100% Love
- 2011
- 2h 21m
When his cousin Mahalakshmi comes to stay, Balu is challenged to an extent rare in his charmed life. Will Balu let himself be seduced by Mahalakshmi's bubbly spirit and sharp brain, or will ... Read allWhen his cousin Mahalakshmi comes to stay, Balu is challenged to an extent rare in his charmed life. Will Balu let himself be seduced by Mahalakshmi's bubbly spirit and sharp brain, or will his ego prove an insurmountable barrier?When his cousin Mahalakshmi comes to stay, Balu is challenged to an extent rare in his charmed life. Will Balu let himself be seduced by Mahalakshmi's bubbly spirit and sharp brain, or will his ego prove an insurmountable barrier?
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
- Maha Lakshmi
- (as Tamanna)
- Balu Mahendra
- (as Vijay Kumar)
- Ramesh
- (as Naresh)
- Ajith Jogi
- (as Anand)
- Prasad
- (as Rajesh)
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From where he left he came back with great flick, Arya 2 maker Sukumar has done yet another fabulous work that came from his mind set. There is good collaboration of Geetha Arts, Sukumar and Naga Chaitanya for the flick Hudred percent love film, its just a gift for me as i have friend who is just a seen the hero nag's character which reminds my friend, who is just a critic of all. Who stand on his own words and tries to teach other his principles, that just looked to me as a very good person to have mind under control to bag the great opportunity
This is 100% Heart Feeling Good Movie.........Fantastic stuff overall!
Performances::Naga Chaitanya gives a good,matured performance as the egoistic Balu,but seems struggling in dancing and fight scenes.Tamanna got an excellent opportunity to showcase her skills and does it so well with good emotions.Among others,M.S Narayana and Dharmavarapu Subramanyam does appreciable jobs.
Some +ves::Novelty in the theme,Entertaining and excellently directed first half,Youth feel of the movie,Peppy music by Devi Sri Prasad,Fast pace of the first half and the lead performances in it.
Some -ves::Drag feel in the latter half,Complexity of the climax,Less emotional quotient in the second half,Editing work. Music by Devi Sri Prasad is youth-oriented,cool and in tune with the theme of the movie.The songs Dhooram and Infactuation stands out in the album and are really good.Music can be given a 7.5/10.
Verdict::100 % Love is a cute love story with a novel theme,which has an excellent first half.The movie is targeting the youth and certainly has those moments which may entertain them,but may not be accepted by the mass audience because of lack of masala.Alas,the second half could have been better !!My Rating::7/10
But this movie when I started I had a feeling that it is a nice comedy and does not fall prey to the usual 30 years back history. The story starts out fresh, new and not over the top actions. It is a challenge for lot of great movies to make sure the ending/closure is equally good.
But in this case of "100% love" the director/writer fail miserably in keeping that fresh idea/implementation and gets back to the usual two weddings, emotional drama of grandparents.
All in all I gave a 5/10 for the first few minutes where it started fresh/new.
This cute and cool love story revolving around ego has good and energetic performances from the lead pair Naga Chaitanya and Tamannaah.
The film begins in a pub where Balu Mahendra (Naga Chaitanya) walks in dressed in a bridegroom's attire and rattles off numbers and interest rates calculated by him based on figures of two people who are arguing over it. Impressed with his aptitude, they invite him back into the pub (he was spurned off before) and he narrates his story.
There begins the flashback. Balu is a wizard in maths and is a very studious guy who always excels at studies. His life follows a fixed schedule where he teaches six young students who live with him. He doesn't like disruptions in his life.
His cousin Mahalakshmi (Tamannaah) walks into his orderly life. She is brought from the village by Balu's father to study. Not interested in studies, she tries to attract Balu's attention as he is her bava. Then circumstances make her take to books. Balu helps Mahalakshmi and she beats Balu and stands first.
Both of them feel the attraction towards each other. A misunderstanding occurs on account of ego hassles whereby the two separate and meet after three years when their grandmother is ill. There are other twists in the form of both finding lovers and even getting engaged to them. But are they in love or is it mere infatuation?
The first half is breezy and pacy. The scenes are well picturised and the look is pretty hip. The transformation of Mahalakshmi from a village belle to a city girl is interesting. The scenes and dialogues are pretty relatable to the urban youth. Sukumar doesn't leave a dull moment in the first half.
Post interval the film becomes somewhat slow on the emotional front with the grandmother-grandfather angle and the growing distance between the protagonists.
The comedy doesn't jut out like usual and there are just two comedians MS Narayana and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyan in the film. It's in the second half that the film falls into the regular path like other films. Perhaps Sukumar could have paid attention to that considering he delivers a good first half.
Director Sukumar's screenplay is fairly well crafted. Largely the film had a logical story.If Sukumar gave the base with good characterisations, Naga Chaitanya and Tamannaah provided the perfect icing with their acting. Their believable performances just revved up the film. Chaitanya was calm, cool and rock solid while Tamannaah was bubbly, energetic and emotional. Together they light up the screen with some electrifying chemistry and it was a joy to watch both of them.
Naresh (as Chaitanya's father), KR Vijaya (as grandmother) and Vijaykumar are okay.
Devisriprasad's music was peppy. Sukumar has woven the songs well into the narrative. On the technical front, the film is okay.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTamannaah Bhatia's character Maha Lakshmi's full name is Veera Venkata Satya Sai Naga Durga Seshavatara Seeta Maha Lakshmi.
- Quotes
Balu Mahendra: How much was your first year EAMCET percentage?
Maha Lakshmi: 55%
Balu Mahendra: Do you know my percentage? 95%.
Maha Lakshmi: That's why i joined your college.
Balu Mahendra: The percentage is mine, not the college's.
- ConnectionsReferences Premaabhishekam (1981)
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Box office
- Budget
- ₹105,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Color
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