Of course, he does visually and metaphorically display his love for her but the fundamental vacuity persists in the audience's mind all through.Ĭoming from a big banner, OLK boasts of excellent cinematography. It is inconceivable why such a boy shouldn't be able to convince her of his honesty and decency with so much of human resources and his own artistic brain at his disposal. In a normal world, a normal girl shouldn't find much difficulty talking to a boy from an extra-respectable family the reason why she finds it hard to accept him. Sayaji Shinde as her father gets to play yet another routine role, even as Suman as Chai's father doesn't make an impact. Nandhini is caught in a quandary as her father's liking for Karthik makes the things all the more difficult. Karthik and Nandhini come from lovely families and they can't do anything that causes trauma to their respective elders. The film goes on and on till the day she discovers the diary (err. Nandhini (Pooja Hegde) is she who hates flirts so much so she doesn't even clearly say why she hates a flirt when a known flirt (real or presumed) and his family tell her "I (We) love you". Finally, there is one funny maternal uncle (played by Ali) who comes with a frivolous past and who now wants to play the spoilsport in his love life to no meaningful filmi effect. Karthik (Naga Chaitanya) is he who loves the very word Freedom for the first few minutes (so that there can be had a song on freedom), then starts loving exclusively the Laila of his life, albeit his less-than-normal attempts to catch her (two times, he seems to lose her out because he is not willing to run much) look contrived so as to make it possible to have a remix song reminding us of SPB but not ANR. Add to the already cathartic beginning, there come force-fitted action sequences that are mercifully trimmed and hackneyed subplots that are too brief to make any impression - good or bad. It's not that it has a wafer-thin storyline that invites us to write it off prematurely but what makes the film go for a toss is the fact that the very premise is revealing of what is in store (or what is NOT in store). Karthik is ecstatic as he gets the girl of his dreams but Nandana is unhappy with the relationship.Not many films throw up the glaring hint of an imminent Hudhud during the first leg itself as does Vijaykumar Konda's 'Oka Laila Kosam'.
Life comes to a full circle as his parents find him a bride and the girl turns out to be Nandana (surprise, surprise). Time passes and Karthik’s parents want him to settle down and start his own family. Nandana loves her businessman father (Sayaji Shinde), and obeys him to the last word. He tries to win her over, but as luck would have it Nandana hates Karthik. As he embarks on his journey, he meets Nandana (Pooja Hegde) and hopelessly falls in love with her. Karthik is destined to take over his father’s business, but before he takes up his responsibilities, he wants to travel around the world for a year. The opening sequence starts with the convocation ceremony at the Indian School of Business, where Karthik (Naga Chaitanya), the protagonist receives a gold medal at the award function. Actress Pooja Hegde makes her debut with ‘Oka Laila Kosam’, while Anoop Rubens, who has earlier composed music for Chaitanya’s earlier film ‘Manam’ is the music director OLK as well. The stakes are high, given that his debut soared the box office. This is Konda’s second directorial venture after riding high on the success of his debut film ‘Gunde Jaari Gallanthayinde’. Actor Naga Chaitanya has teamed up with director Vijaykumar Konda for ‘Oka Laila Kosam’.