Krishna Vrinda Vihari review: Naga Shaurya and Raadhika Sarathkumar entertain in this average rom-com

Promising actor Naga Shaurya is back to his favourite genre: Romantic entertainer. His latest film Krishna Vrinda Vihari, directed by Anish R Krishna, is out in the theatres on Friday, 23 September. It has Raadhika Sarathkumar in a key role. Here’s our review:

The story revolves around a traditional Brahmin guy named Krishna (Naga Shaurya) who falls for his colleague Vrinda (Shirley Setia). He manages to impress her and also proposes to marry her.

But there’s a twist in the tale. The rest of the drama is all about how they take their relationship to the next phase by seeking the approval from their families, and the situations they face after their marriage.

Naga Shaurya steals the show as a traditional Brahmin man, performing his role with ease. Shirley Setia is appreciable. Kollywood actor Amitash Pradhan is just about okay in the manager’s character.

Senior actor Radhika Sharathkumar, as a traditional Brahmin mother, is impressive. She perfectly fits in the role. The rest of the artists, including Brahmaji, Rahul Ramakrishna, Vennela Kishore and Satya performed well.

Flat screenplay & unengaging first half

Coming to technical aspects, Krishna Vrinda Vihari certainly has some high moments and draws the audience in. Director Anish R Krishna has dealt with a few of the scenes well.  But he would have concentrated more on writing, as the movie lacks emotion and logic at times, mainly in the first half.

The music by Mahathi Swara Sagar is just about average and only two songs are any good. Sai Sriram’s cinematography is decent and Tammiraju’s editing is okay.

Typical orthodox family disputes between the hero’s mother and her daughter-in-law provide some passable fun. The second half has some good emotional scenes and would engage the family audience.

The interval twist is good and adds to the excitement. A couple of comedy tracks are handled well by the director in the post-interval drama.

However, the screenplay is flat and dilutes the audience’s interest, especially in the unengaging first half. Even some of the scenes in the second half are not so interesting; particularly, the “realisation” scenes, with the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law seeming rushed and lacking emotion.

The lag in the first half is a major minus point for the movie as both the direction and screenplay lack charm.

Although Krishna Vrinda Vihari offers a fresh story and good emotions blended with some humour in the second half, the poor first half and the lag make it just an average watch for this weekend.