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A different love story

LESSONS ON LIFE: Sameer and Ramya in `Amritha Varsham.'

Amritha Varsham (Telugu)

Cast: Sameer, Ramya, Jayasudha, Amitabh Bacchan (special appearance)

Director: N Chandrasekhar

Though not an off-beat story, director N Chandrasekhar was able to mould a routine love subject into an interesting piece. The film's bottomline- `three days of meaningful existence is better than 100 days of insignificant life'. For the first time, Amitabh Bachchan appeared on Telugu screen -- as himself -- in a single shot.

Excellent screenplay is the forte of this film. Manohar (Samir) a millionaire's (Nizhalgal Ravi) son loves Amritha (Ramya), daughter of school-teacher, Rajeswari (Jayasudha). Mano marries Amritha against his father's will. Mano tells his father that he can live without him and the riches and also vows to construct his own house within a year of his marriage.

In order to fulfil his challenge, Mano saves money and purchases land. However, Ramya has dreams of touring the country. She also had a long standing wish to hug Amitabh Bachchan. But Mano is dedicated to building a house. He convinces Ramya with the help of her mother.

After the dream house is built, Mano and Ramya plan a house-warming. During the function, Ramya falls unconscious and Mano takes her to a doctor, only to find that Ramya is suffering from brain tumour and will not live long. Will Mano fulfill Ramya's ambitions? How Mano kept her in good humour and all such questions form part of the remaining film.

Though a novice, Samir did justice to his role. Ramya also played the girl-next-door part well. Cinematography is quite good

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