Saw 100% Love a few weeks back. Obviously, a bad print and some scenes deleted. I did not have too many expectations. Director Sukumar's movies leave me feeling discontented. It feels as if I am on the cusp of some discovery but when I reach the destination the ending is just not what I hoped it would be.
I had liked Jagadam to a certain extent. It was a story of a young boy on the verge of manhood. To some extent like Marlon Brando's Wild One. It had so much promise, but the story never went beyond platitudes. It does not help that Telugu movie industry is dominated by "Stars" who have to perpetuate the star dynasty and their "Viraasat" than a love for art or issues or a medium. And Sukumar never goes beyond these "Stars" in his cast.
Thats the reason I was determined not to see too much in the movie 100% Love. I was pleasantly surprised by the movie to a certain degree. The whole issue of ego in a relationship and gender bias in India, the role of the woman despite so called "progress" that we have made in women's empowerment does get highlighted to a certain extent. However, the need for a commercial closure ruins everything. One cannot forget that the ticket cost is finally paid by the male in the house and "Taming of the Shrew" is a very popular play.
Still, I would say Sukumar has done a better job of portraying relationships in 100% Love whether Hindi or Telugu film industry and far more mature than running around in Switzerland or Punjab. I just hope to see an edgier movie from Sukumar and not just the Arya-2 version (Thank God!).
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