The novelty of the less used technique of narrative ends when the film cuts to the part being narrated, starting with the first day of college the film consciously goes through the slo-mo montage of the boy seeing the girl, stalking her around the campus, making friends, living it...being the routine urban boy of Telugu cinema. The audience smile to themselves about how clichéd we are and then they hope to move on to the next thing the makers of LBW have to offer. But, during the screenwriting sessions these guys probably went a little too Meta on themselves and ended up with a screenplay that strays little from the routine.
The film is a series of arguments with the same thing being said. Boy: “I Want You”. Girl: “I don’t know you well enough”. The conflict seems resolvable 30 minutes into the film and instead it takes you round and round routine scenarios. And when the characters are in no real worry themselves, who are we to get involved and feel for them.
The film’s got a few decent laughs and camera work that’s experimental for where we are, but, the mild nature of its characters it makes it seem much longer than its 2 hour running time.
Sundeep Kishan helps hold the interest for a while, but, nobody looks good going around in circles.
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