NITYA.. FOR EVER .., EXPRESSIONS

Just imagine a talent hunt show, is being done by some production house to identify and select a new good actress/ heroine for the tollywood or bollywood movie. They would fix some parameters as mandatory even to apply or come for auditions. Some of them that occurs to everyone are 1) height, 2) weight 3)looks 4) appearance 5) dance and few other stereotypes. According to me, not much importance is given to acting skills, fit to a character as most of our movies are hero centric and require heroines more for ornamental value and also to lend some balance.

Our heroines need to look beautiful, have to dance which includes doing an item number convincingly and most often have to either look dumb or just hang around to fulfil voyeuristic appeal of hero or the audience. This is the story of a proper, pucca normal heroine in our Indian movies. Hence very few heroines made a mark and if they were talented, had very less to prove because of themes and stories which did not allow them to emote. Still We have good actress like kajal, soundarya, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, and few others in the last 2 to 3 decades. We have had several of them till 80’s which includes Rekha, Jaya sudha etc ( names are not important here) ..

In the light of the above, it will seem like an exaggeration if we talk and eulogize an actress of recent times. Yes, indeed, Nitya menon is a class apart of recent time actress. She has every disadvantage not to be considered as heroine for a typical Indian movie and she would never stand a chance in the auditions as the stereotype Indian film maker would not allow her a consideration to be an actress.  Kudos to Malayalam cinema for giving her an opportunity to come into the movies and we need to give special thanks to Nandini reddy for bringing her to tollywood.

I saw the only telugu movie twice with intent and not out of force in last 2 years and that is Gundejaari. The movie is a honest, clean, entertainer and a genuinely feel good movie with almost negligible flaws. More than the movie, director , music, which are good by any standards, what stood out is NITYA menon performance. I am not jumping into conclusion or getting emotional, but she did everything to justify the intricacies of her character in the movie to the core.

She acts in to bring out,  all the  feelings and needs of the character to the perfection. When she smiles, it brings tears of relief, when she sheds tears; it touches us deeply and chokes us. When she is displaying anger, you are with her, and when she is jealous, it seems perfect and when she is confused, you still empathize with her. She is just brilliant with her eyes, and what she expressed is loads and tons of talent with her most expressive eyes. Her voice has sincerity and thanks god she dubs her own voice. It is so refreshing, so natural and so real that one simply falls in love.

The acting reflects her intelligence as an actress as she must taken all pains and time to understand the character and get into the skin of it. Otherwise, the acting can never come so convincing and trust me the movie is all about her and success is 80% because of her. She is just wonderful, she is adorable and undoubtedly the best actress since many years and for years to come.

There is this urge to write a story and make a movie only for her. Such is the inspiration of a good brilliant performance. Poor nitya, had to do a dance in the film and can imagine how she must have resisted but though she doesn’t look convincing , she passed like amitabh in earlier days when he was made to dance. Her expressions in office, her performance in her dad’s presence, her happiness during the birthday event, and the final scene is all there and to be seen to be appreciated. 

Thank god, we do have wonderful good actress who can be banked for a neat performance and not just for skin show, running around trees and giving dumb interviews. Like they say, kuch pane ke liye kuch kona padta hai... to highlight someone, surely in this case, one has to talk of reality check especially when nitya is so good and so far away from the rest.

This is not to take away the looks and her beauty. Keep a tight close and ask her to emote and you are sure to fall in love. She is beautiful in that sense, very indian and natural in appeal. She is one a boy would love to take to her mother and then propose. She seems like a perfect lady. The sincerity of her expressions makes us feel dependable and treat as a great chum. 

Folks, watch gundejaari for nitya.. She has excelled as an actress and proved as the strong contender for all awards next year. More than that, she has won all hearts for her brilliance and conviction .