Kavya's Dairy - Movie Review

Film: Kavya's Dairy
Cast: Charmee, Manjula, Shashank, Indrajit, Satyam Rajesh, Archana and others
Dialogues: Vakkantam Vamsy
Music: Manu Rameshan
Produced by: Sanjay Swarup
Banner: Indira Creations
Screenplay and directed by: Karuna Prakash

What's it about

A happy family, with a husband, wife and kids, invite a stranger to their home and in no time, they get close. However, things begin to take a serious turn soon. There is a lot of tension, sadness and death, later. Why all this happens forms the essence.

Raj and Pooja (Indrajith and Manjula) is one happy couple totally in love with each other and they have two lovely kids too. The family moves into their new home and start living happily and things change when one of the kids is saved from an accident by Kavya (Charmee). Pooja is thankful to Kavya and since they need a nanny, Pooja asks Kavya to stay over. Soon, both of them become close friends and Kavya gets close to the kids too. Meanwhile, Abhi (shashank), Raj’s brother who falls in love with Kavya at first sight and though she turns him down he does not give up. Finally, Kavya agrees but then the story takes a turn when Abhi gets killed in a hit and run accident. Since then, problems begin for Pooja and Raj leading to frustration and more pain. What happens after that forms the rest of the story.

Performances

Indrajith has given a neat performance while Manjula could have been better in the intense scenes. Shashank’s role was quite brief and there is not much scope for performance but he has done justice to the role. Satyam Rajesh comes up with some good comedy. The scene stealer, of course, is Charmee who has come up with a gripping performance once again and she looked quite sensuous too. The director has come up with a plot that could have given some shock points to the viewers but then his narrative is not that strong. He should have focused on providing some more twists before revealing the entire plot. The dialogues are okay, the script was alright, the screenplay was apt, and the songs were well taken with good music. But the background score proved to be a hindrance at few places. Cinematography was top notch. Editing could have been better. The costumes and the art department did a neat job.

Bottom-line

The film seems to be inspired by Hollywood flick, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992). Enough excitement could have been generated by increasing the pace of the film. The technical aspects of the film have been high and the quality of presentation is good but the content part is weak and not conceived with the right punch.