The ‘effort’ to entertain feels visible to the audience rather than being seamless. It is flat outright and goes about the proceedings in a forced and laborious manner. Still, despite all the clarity, the first half of ABCD lacks the masala to engage the audience. It is reflected in the choices of casting and entertainment blocks. As many might be aware, ABCD is a remake, so it already has a set framework, and the director has to execute it fitting the Telugu sensibilities. In ABCD, much like everything else in the space, Sanjeev Reddy banks on the entertainment to pull off the predictable narrative. Films like these are a challenge to the makers as they need to engage the audience with a gripping screenplay and combination of various commercial elements that need to work in harmony to make the audience forget the routineness on display. Sanjeev Reddy, in his second directorial venture, jumps into a commercial space that is thin on story. So, he gets a pass doing what he does without going overboard.
The good thing is that the film doesn’t require much heavy-duty acting and is lighter in nature. He breezes through the proceedings without much effort doing his usual antics. Playing an American Born should have given him scope to develop a new body language separating it from the past offerings, even if it gets into a cliché mode, but also that effort is not made. What happens in India, and what changes it brings is what the movie is all about?Īllu Sirish is, well Allu Sirish like he has been in any other movie of his. He is sent to Hyderabad by his father to understand the meaning of life and discover himself. As the title suggests, Avi (Allu Sirish) is an American Born Confused Desi who has grown up in riches and knows no value of money or life.
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