably the most pragmatic character within the movie. The tough edges in Siddhu’s persona undergo a change when he finds a two-year-old diary of Nandini (Anupama). The 18 pages of her diary introduce him to a diametrically reverse persona. She is a quintessential, the truth is, a tad cliched, illustration of a easy, harmless younger girl who thinks and does good to everybody who crosses her path. Mainstream cinema has had a number of characters like her. To an extent, it is Sukumar’s writing that stops her from being boring. Anupama, nonetheless, is charming in her portrayal and retains us invested. Nikhil’s earnestness and Gopi Sundar’s music additionally work for the movie.
Unlike Siddhu, Nandini by no means makes use of a cell phone and believes in human interplay. While somebody on a prepare takes a selfie to doc the golden dawn, she believes in dwelling the second and submitting it away in her reminiscence with out the distraction of a telephone. You get the drift. We get a collection of incidents to point out how she transforms the lives of these round her. An equal variety of sequences showcase what occurs when Siddhu applies a few of Nandini’s rules in his life. The means he lands a venture regardless of lacking a gathering as a result of he stops utilizing Google maps is incredulous. The story calls for that we droop disbelief and give in to Siddhu and Nandini’s concept of taking a look at life with minimal use of expertise.
We get a way of Siddhu’s rising curiosity in Nandini and falling for her hopelessly by way of his enjoyable exchanges with Baghi. The palpable pressure on this one-sided romance is conveyed superbly and we’re curious to know what occurred to Nandini.
The story transitions from a easy romance to a thriller when Siddhu and Baghi attempt to unravel the reality about Nandini. As they dig deep, a number of questions stay unanswered. The backstory of her household and the whereabouts of her mates in Hyderabad, as an illustration, are on shaky floor. Siddhu’s transformation right into a messiah of types is additionally unconvincing. Unless he broke a financial institution or offered his share of the property, it is powerful to purchase the speculation that he may achieve this a lot by means of charity.
Nevertheless, the closing moments to this love story resurrect the movie.