Manasunte Chaalu

Telugu filmmakers have long since been known to have sensibilities that sound like "sens… what was that again?" And they prove time and again that they have no
finesse whatsoever, and that their grasp over sensitive topics equals Laloo's over semantics.

Once again, a director here tries to portray rape as an issue that deserves more social concern that it gets. The play here is, of course, on the word 'tries'. And he 'fails', and 'miserably'. The way the subject is portrayed here would cause social concern all right, but for rather different reasons. Scanti....