Laggam Movie Review: In recent times, the stories of small films have been running towards rural areas. No matter what the content, those stories are getting a good reception. The film that was made like that is 'Laggam'. Sai Ronak - Pragya Nagra played the main roles in this film, directed by Ramesh Chepala. The film hit theaters on October 25th and has been streaming on 'Aha' since yesterday.
Story:
Chaitanya (Sai Ronak) works as a software engineer in Hyderabad. His parents live in 'Janagaram'. There they look after their 40-acre farm. Chaitanya's uncle Sadanand (Rajendra Prasad) and his daughter Manasa (Pragya) live in 'Chintamadaka' next door. Once Sadanand, who came to Hyderabad on a small job, meets Chaitanya there.
That's when he sees the lifestyle of software employees up close. His dissatisfaction with village life and agriculture increases even more. A software job means working only five days a week, salaries in lakhs, promotions, and opportunities to travel abroad. He wants to marry his daughter Manasa to Chaitanya when he learns about this. He tells his younger sister Suguna (Rohini) what is on his mind. When she also accepts, he becomes delighted.
Manasa loses her mother when she is young. She is always happy with her mother and father. Manasa does not like anyone to pity her for not having a mother. She thinks that her maternal uncles have been showing such pity since her childhood. She thinks that they want to make her a daughter-in-law because of such pity. Unable to disobey her father, she agrees to the marriage. With that, the arrangements for the wedding are made in a hurry.
As the wedding approaches, Chaitanya quits his job and comes home. He tells his parents that he has decided to stay in his village and do farming. They happily agree to it. When he learns that Chaitanya has quit his job, Sadananda becomes furious. He immediately decides to stop the marriage. What will he do for that? What consequences will it lead to? That is the rest of the story.
Analysis:
Many people who work in rural areas are dissatisfied with their work. They are impatient that no matter how much they work in the sun, there is not much left. The city seems like a luxurious city to them. They think that software engineers are very comfortable working only five days a week. Whenever they see such people living in AC rooms, they are eager to give birth to children.
The situation of young people from rural areas who come to the city and do software jobs is different. They think that it is necessary to be away from their comfortable village and suffer from extreme tension. They feel aggrieved that they have to sacrifice themselves for the sake of their parents' wealth. In the end, they are not even lucky enough to see them in the last moments.
The director has touched on this same subject in this story. He has tried to dispel the misconceptions of some fathers of girls that if they give their children to farmers, their children will struggle, and if they give them to software, they will be happy. Also, the way he mentions the parents' attitude of wanting to send them abroad for the greatest of the four, even if they are not available to them, is emotionally connected.
Actors Performance:
Sai Ronak - Pragya both impressed in their roles. Rajendra Prasad played the role of a father of a girl. Rajendra Prasad's performance in the song Appagintalu especially brings tears to my eyes. His younger sister Rohini's performance is also impressive. LB Sriram's performance in the role of Ramayya, who brags about his son being abroad and is lonely, is thought-provoking.
Bal Reddy has shown his camera skills in covering the locations in the rural setting. Mani Sharma's background music .. Charan Arjun's songs are okay. This is a story that everyone knows. However, the way the director has introduced his own style and connected emotions will appeal to the family audience. It scores marks as a good film made on a small budget.
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