Kovai Sarala is a very popular name in the movie industry. She has a separate brand when it comes to doing comedy and her scenes in the combination of Brahmanandam have entertained the Telugu audience for the last two decades. Her unique voice and body language won her a lot of fans. She played good roles in a lot of star hero films. She is one of the few actresses who played mother to Chiranjeevi as well as Allu Arjun. Due to her age, she limited herself to a few films lately. She recently came up with a serious movie named ‘Sembi’. It released in Tamil on Friday.
Prabhu Solomon directed this movie and he is known to the Telugu audience through Rana’s ‘Aranya’ which did not fare well at the box office but was praised for the message it conveyed. He worked in ‘Prema Khaidi’ which is a dubbing film and made ‘Gajaraju’ later which did not get commercial success. His movies always have a forest backdrop and involve tribal people. He repeated the same with ‘Sembi’ as well. This movie is about a grandmother’s fight against some powerful people who rape her granddaughter.
Kovai Sarala’s acting has been receiving praises from everyone including legendary actors like Kamal Hassan. It may not work commercial due to the lack of attractive ingredients but people who like movies based on social issues will definitely like it. The performances of Kovai Sarala and the girl who played her granddaughter’s role were fantastic. Despite some lag in the second half and a disappointing climax, the movie is quite appreciable. It may not get dubbed in Telugu.
