Directed by Kambhampati Santosh, Boyfriend For Hire starring Viswant Duddumpudi and Malavika Satheesan as the lead pair had a theatrical release today. Let’s see how it fares.
Story: Arjun( Viswant Duddumpudi) who grows up avoiding girls in his life will be in a confusion in selecting his life partner. To find the best girl, Arjun makes a checklist and starts searching for his dream girl. In the process, he crosses paths with Divya( Malavika Satheesan) and falls for her at the first sight itself. Eventually, Arjun develops a relationship with Divya and started checking if she is his right partner or not. Is really Divya the right choice for Arjun? What is the concept of ‘Boyfriend For Hire’? How is it interconnected with the life of Arjun, forms crucial crux.
Performances: Viswant Duddumpudi shines yet another in the given youthful role. His performance as a guy searching for his soulmate adds weightage to all the key scenes.
New girl Malavika Satheesan is cute on-screen and her acting in the emotional scenes will elevate the mood of the film. Malavika’s chemistry with Viswant is showcased in an adorable way.
Noted artists such as Raja Ravindra, Harshavardhan, Madhusudan are okay with their performance in the given key roles. Pooja Ramachandran is okay with her cameo. Comedian Sudershan Reddy evokes decent fun during the climax portions with his dialogues.
Technicalities: The photography work by Bala Saraswathi is good as he tried to showcase the entire film on a colourful note. Editing by Lova Prasad Gandepalli is okay as he kept the film’s runtime within limits.
Noted music composer Gopi Sundar did justice to the film to an extent. While a few songs are audible on screen, his background score registers for a couple of scenes in the second half.
A few key dialogues in the second half are written nicely by Venu Madhav Peddi. Production values for this tight-budget film are fine.
Analysis: Director Santosh Kambhampati’s thought of making a youthful love drama is good and a few of his on-paper ideas are decent enough. Though the film is a typical boy meets girl kind of story, Santosh and writer Venu tried to explore a different angle in the love story and the duo should be appreciated for it.
On the flip side, the lack of proper conflict point and not so convincing ‘Boyfriend For Hire’ concept comes as demerits for the proceedings. To summerize, BFH is a regular youthful drama which has a few moments in the second half but overall fails to create any impression.
Verdict: Strictly for a few moments!
Rating: 2/5
