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Home Town Movie Review: A coming-of-age story with some humour but little depth
NF Times
|Apr 09, 2025
On the surface, Home Town promises to be a slice-of-life series about a small town middle-class family, centering around a complex father-son relationship.
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The larger conflict of the show revolves around the father's sacrifices, which does not take into account the son's ambitions.
However, as each episode unravels, the focus remains on the antic-riddled experiences of Srikanth (Prajwal Yadma) and his two buddies Jaggu (Sai Ram) and Shastri (Anirudh). We barely get a glimpse into the lives of Srikanth's family, which also comprises of a doting mother (Jhansi) and an obedient sister (Annie).
The show feels far removed from reality in terms of how the characters respond to situations. One never fully gathers whether Srikanth's father (Rajeev Kanakala) is willingly ignorant of his son's follies, or not smart enough to see through his ploys. Outside of his saccharine ambitions of sending his son to the US for a better life, we never learn anything about him.
This story is from the Apr 09, 2025 edition of NF Times.
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