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Home > Telugu Movie Reviews > Oka Voorilo
Cast: Tarun, Saloni, Raja, Sunil, Chandra Mohan, Ramaraju, Yamuna, Ali, Brahmanandam and Others.
Dialogue: Vardineedi Suresh Babu.
Photography: Arjun Jana.
Music: Devi Sri Prasad.
Story, Screenplay & Direction: Ramesh Varma.
Producer: Chanti Addala.
Banner: Friendly Movies.
 This film is supposed to resurrect the sagging image of Tarun. But it does not. He is clubbed with
Raja in the lead with Saloni playing Tarun's lover.
But as the narration enters the second half, we find
Raja slowly gaining upper hand in thematic importance
and finally emerges as the real hero of the subject.
Tarun is reduced to the role of a lover of no
consequence, except that he remains faithful till he
is there on the screen. Therefore, the subject looks
a bit routine in presenting the familiar scenes of
love and elope, following the resistance they find in
their houses, for their marriage. They are simply
college students, perhaps studying in degree class.
They are in a hurry to love and marry.
But their story commences from their childhood.
While the families of Seenu and Ravi are residents of
a village on the banks of Godavari, Lalitha comes
there with her father (Chandra Mohan), posted as a teacher in that village. Seenu, Ravi and Lalitha
become close friends. But Ravi has to leave them as
his father (Naresh) and mother are leaving for
Hyderabad.
 Seenu and Lalitha fall in love in the college life. But back at Seenu's home, his father has already planned to get Seenu married to his sister's daughter, living abroad. Unable to bear the pressure brought in him by his father, Seenu convinces Lalitha that eloping is the only solution left for them, which they implement. They reach Hyderabad for survival. The money Seenu brought from his house is looted by a queer character of an auto rickshaw driver (Ali). But Seenu is lucky enough to find his childhood friend Ravi (Raja) there. The latter takes the lovers to his home and everything starts going well. But Seenu gets vexed with this kind of life and wants to return home. But Lalitha has other options. Seenu gets a job in a Courier Company. One day he leaves the place stating he was going on a tour to Visakhapatnam. His whereabouts are not known since then. On enquiry Seenu's parents tell that he left for USA and would study there and get married. But what actually happens is a different story, which is the key point for running the rest of the drama with a bit of suspense. But Ravi breaks his silence and reveals that Seenu died in an accident leaving Lalitha to his care.
Raja's role of Ravi comes on to the screen in the second part of the drama. In contrast Seenu’s characterization and personality are put in low key showing him as a kind of vagabond and sluggish person. Raja’s role is developed as a responsible young man who can rise to any occasion, especially when it is the question of helping his friends. He performs with ease and dignity. Saloni playing Seenu's lover is also given importance compared to that of Tarun. Though she is not glamorous, she is quite at ease in acting. Music and other technical features are average.
- ASLESHA
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