I wasn't sure in the first half hour if I was liking the movie, but as the time progressed, I got immersed into it and at the end I walked out with the feeling that "after a long long time, I watched two too good Telugu movies, back-to-back" (the other one being Goodachari). However, I rate Chi La Sow a bit higher than (with due respect to)the other one. "..you are glad whenever she gets to smile especially after knowing her.." - totally with you. When I saw her in the first frame on screen, I wished for a better (read better-looking) heroine. But, after "knowing her", I rooted for her, and of course loved her smile.
When it all comes together nicely, romcoms can seem deceptively simple, making us wonder why we don't get them right more often than we do. All it takes is creating a wish in the audiences that the lead pair - both not yet fully rounded personalities - to complete each other by coming together in the end.
Take Chi La Sow for instance. Arjun (Sushanth), a commitment phobic 27-year-old, doesn't want to get married, and has a list of reasons (he calls them his goals) that he feels others should accept and let him be. His mother (Anu Hasan) is relentless in her attempts to hook him ....