Casting : Shriya Saran, Sharman Joshi, Prakashraj, Ozu Barua, Suhasini Mulay, Mona Ambegaonkar, Benjamin Gilani, Gracy Goswami, Shaan
Directed By : Papa Rao Biyyala
Music By : Ilaiyaraaja
Produced By : Papa Rao Biyyala
Shreya takes a job as a music teacher in a school in Hyderabad and starts a music school with Sharman Joshi, a drama teacher in the same school. Shreya and Sharman Joshi take the students to Goa for training and decide to stage a play called ‘Sound of Music’ along with training them in music and drama.
Just as everyone is returning to Hyderabad after completing their training in Goa, Commissioner Prakashraj’s daughter goes missing. When Prakash Raj comes to know about this, he goes in search of his daughter and arrests Shreya and Sarman Joshi by stopping the play in Hyderabad. Got the magic girl?, or not? Shreya – Sharman Joshi’s play on stage? Isn’t it? That is the rest of the story of the film.
Shreya, who plays the heroine of the story, impresses by playing the role of a music teacher and dancing along with the students.
Sarman Joshi, who plays a drama teacher, does not have a big job but does justice to his character with a decent performance.
Popular playback singer and musician Shaan, who is in love with Shreya one-sidedly, but there are some scenes where he expresses his love to Shreya and bids farewell in disappointment.
Prakashraj’s seasoned performance as the Hyderabad Commissioner and strict father has carried the film along.
Acting as students of a music school, the youngsters and youngsters are amazing in acting and dancing without any hesitation.
Leela Samson, Vinay Varma, Srikanth Iyengar, Mangala Bhatt, Suhasini Mule, Benjamin Gilani, Crazy Goswami, all the actors and actresses in the film have done justice to their characters.
Cinematographer Kiran Diohanns has shot the scenes in a flashy and grand manner. Goa’s scenery and all areas like music school and student residence are displayed like an album to enjoy.
All the songs in Ilayaraja’s music are listenable. Ilayaraja, who has dabbled in western music, has given a completely different music and has added great strength to the film through music.
Written and directed by Papa Rao Biyala, the scenes have been shot to suit the title of the film and even the dialogues have been given as songs, although it is a bit over the top, but it is also a different attempt in a way.
Although the film, which was made in Hindi and Telugu languages, has been dubbed in Tamil, it refuses to go close to the hearts of Tamil fans as English is heavily used in most of the scenes.
Since the plot of the film is an attempt to stage a play called ‘Sound of Music’, how are the students going to act in the play? Expectation arises. But it’s disappointing that the young pair’s performance ends on a low note, rather than fully showing the drama as it unfolds.
Director Papa Rao Biyala, who has given the usual message to the parents that students should not be seen as a scoring machine, and another usual message to the students that they should finish their studies and focus on other things without giving importance to love at a young age, has made a new attempt to convey it with music.
While director Papa Rao Biyala appreciates his effort, the way it is told is incomprehensible and makes the film falter. But if you leave aside the flaws in the film for the making of the film, the way the actors were hired, the music, the cinematography, etc., ‘Music School’ will definitely entertain you.
