*Swarnakamalam* - A tribute to Art!

Each time i watch it,I start loving it all over again.

A story SO wonderfully potrayed.

Every human emotion addressed at it's best.

Seshendra Shastry - A father who desires his daughter to take over his asset - Art.

Chandrashekar - A guy who truly admires art and puts in all his effort to see a fellow artist soulfully enjoy and appreciate art.

Meenakshi - A girl who aspires to reach the skies and beyond.

Main story line - Chandu plays the role of a catalyst in Meena's journey from skepticism to devotion in her pursuit of dance.

The story is beautiful in every aspect and when good music is laced with some exceptionally splendid poetry,the song becomes a saga.

Songs from the movie that sweep me off my feet are - Ghallu ghallu & Siva poojaku chigurinchina sirisiri muvva. Both the songs are argumentative conversations between Chandrashekar and Meenakshi.It's a tough challenge for the lyricist to potray two different schools of thought, when both have valid points to support their argument.The lyricist - Siri Vennela Seetha Rama Shastry garu did an explicitly outstanding job.

P.S : Ghallu Ghallu -The song is beautifully picturized on a win-win pattern.Both of them have different perspectives.Both of them listen to one-another.(But only chandu understands what meena says.Meena only projects her ideas and is busy contradicting whatever he says. :p)

It's a pretty tough movie for me,coz I myself am a classical dance admirer.I love dance and that need not be the basis to argue that Meena in the movie is a duffer for not liking it.She might like something else.

Everything is fine and then it hits me somewhere.The hero believes,she being an airhostess or a receptionist or whatever ,is not the right choice for her.But what if her dream is to be one of them.What if she really desires to be an airhostess/receptionist?
Why should her dreams be let down just because he thinks her choice is downmarket compared to his choice for her.How can he make decisions for her?
All she desires is freedom and when she strongly believes that she'll get what she wants by changing her profession,why not?

What makes me continue to love the movie is : May be he's not making decisions for her.May be he's just helping her make a decision of her own.Probably the one that's right.May be he's just trying to show her, how each of her choices look like.

Ya but as usual I continue to contradict myself saying - How can one speak for another.One can speak only for themselves and none other.So,the decision of her life is solely hers and not his.

As the story continues, he proves me wrong (For reasons of my own,I'm SO glad he did!) and he actually plays the role of a catalyst in her journey from skepticism to devotion in her pursuit of dance.

The journey of her transformation is the beauty of the whole story.How well chandu helps her transform is the journey.Transform here is not *change*.He doesn't change her.He helps her *discover* herself.

Eventually she experiences the beauty of dancing soulfully and appreciates it.He feels contented watching her dance. In the end, it's a happy-happy ending! (: