‘Gangaputrulu’ is the second in trilogy by director Sunil Kumar Reddy. In his first film ‘Sontha Vooru’, he concentrated on the elimination of villages under the pretext of development. This time around, he is entering another neglected field of human activity – fishing in high seas. He explains how the avaricious corporate fraternity exploits natural wealth of fishes and how it mints money through mechanized fishing, scuttling the lives of poor fisherman and throwing their peace of mind to the bottom of the sea.In the first film, the director employed the artistic attributes of seasoned actors. In this film, raw talents with new faces are given opportunities to act. Some actors are from fisherman community itself. Even though, there is freshness in acting, in some other cases, expressing human sentiments before a camera has been a monumental task for some of them. For the leading pair, this is a maiden venture.
Whatever may be, the content and the style of the movie amends for some of the negative aspects and shortfalls. It transports the audience to the long coastline of Andhra Pradesh and displays the lives of the fisher folk living with their pains and pleasures. The moviegoers, in anticipation of a good narration, get what they want. The director has taken special care not to mix the earlier film with the present one.
Some critics may say that it is an art movie meant for film festivals. But, this film possesses all the ingredients of a commercial venture-with songs, dance and music interspersed with human sentiments-love, desire and anxiety. For fishermen, ownership of a boat is the ultimate ambition to earn respect among women and the members of community. Their life is filled with pride, pang, destiny and dilemma.
The entire film is shot along the sandy shores of Visakhapatnam. It looks long and impressive. These fisherfolks are leading their life with whatever tiny catches they get from the sea – sometimes sufficient some times short of filling their stomach. Their agonies are mounting towards a pinnacle due to the vagaries of weather and are further complicated by the monetary lust of the moneyed conglomerates.
What makes an impact on the hearts of the viewers is that the fishermen are not ready to part with the blue waves and are ready to live and die by the shores where they were brought up from the childhood days. The film is germane for critical acclamation due to its dialogues, lyrics, script, dance, music and photography. It is a must-see film for those who value standard subjects.
Cast & Crew:
Banner: KBR Productions & Sravya Films
Cast: Subbaraju, Gayatri, L B Sriram, Rao Ramesh,Kallu Chidambaram,Tanmayi, Ramki, Mahesh and others
Direction: Sunil Kumar Reddy
Production: Y Ravindrababu & Kishori Basireddy
Music: Praveen Kumar
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