Anand (Sharwanand), a project manager in a company, suffers from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Meghana (Mehreen) joins his project and he immediately falls for her as she is also a neatness freak. When her father (Nasser) gets a stroke, he is reluctant to take him to hospital due to his OCD behaviour.
After this incident she does not want to see him again but her father is under impression that he was saved by Anand. Her father invites Anand to their village. Rest of the drama is about how he regains her love.
Analysis:-
Director Maruthi has made Bhale Bhale Magadivoy with the concept of hero having memory issues which everyone easily relates to.
In Mahanubhavudu, he has the protagonist as a guy who gets disturbed seeing unclean things, behaviour called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
The comedy generated out of memory loss was terrific. Here too, Sharwanands characterization has novelty and is also main asset to the movie.
Director Maruthi seems to have got highly excited with this characterization that he over indulged in many situations.
He has neatly established the conflict in the first half a neatness freak falling in love with a simple girl and this love puts him in a piquant situation of going to rural area where hygiene is hardly cared for. Though the characterisation of the hero and the conflict is quite excellent, the narration is a bumpy ride. It frequently goes down.
The film also has its own share of hilarious moments. It is a plain movie with predictable twists and even regular ending. But director Maruthi has made some portions in village that are quite hilarious.
Example Sharwanand is made to bath in a village lake where all villagers do all kind of things daily ablutions plus washing the clothes. This scene is shot quite hilariously. There is another good scene of avakaya annam.
Apart from these scenes, the movie does not offer anything exciting or laugh out loud moments. Even though heros role has novelty, he also goes overboard.
It is plain and simple entertainer that does not bore you. This kind of romantic dramas work more if the lead actress comes up with brilliant performance. Here Mehreen is a disappointment.
Despite predictability, the good music, the cool visuals, Sharwanand and Vennela Kishore keep us glued to the seats.
On the whole, Mahanubhavudu is a neat romantic entertainer. Concept of OCD has novelty. It makes a decent watch for its time pass moments.
Greatandhra