Somberi
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Directed by | Jonnavithula |
Written by | Jonnavithula |
Produced by | Yerramilli Venkat Rao |
Starring | Ali Ruksha |
Cinematography | M. V. Raghu |
Edited by | G. G. Krishna Rao |
Music by | Mano |
Production company | Raosan Films |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Somberi (transl. Lazy guy) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed, written by poet Jonnavithula. Ali plays the lead role while Ruksha, Tanikella Bharani, M. S. Narayana, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam play other roles.
Plot
[edit]Sombabu (Ali), the only son of well-to-do farmers, is a pampered guy and a wastrel. His laziness is the talk of the town; though, as is usual with this kind of movies, the village folk are equally eloquent about his good nature.
Being a lout, Sombabu wastes his days roaming around the village with his four stooges, swindling foreigners in the guise of a tourist guide, and consuming liquor in buckets. On one such day, he chances upon Rohini (Ruksha), who has come to the village to do a project on the temple. He promptly falls in love with her, but dallies about proposing.
Meanwhile, a team of three villains (Jeeva, Jayaprakash Reddy, A.V.S. Subramanyam) covet the land belonging to Sombabu's parents. They hatch a plan to get Sombabu out of the way, the upshot of it being that our hero is imprisoned for stealing idols. The movie continues its meandering and mind-numbing path, and ends on an expected note.
Cast
[edit]- Ali as Sombabu
- Ruksha as Rohini
- Tanikella Bharani as Kavi
- Paruchuri Gopala Krishna
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
- M. S. Narayana
- AVS
- Jayaprakash Reddy
- Jeeva
- Banerjee
- Gundu Sudharshan
- Siva Reddy as Siva
- Duvvasi Mohan
- Srinivasa Reddy
- Gautam Raju
- Babloo
- Potti Rambabu
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao
- Ananth
- Jr. Relangi
- Jenny
- KRJ Sharma
- A. V. R. L Narasimha Rao
Reception
[edit]A critic from The Hindu wrote that "One can give this film a miss".[1] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Unless you are as jobless as the hero of this movie is, do not venture to watch this one".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Run a mile from this Somberi Film review". The Hindu. 7 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
- ^ Krishna KBS. "Somberi Review". Full Hyderabad.