Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam movie review: Vishwak Sen delivers career-best performance

This is a slice-of-life drama inspired by the typical thought processes of middle-class Telugu families. The structure and screenplay aren’t complex at all. It’s nothing that we haven’t seen before, but viewers will be able to empathise with Arjun, who questions his family’s long-held belief systems and confronts caste-based prejudice.

The writer and director talk about caste-based discrimination, female empowerment, and interfaith marriages in the simplest manner. The film’s observations aren’t Earth-shattering, but they are emotionally stirring. The film emphasises on the need for a change in patriarchal belief systems and stresses that every human being is equal irrespective of caste and creed.

Vishwak Sen has delivered a career-best performance as Arjun Kumar Allam. This movie will surely create a new fanbase in family audiences. Rukshar Dhillon, however, isn’t given much to do. Ritika Nayak as Vasudha (Madhavi’s sister), impresses occasionally. Goparaju Ramana, of Middle-Class Melodies fame, and Kadambari Kiran have done their best in comic roles. On the flip side, despite the film’s entertaining story, it does get slow at times.