Govardhan is an middle class family man, looking after the joint family by being the sole earner. His eldest brother is a drunkard and his other brother is yet to get financially stable. This leaves Govardhan with a low earning job, to be an authoritarian but when it comes to protecting his family, he turns into THE hero tollywood approves. Indu is the tenant in his house's first floor and both fall in love until he figures out that she just mingled with him and his family to write a thesis on middle class family for her degree. Govardhan starts hating her and his behavior towards her turns her love into hatred. What happens when he joins a high earning job, only to be revealed that Indhu is the CEO of that company, forms rest of the story.
THE Family Star has a passable first half. The family scenes despite underwritten characters help the narrative to go in a smooth pace and the timely addition of two action scenes allow the hero to typically shine. The conflict points however are weakly written and the film starts losing it's steam. The interval block with Govardhan realising what Indhu had done and his instant reaction was okay. But the film gets derailed entirely in the second half with a terrible screenplay. The entire second half runs without head and tail forgetting the family angle whereas the love story along with the attempted comedy simply turns out to be super cringe.
Songs aren't memorable and everything in the second half looks forced and deliberate. Unnecessarily a villain is included too only for the conflict to be resolved instantly. The dialogues fall flat like "I love you means I love your family" and the addition of silly scenes in the name of comedy just ends up making Govardhan's character annoying. If the screenplay in the second half included the family sentiment rather than using it randomly as a plot tool in the third act, there was some chance to salvage the mess but turning it into a rom-com by increasing the cringe factor only ended up harming the film. The Vijay Devarakonda wants to be a brand and it was his script selection that set him apart from the rest. It's about time he realizes it and gets back his script sense.
THE Family Star has a passable first half. The family scenes despite underwritten characters help the narrative to go in a smooth pace and the timely addition of two action scenes allow the hero to typically shine. The conflict points however are weakly written and the film starts losing it's steam. The interval block with Govardhan realising what Indhu had done and his instant reaction was okay. But the film gets derailed entirely in the second half with a terrible screenplay. The entire second half runs without head and tail forgetting the family angle whereas the love story along with the attempted comedy simply turns out to be super cringe.
Songs aren't memorable and everything in the second half looks forced and deliberate. Unnecessarily a villain is included too only for the conflict to be resolved instantly. The dialogues fall flat like "I love you means I love your family" and the addition of silly scenes in the name of comedy just ends up making Govardhan's character annoying. If the screenplay in the second half included the family sentiment rather than using it randomly as a plot tool in the third act, there was some chance to salvage the mess but turning it into a rom-com by increasing the cringe factor only ended up harming the film. The Vijay Devarakonda wants to be a brand and it was his script selection that set him apart from the rest. It's about time he realizes it and gets back his script sense.